Si è conclusa la 1^ edizione del Campionato del Mondo 2015 IAU 50 km di corsa su strada, alla sua prima edizione assoluta a Doha (in Qatar) su di un circuito ricavato all'interno della grande installazione sportiva Aspire.
La gara si è disputata ieri, 4 dicembre 2015, con start alle ore 18.00 (ora locale).
In via preliminare, si può annunciare (in attesa di un comunicato IAU defiinitivo) che i vincitori sono stati entrambi statunitensi, Tony Migliozzi e Camille Herron.
Una novità, indubbiamente, è stata quella di vedere due atleti keniani al secondo e al terzo posto della gara maschile, consentendo con le proprie prestazioni al loro team nazionale di salire sul più alto gradino del podio della competizione a squadre, mentre la croata Maria Vrajic è stata la seconda donna.
In coda l'evoluzione della gara con i continui aggiornamenti del suo andamento così come sono stati pubblicati nel liveuptodate nel sito web della IAU.
Per seguire l'andamento cronologico e i gli sviluppi della gara occorre partire dal basso.
Ancora a seguire, si può leggere il Comunicato finale di sintesi pubblicato nel sito IAU, anxhe se ancora non sono disponibili i risultati ufficiali

9.30pm: the 2nd runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championships (fermale) is Marija Vrajic (CRO)! Congratulations Croatia and Marija!

9.30pm: The champion for the IAU 50 KM world championships (female) is Camille Herron (USA)! congratulations USA and Camille!

9.28pm: the 25th runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championship is Darren Purcell from Australia! Congratulations to Darren!

9.26pm: the 23rd runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championship is Ton Verbaandert from the Netherlands! Congratulations Ton!

9.26: the 22nd runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championship is Svein Ove Risa from Norway! congratulations Svein!

9.25pm: the 21st runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championship is Barry Minnock from Ireland! Congratulations to Barry!

9.20: the 20th runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championship is Dorjpalam Batbayar from Mongolia! Congratulations Dorjpalam!

9.20pm: the nineteenth runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championship is Brendan Davies from Australia! Congratulations Brendan!

9.20pm: the eighteenth runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championshiops is Craig Mccredie(AUS)! Congratulations to Australia and to Craig!

9.17pm: the seventeenth runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championships is Yuki Murato (JPN)! Congratulations to Japan and to Yuki!

9.16pm: the sixteenth runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championships is John Dutton (AUS)! Congratulations to Australia and John!

9.16pm: the fifteenth runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championships is Shingirai Badza (ZIM)! Congratulations to Zimbabwe and to Shingirai!

9.16pm:the fourteenth runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championships is Anatolijs Macuks (LAT)! Congratulations to Lativia and to Anatolijs!

9.13pm: the thirteenth runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championships is Terrence Attema (CAN)! Congratulations to Canada and to Terrence!

9.12pm: the twelvth runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championships is Tyler Andrews (USA)! Congratulations to the USA and to Tyler!

9.12pm: the eleventh runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championships is Gary O´Hanlon (IRL)! Congratulations to Ireland and Gary!

9.11pm: the tenth runner up for the IAU 50 KM world championships is Geoff Burns (USA)! Congratulations to USA and to Geoff!

9.07pm: the ninth runner up of the IAU 50 KM world championships is Niels Bubel (GER)! Congratulations to Germany and to Niels!

9.06pm: the eighth runner up of the IAU 50 KM world championships is Michael Kallberg (GBR)! Congratulations to Germany and to Michael!

9.04pm: the seventh runner up of the IAU 50 KM world championships is Mike Fokorani (ZIM)! Congratulations to Zimbabwe and to Mike!

902pm: the sixth runner up of the IAU 50 KM world championships is Harm Sengers (NLD)! Congratulations to the Netherlands and to Harm!

9.02pm: the fifth runner up of the IAU 50 KM world championships is Jesse Davis (USA)! Congratulations to USA and to Jesse!

8.57pm: the fourth runner up of the IAU 50 KM world championships is Charles Wachira Maina (KEN)! Congratulations to Kenya and to Charles!

8.57pm: the third runner up of the IAU 50 KM World Championships is Samuel Birongo Ongeki (KEN)! Congratulations to Kenya and to Samuel!

8:56pm: the second runner up of the IAU 50 KM World Championships is Arnold Kibet Kiptaoi (KEN)! Congratulations to Kenya and to Arnold!

854pm: The champion of the IAU 50 KM World Championships is Tony Migliozzi (USA)! Congratulations to USA and to Tony Migliozzi on behalf of the IAU!

8.44pm: Approximately 8 minutes untill the race is over and the champion is announced!

8.40pm: Camille Herron (USA) is on her 8th lap and still at 1st place

8.40pm: Ogneki (KEN) and Kiptaoi (KEN) both are on their 9th laps at 4th, and 3rd place

8.37pm: Charles Maina (KEN) is also on his 9th and last lap, at 2nd place!

8.35pm: Tony Migliozzi (USA) is on his 9th and last lap and still at 1st place!

8.24pm: Without a doubt, Smith (USA) is catching up to Herron (USA) and is now on her 7th lap, and still at 2nd place.

8.21pm: Herron (USA) is once again leading the woman´s race at 1st place on her 7th lap!

8.18pm: Tony Migliozzi (USA) has made a comeback and is now running at 1st place on his 8th lap! Maina (KEN) is at 2nd place also on his 8th lap, alongside Fokorani (ZIM) and Kiptaoi (KEN)

8.08pm: Catrin Jones (CAN) is now at 3rd place after Smith (USA).

8.00pm: Fokorani (ZIM) at 1st place , Maina (KEN) at 2nd place, Migliozzi (USA) at 3rd place and Kiptaoi (KEN) at 5th, and all on their 7th lap.

