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Press Release - Vienna City Marathon - 4/11/13

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                       Kenyans Target Course Record Again, 
                    the Marathon Could be "Su gut" Once More

It was a year ago when the Vienna City Marathon was simply "Su gut!". Henry 
Sugut clocked an Austrian allcomers record of 2:06:58 to win the race. 
Asked if the marathon had been a success the answer in Austrian dialect was 
simply: "Su gut!", meaning "So good!". When the 30th edition of the 
nation's biggest and best quality road race will take place this Sunday it 
could even be better. Kenya's defending champion will return to the Vienna 
City Marathon. In total ten runners are on the start list with personal 
bests of sub 2:10. Among them is Jafred Kipchumba (Kenya). With a PB of 
2:05:48 he is the fastest runner ever entered into the Vienna City 
Marathon. The women's field looks strong as well. Half a dozen runners have 
achieved times of sub 2:28 so far. Adding other events - among them a half 
marathon with Ethiopia's superstar Haile Gebrselassie - a record total of 
40,957 runners have entered the Vienna City Marathon, which is an IAAF Gold 
Label Road Race.

"When I come back to Vienna it gives me a good feeling. I feel confident, 
because I have won here twice. I know the race well," said Henry Sugut in 
Friday's press conference. The 27 year-old first took the Vienna City 
Marathon in 2010 with 2:08:40. His second marathon in 2012 did not go as 
well. In Amsterdam he clocked 2:09:07 for ninth place. "The course was good 
in Amsterdam, but the problem was the wind," said Henry Sugut. Regarding 
Sunday's race, when the pacemakers are expected to pass the half way mark 
in around 63:30 minutes, he said: "That pace is okay for me. I am in good 
form. I have not raced since Amsterdam. Instead I fully concentrated on 
Vienna." 

One of Henry Sugut's training partners, Gilbert Yegon, is also expected to 
do well on Sunday. "It is always a good feeling if you are running in the 
leading group and you see a training partner in there as well," said the 
defending champion Sugut. However this is also a revenge for 2012. A year 
ago Gilbert Yegon was second in Vienna behind Sugut with 2:07:38. This is 
the joint second fastest time ever run in the history of the race. But 
Gilbert Yegon had been faster before. Running his debut marathon in 
Amsterdam in 2009 he won with 2:06:18. "After that I had problems with my 
hamstring for a long time. But now it is fine. So on Sunday I hope for a 
personal best in Vienna," said the 24 year-old Kenyan.

Jafred Kipchumba has good memories of Vienna as well. It was back in 2009 
when he had participated in a unique debutants only race in the Austrian 
capital. In his marathon debut he achieved 2:10:42 for sixth place. "The 
Vienna Marathon changed my life, because I was earning much more prize 
money from then on. For example I was able to build a house in Kenya," said 
Jafred Kipchumba, who won the Milan Marathon in 2010 (2:09:15), improved to 
2:08:10 for second place in Toronto in 2010 and then made a major step by 
taking the Eindhoven Marathon in 2011 with 2:05:48. "After Eindhoven I had 
an injury. This is the reason why I did not compete last year. But now I am 
in good shape and I have concentrated fully on the Vienna City Marathon. So 
I did not run any other races recently," said Jafred Kipchumba.

The women's field looks stronger than in recent years as well with a 
handful of athletes featuring personal bests of sub 2:27. Ethiopia's 
Kebebush Haile is the fastest in the field with a personal best of 2:24:09. 
She ran this time in 2011 when she won the Shanghai Marathon. A 
disappointing performance in Duesseldorf a year ago, where she finished 
fifth with 2:29:02 came because of an injury. "I had a hip problem so I did 
not run after Duesseldorf," said Kebebush Haile. On Sunday she hopes to 
improve to a time of sub 2:24. "With such a performance I hope to have a 
chance for selection for the World Championships in Moscow. Of course I 
will have to wait and see what my fellow Ethiopians will run in London next 
week," the 27 year-old said. But she will also have strong challengers from 
Ethiopia on Sunday in Vienna. Among them is Assefa Meskerem, who ran a fine 
debut in Houston earlier this year with 2:25:17. May be on Sunday the 13 
year-old course record from Maura Viceconte (Italy/2:23:47) will finally be 
broken.

Elite fields of the Vienna City Marathon
Men:
Nr. Name             Surname    Nation PB
1   Sugut            Henry      KEN    2:06:58
2   Kipchumba        Jafred     KEN    2:05:48
3   Yegon            Gilbert    KEN    2:06:18
4   Kamais           Peter      KEN    2:07:37
5   Kiptoo           Solomon    KEN    2:08:30
7   Kibor            Willy      KEN    2:08:32
8   Kamzee           Josphat    KEN    2:08:41
9   Sokolov          Aleksey    RUS    2:09:07
10  Bushendich	     Ishmael    KEN    2:09:09
11  Sitkovskyy	     Oleksandr  UKR    2:09:26
12  Mamo             Edeo       ETH    2:10:31
14  Rahautsou        Stsiapan   BLR    2:12:04
15  Shutov           Fedor      RUS    2:12:09
16  Mohamed          Mustafa    SWE    2:12:28

Women:
Nr. Name             Surname    Nation PB
F2  Kebebush         Haile      ETH    2:24:09
F3  Assefa           Meskerem   ETH    2:25:17
F4  Console          Rosaria    ITA    2:26:10
F5  Haftu            Goitetom   ETH    2:26:21
F6  Samoei           Emily      KEN    2:26:52
F7  Glok             Olga       RUS    2:27:18
F8  Ptikany          Mary       KEN    2:29:45
F9  Nonata da Silva  Cruz       BRA    2:32:46
F10 Cheyech          Flomena    KEN    2:34:13

The race starts at 9 am on Sunday (local time) and will be shown live on 
the internet at www.vienna-marathon.com

For more information please visit: www.vienna-marathon.com.

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