SINGAPORE, October 9. BRITTA Kamrau-Corestein came closer to clinching the overall FINA Marathon World Cup with a win in the penultimate stop of the series on Sunday. Meanwhile, Germany’s Alexander Studzinski grabbed gold on the men’s side of the ticket.
Kamrau-Corestein added her ninth victory of the series with a 2:08:35 clocking. She downed countrywoman Angela Maurer for the win. Maurer, Kamrau-Corestein’s chief rival for the final series title, placed second in 2:08:47, while Canada’s Karley Stutzel rounded out the top three with a 2:20:07 time.
Studzinski picked up the men’s gold medal and cash prize with a 2:08:23 time. Meanwhile, Bulgarian Petar Stoychev secured the overall title with a second-place showing of 2:08:24. Although the clocks showed a tie with France’s Stephane Gomez and Russia’s Evgeny Drattsev, judges decided that Stoychev placed second with Gomez and Drattsev following in third and fourth, respectively.
The Marathon World Cup concludes on Sunday with a meet in Setbual, Portugal.
Women
1. Britta Kamrau-Corestein, Germany, 2:08:35
2. Angela Maurer, Germany, 2:08:47
3. Karley Stutzel, Canada, 2:20:07
4. Maria Celeste Punet, Argentina, 2:22:54
5. Ester Nunez Morera, Spain, 2:26:06
6. Asmaa Kataria, Egypt, 2:29:07
7. Livia Iriana, Indonesia, 2:52:29
8. Anne Siregar, Indonesia, 2:58:36
Men
1. Alexander Studzinski, Germany, 2:08:23
2. Petar Stoychev, Bulgaria, 2:08:24*
3. Stephane Gomez, France, 2:08:24*
4. Evgeny Drattsev, Russia, 2:08:24*
5. Evgeny Koshkarov, Russia, 2:08:26
6. Anton Sanachev, Russia, 2:08:27
7. Mohamed El Zanaty, Egypt, 2:08:31
8. Jarrod Ballem, Canada, 2:08:33
9. Tihomir Ivanchev, Bulgaria, 2:08:49
10. Kerin Rok, Slovenia, 2:12:33
11. Zhi Cong Lim, Singapore, 2:20:15
12. Rainer Ng, Singapore, 2:24:46
13. Glen Victor Sutanto, Indonesia, 2:34:11
14. Michael Dominico Prasantio, Indonesia, 2:38:32
15. Gerald Koh, Singapore, 2:41:14
16. Ashane Fernando, Sri Lanka, 2:52:21
17. Efren Tablan, Philippines, 2:55:09
18. Damian Blaum, Argentina, DNF
* based on judges decisions