24/10/2019   Taihu (CHN) - Report of the third day






A day with a little hazy sky awaits the walkers at the beginning in the center of Mudu.

 
 
12 km men
 
After a few meters from the start, Chen Ding, the London 2012 Olympic champion, returned to the race from a few months. is leading the race.
At the pass to the first lap (6km) Chen Ding has an advantage of almost 300m on the group of pursuers led by Perseus Karlstrom (SWE), Niu Wenchao (CHN), Esteban Soto (COL), Evan Dunfee (CAN), Ivan Losev (UKR ) and Rhydian Cowley (AUS).
Shortly thereafter Perseus Karlstrom decides to force the pace to catch for Chen Ding.
He will reach it at 11km.
 
Beautiful the curtain raised by the two.
Chen Ding who looks at Perseus Karlstrom and says, "I am tired" and Karlstrom who replies "Came on I go slowly".
This war armistice lasts 200m, but we understand that the winner will be the Swede.
To break the eggs in the basket there is the stop of 30" in the Penalty Zone for Chen Ding who accepts it smiling.
He starts again after the penalty having caught his breath and gain at Karlstrom a few seconds. When the Swede he had seen Chen Ding's stop slowing down a bit his pace.
A nice final race.
 
Victory to Perseus Karlstrom (SWE) in 48:28
It is the first time in the history of Around Taihu (which has now reached its seventh edition) that an athlete wins all three stations.
Second place for Chen Ding (CHN) in 48:52
Third place for Niu Wenchao (CHN) in 49:19
Fourth place for Esteban Soto (COL) in 49:20
Fifth place for Zha Xiyangben (CHN) in 49:25
Sixth place for Huang Haofeng (CHN) in 49:37
Seventh place for Rhydian Cowley (CHN) in 49:49
Eighth place for Ivan Losev (UKR) in 49:52
 
 

 

 

 
 
Individual cumulative ranking
 
1.- Perseus Karlstrom (SWE) in 3:01:41 (last year in 3:01:39 he was fifth)
2.- Esteban Soto (COL) in 3:04:01
3.- Rhydian Cowley (AUS) in 3:05:56
4.- Andres Chocho (ECU) in 3:06:25
5.- Bian Tongda (CHN) in 3:06:28
6.- Wayne Snyman (RSA) in 3:07:42
7.- Isaac Palma Olivares (MEX) in 3:07:44
8.- Alexander David Hurtado (ECO) in 3:07:56
 
 
 
Team cumulative standings
 
1.- Umara Racing Team (Hurtado, Chocho, Castaneda, Ibanez, Karlstrom): 9:15:34
2.- Red Caciente (Soto, Palma, Snyman, Losev, Subramaniam): 9:16:43
3.- China 1 (Bian, Huang, Sun, Zha, Chen Ding): 9:19:45
4.- China - Yunnan 1 (Zhang, Cui, Gong, Niu, Yin): 9:26:28
5.- Super Nova (Cowley, Dunfee, Christie, Rew): 9:34:57
6.- China 2 (Beng, Li Zhu, Wang Rui, Zhang Jun): 9:35:16
7.- China - Yunnan 2 (Hu, Liu, Peng, Yu, Zhu): 9:44:28
8.- China - Tianjin (Yang, Yang, Hou, Chen, Luo): 9:49:44
 
 
 
12 km women
 
It's the day of Erica De Sena.
The Brazilian is immediately leading the race with a lead of about thirty meters over Lu Xiuzhi and Li Maocuo. Behind them are Wang Yingliu and Ma Zhenxia who precede Magali Bonilla (ECU) and Inna Kashina (UKR) by a few meters.
 
Towards the 10km Ma Zhenxia loses ground from Wang Yingliu and Li Maocuo loses from Lu Xiuzhi who remains alone to seek recovery on Erica De Sena, a recovery that does not happen.
Wang Yingliu tries in every way to get close to Lu Xiuzhi for second place but does not succeed: in the end only 52 will separate the two Chinese
 
Victory for Erica De Sena (BRA) in 52:25
Second place to Lu Xiuzhi (CHN) in 52:50
Third place to Wang Yingliu in 52:55
Fourth place to Magaly Beatriz Bonilla (ECU) in 52:58
Fifth place in Inna Kashina (UKR) in 53:20
Sixth place in Li Maocuo (CHN) in 53:24
Seventh place in Ma Zhenxia (CHN) in 53:40
 
 
 

 

 

 
Individual cumulative ranking
 
1.- Erica De Sena (BRA) in 3:19:00
2.- Li Maocuo (CHN) in 3:19:13
3.- Ma Zhenxia (CHN) in 3: 20: 402
4.- Inna Kashina (UKR) in 3:17:41
5.- Wang Yingliu (CHN) in 3:25:25
6.- Ma Faying (CHN - Qinghai) in 3:23:31
7.- Lu Xiuzhi (CHN) in 3:23:41
8.- Magaly Beatriz Bonilla (ECU) in 3:25:08
 
 
Team cumulative standings
 
1.- China (Qiji Zhuoma, Ma Zhenxia, ​​Li Maocuo, Wang Yingliu, Lu Xiuzhi): 10:02:05
2.- The Dreamers (De Sena, Kashina, Madarasz): 10:07:58
3.- Brave Warmis (Ordonea, Bonilla, Guaman, Robyn): 10:29:01
4.- China Qinghai (Chang, Niu, Ma, Ji): 10:35:44
5.- China Yunnan (Cun, Li, Tan, Xie, Zhao): 10:49:39