8.00pm: Herron (USA) is leading the woman´s race once again, and on her 6th lap alongside Smith (USA) in second place

7.46pm: Catriona Jennings (IRL) is now at 3rd place, while Galbadrakh (MNG) is at 4th place.

7.44pm: Maina (KEN) at 1st place, followed by Fokorani (ZIM) and Migliozzi (USA), are on their 6th lap alongside Kiptaoi (KEN), Andrews (USA), and Ogenki (KEN).

7.39pm: Camille Herron (USA) started her 5th lap, and amazingly still at 1st place!

7.36pm: Fokorani (ZIM) and Herron (USA), are both still at 1st place!

7.30pm: Kiptaoi (KEN) is at 4th place, slowly catching up to Maina (KEN)

7.27pm: The 5th lap has begun with Fokorani (ZIM) is now running at first place while running almost shoulder to shoulder with Maina (KEN) who is now running at 2nd place.

7.24pm: Sustic (CRO) is now at 4th place as Galbadrakh (MNG) takes over 3rd place!

7.19pm: Herren and Smith (USA ) have completed their 4th lap, and are still in the lead!

7.12pm: The fourth lap has begun with Migliozzi (USA), Fokorani (ZIM) in the lead, with Maina (KEN) catching up at 3rd place.

7.09pm: Smith (USA) is at second place catching up to Herron (USA), both still in the lead.

659pm: Herron (USA), still in the lead of the woman´s race, going strong, and just completed her 3rd lap.

653:pm: the 3rd lap has begun, with Batbayar (MNG) in lead, followed by Migliozzi (USA), Fokorani (ZIM), and Ongeki (KEN)

6.51pm: Tyler Andrews (USA), is still in the lead of the male race at 1st place.

6.45: Catriona Jennings (IRL) from the 2012 London Olympics is taking part in the race, currently at 4th place after Sustic (CRO) in the woman´s race.

6.40pm: Herron and Smith (USA), are leading the woman´s race.

6.38pm: The second lap has begun with Andrews (USA), Attema (CAN), Batbayar (MNG), Fokorani (ZIM) in the lead.

6.31pm: The weather is at 24 degrees, slightly windy and slowly getting cooler.

6.25pm: Fokorani (ZIM), Ornelas (USA), Andrews (USA), lead a group of six runners. Herron (USA) and Sustic (CRO) lead the woman´s race.

6.20pm: Athletes have completed their first lap and they are running in a group.

Di seguito il comunicato finale di sintesi della manifestazione fonte IAU)

The 1st IAU 50km World Championships took place in Doha Qatar The event was held on 4th December 2015 on Aspire grounds. The 5km looped course took the athletes through the different facilities in the sporting complex.

In the men’s division, Tony Migliozzi (USA) won the championship in 2:52:08. Kenyan compatriots, Arnold Kiptaoi and Samuel Ongaki finished in finished second-third in 2:55:34 and 2:56:15 respectively.

The men’s race started with a big group of runners running in a pack from the start with Migliozzi, Kiptaoi, Ongaki, Tyler Andrews (USA) and Michael Fokorani (ZIM) in the mix. As the race progress passed the first 25 km mark the lead pack dwindled down to Kiptaoi and Fokorani running in the front with Migliozzi running in third.

The last 10 kilometers were when the major changes started taking place. Migliozzi moved past Kiptaoi and Fokorani relying on his marathon speed. While further back in the field Charles Maina (KEN) and Jesse Davis (USA) were moving up the field as well.

In the end Migliozzi took home the world championships running his last 5km lap in 17:52 with Kenyan teammates Kiptaoi and Ongaki who moved up the field very quickly on the latter half finished with silver and bronze medals respectively.

In the team competition, Kenya won the gold in 8:49:09, USA finished with silver medal in 8:57:52 and Australia got the bronze in 9:37:51.

In the women’s race, Camille Herron (USA) took home the gold in 3:20:58. Marija Vrajic (CRO) finished 2nd in 3:28:15 followed by Catrin Jones (CAN) in 3rd with a time of 3:28:19.

This race shaped up different than the men’s race with Herron taking an early lead never relinquishing it and increasing her pace by the lap. Caitlin Smith (USA) took hold of the second place running consistently 30 seconds behind Camille for a few laps but then slowed down for the latter half of the event.

Khishigsaikhan Galbadrakh (MGL) had an outstanding run leading the chase group for three quarters of the race eventually finishing fifth. Vrajic, Jones and olympic marathon runner Catriona Jennings (IRL) adopted a different strategy of starting conservatively and making up the places as the race wore on.

In the end, Herron finished in the gold medal spot followed by Vrajic and Jones taking second and third place respectively.

In the women’s team division, Croatia finished first in 10:50:08. Canada took home the silver in 11:10:41 and Australia took the bronze in 11:31:40.

Worthy to note that 6 men finished under 3hours and 6 women finished under 3hours and 33 minutes.

Results 50km World Championships 2015, Doha, Qatar

Men:

Gold --- Tony Migliozzi USA 2:52:08

Silver --- Arnold Kiptaoi KEN 2:55:34

Bronze --- Samuel Ongaki KEN 2:56:15

Women:

Gold --- Camille Herron USA 3:20:58

Silver --- Marija Vrajic CRO 3:28:15

Bronze --- Catrin Jones CAN 3:28:20

Team Competition Men:

Gold --- Kenya 8:49:09

Silver --- United States of America 8:57:52

Bronze --- Australia 9:37:51

Team Competition Women:

Gold --- Croatia 10:50:08

Silver --- Canada 11:10:41

Bronze --- Australia 11:31:40