R. A. / Cordoba | 11/25/2009
An armada of African athletes return to give a touch of elite to the twenty-fifth edition of the Media Marathon de Cordoba, who on the morning of Sunday (10:00) will be held with a clear role for Eritrean athletes. The organization has reached an agreement with the Madrid manager Julia Garcia that the test will probably the best lineup of his quarter century of history, after recent years has been another representative (Fernando Pineda) in charge of recruiting foreign athletes. In fact, although Julia Garcia is an old acquaintance of athletics Cordoba whole negotiation has been a secret until last week closed the names of five men and two women who put the luxury in the Media.
Maybe the big star of the Media is the Eritrean Samuel Tsegay, athlete 21 years of Nike International which is backing a fifth place in the World Championship held last October 11. The African, which will begin with have number 5, has the best record the grisly 1.00.17 which he used to be fifth in Birmingham and presented as one of the major candidates to victory in the Silver Jubilee, as it has already been won this year’s Cross Amorebieta. His compatriot Adhanom Abraha (number 2) was nineteenth in England and is one of the candidates, but then set a personal best in 1.02.47. This year has already won the 15 kilometers from Porto, 10 Kilometers Race for Africa held in Madrid and the Media Sierra de Cordoba. I have number 1 will carry another old acquaintance in the city, the Eritrean also Tesfayohannes Mesfin, 2006 winner of the Media Sierra de Cordoba and more specialized in mountain tests, although in this specialty credited 1.03.08.
Africans will be accompanied by Oscar Martin marathon champion Spain in 2007 and has a half-1.04.00 you will be near the best. Pablo Lopez, runner-up in Spain on average in 2007 and winner of the Media Sierra de Cordoba that year will be another of the references in the most symbolic evidence of athletics Cordoba.
If those are the figures of the male test, the female will be the big favorite Eritrean Fortuna Zegergish than their already 20 years in the twelfth World half marathon in Rio 2008 and second in the 25 kilometers from Berlin 2009, a reputable brand of 1.09.41. His great rival is the pacense Tina Maria Ramos, a veteran and old acquaintance of the Media that international success as their success at the Stockholm Marathon 2005 has a best time of 1:13:56, but that mark three years ago .
