STRONG EUROPEAN FIELD FOR MATTONI USTI NAD LEBEM HALF-MARATHON
By David Monti, @d9monti
(c) 2020 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved - Used with permission.
(17-Sep) -- This weekend's Mattoni Ústí Half-Marathon in the north of the Czech Republic near the German border will feature a strong European elite field, organizers announced today. The race celebrates its tenth edition on Saturday.
The women's field includes Eva Vrabcová Nývltová, the 2018 European Championships bronze medalist in the marathon, who is coming back to competition after giving birth to a baby girl, Adela, in 2019.
Unlike many road races which were postponed this year, the Mattoni Ústí nad Labem Half-Marathon is being held on its normal date. Last year's race had 2351 finishers, but this year should have fewer finishers due to COVID restrictions. The course records are Men, 59:14, by Kenya's Barselius Kipyego in 2017 and 1:07:17 by Peres Jepchirchir, also from Kenya, in 2015.
The elite start lists are as follows.
MEN -
Said El Otmani (ITA) 1:01:31 (Verbania, 2019)
Alejandro Jimenez (ESP) 1:03:05 (Valencia, 2019)
Jiří Homoláč (CZE) 1:03:23 (Prague, 2017)
Alberto Sanchez Pinilla (ESP) 1:03:39 (Puerto de Sagunto, 2020)
Bohdan-Ivan Horodyskyi (UKR) 1:04:43 (Kovel, 2019)
Vít Pavlišta (CZE) 1:05:09 (Prague, 2016)
Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse (FRA) 1:05:22 (Lille, 2019)
Robert Míč (CZE) 1:07:23 (Ústí nad Labem, 2017)
Azeddine Habz (FRA) debut
Jakub Zemaník (CZE) debut
Sebastian Hendel (GER) pacemaker for women’s race
WOMEN -
Fatma Maraoui (ITA) 1:10:08 (Cremona, 2011)
Eva Vrabcová Nývltová (CZE) 1:11:01 (Prague, 2018)
Ekaterina Korneenko (BLR) 1:12:45 (Poznań, 2019)
Marcela Joglová (CZE) 1:13:46 (Kostěnice, 2020)
Kristina Hendel (GER) 1:14:02 (Berlín, 2019)
Ivana Sekyrová (CZE) 1:14:06 (Pardubice, 2013)
Cecilia Mobuchon (FRA) 1:14:16 (Sevilla, 2020)
Nuria Lugueros Diaz (ESP) 1:15:11 (Madrid, 2019)
Tereza Hrochová (CZE) 1:15:59 (Kostěnice, 2020)
Barbora Jíšová (CZE) 1:18:51 (Prague, 2018)
Tereza Jagošová (CZE) 1:25:08 (Olomouc, 2018)
PHOTO: Eva Vrabcová Nývltová holding her baby, Adela, on August 31, 2020 (photo courtesy of RunCzech)
