2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race

The Junior women's race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, on April 1, 2006. Reports on the event were given in The New York Times,[1] and for the IAAF.[2]

Junior women's race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
OrganisersIAAF
Edition34th
DateApril 1
Host cityFukuoka, Kyushu, Japan Japan
VenueUmi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park
Events1
Distances6 km – Junior women
Participation78 athletes from
25 nations

Complete results for individuals,[3][4][5] for teams,[3][6][7] medallists,[8] and the results of British athletes who took part[9] were published.

Race results edit

Junior women's race (6 km) edit

Individual edit

Rank Athlete Country Time
  Pauline Korikwiang   Kenya 19:27
  Veronica Wanjiru   Kenya 19:27
  Mercy Kosgei   Kenya 19:45
4 Emmy Chepkirui   Kenya 19:52
5 Belainesh Zemedkun   Ethiopia 19:56
6 Workitu Ayanu   Ethiopia 19:57
7 Emebt Etea   Ethiopia 20:05
8 Pamela Chesopich Lisoreng   Kenya 20:06
9 Gladys Chemweno   Kenya 20:09
10 Sian Edwards   United Kingdom 20:10
11 Asselefech Assefa   Ethiopia 20:22
12 Merat Bahta   Eritrea 20:22
13 Hitomi Niiya   Japan 20:25
14 Megumi Kinukawa   Japan 20:29
15 Kazue Kojima   Japan 20:29
16 Yuko Nohara   Japan 20:31
17 Chisato Ozaki   Japan 20:33
18 Madeline Heiner   Australia 20:39
19 Marta Romo   Spain 20:46
20 Elsa Medhanie   Eritrea 20:56
21 Derebe Godan   Ethiopia 20:56
22 Aïcha Bani   Morocco 20:56
23 Aimi Horikoshi   Japan 20:57
24 Furtuna Zegergish   Eritrea 21:09
25 Weini Tedros Tesfay   Eritrea 21:10
26 Pelagie Musengimana   Rwanda 21:10
27 Magdalena Lotter   South Africa 21:11
28 Viktoriya Ivanova   Russia 21:12
29 Aïcha Rezig   Algeria 21:13
30 Stephanie Twell   United Kingdom 21:14
31 McKayla Plank   United States 21:15
32 Asmae Ghizlane   Morocco 21:19
33 Natalya Starkova   Russia 21:19
34 Erin Bedell   United States 21:20
35 Lucy Starrat   Australia 21:21
36 Non Stanford   United Kingdom 21:24
37 Danielle Sale   United Kingdom 21:24
38 Kauren Tarver   United States 21:26
39 Nicole Blood   United States 21:28
40 Kheira Belmediouni   Algeria 21:38
41 Fouzia Majdoubi   Morocco 21:40
42 Lara Tamsett   Australia 21:40
43 Jessica Sparke   United Kingdom 21:41
44 Kate Van Buskirk   Canada 21:42
45 Natalya Orlova   Russia 21:42
46 Sheila Reid   Canada 21:52
47 Fatima Ouezzani   Morocco 21:55
48 Houda Regragui   Morocco 21:57
49 Mandy McBean   Canada 21:58
50 Joanne Harvey   United Kingdom 21:59
51 Lucy Oliver   New Zealand 21:59
52 Marie Lawrence   United States 22:05
53 Karina Villazana   Peru 22:07
54 Sitora Hamidova   Uzbekistan 22:13
55 Astrid Leutert    Switzerland 22:13
56 Anita Campbell   Canada 22:17
57 Cátia Galhardo   Portugal 22:18
58 Lindsay Carson   Canada 22:20
59 Majida Maayouf   Morocco 22:21
60 Valentina Costanza   Italy 22:23
61 Tarah McKay   Canada 22:24
62 Yekaterina Gorbunova   Russia 22:38
63 Rachel Green   Australia 22:40
64 Volha Kaminskaya   Belarus 22:46
65 Amina Bettiche   Algeria 22:48
66 Rocío Cántara   Peru 22:50
67 Madeline McKeever   United States 22:52
68 Antonina Popova   Kazakhstan 22:59
69 Sara Louise Treacy   Ireland 23:11
70 Yamina Mescari   Algeria 23:14
71 Sarah Grahame   Australia 23:28
72 Luciana Viengo   Angola 23:49
73 Chahrazed Bououden   Algeria 24:01
74 Rocio Huillca   Peru 25:11
75 Belen Chaiza   Peru 25:30
Sara Cardona   Spain DNF
Arina Korobitskaya   Kyrgyzstan DNF
Yuliya Mochalova   Russia DQ

: Yuliya Mochalova from   Russia finished 24th in 21:03 min, but was disqualified because of doping violations.[10]

Teams edit

Rank Team Points
    Kenya
Pauline Korikwiang 1
Veronica Wanjiru 2
Mercy Kosgei 3
Emmy Chepkirui 4
(Pamela Chesopich Lisoreng) (8)
(Gladys Chemweno) (9)
10
    Ethiopia
Belainesh Zemedkun 5
Workitu Ayanu 6
Emebt Etea 7
Asselefech Assefa 11
(Derebe Godan) (21)
29
    Japan
Hitomi Niiya 13
Megumi Kinukawa 14
Kazue Kojima 15
Yuko Nohara 16
(Chisato Ozaki) (17)
(Aimi Horikoshi) (23)
58
4   Eritrea
Merat Bahta 12
Elsa Medhanie 20
Furtuna Zegergish 24
Weini Tedros Tesfay 25
81
5   United Kingdom
Sian Edwards 10
Stephanie Twell 30
Non Stanford 36
Danielle Sale 37
(Jessica Sparke) (43)
(Joanne Harvey) (50)
113
6   United States
McKayla Plank 31
Erin Bedell 34
Kauren Tarver 38
Nicole Blood 39
(Marie Lawrence) (52)
(Madeline McKeever) (67)
142
7   Morocco
Aïcha Bani 22
Asmae Ghizlane 32
Fouzia Majdoubi 41
Fatima Ouezzani 47
(Houda Regragui) (48)
(Majida Maayouf) (59)
142
8   Australia
Madeline Heiner 18
Lucy Starrat 35
Lara Tamsett 42
Rachel Green 63
(Sarah Grahame) (71)
158
9   Russia
Viktoriya Ivanova 28
Natalya Starkova 33
Natalya Orlova 45
Yekaterina Gorbunova 62
168
10   Canada
Kate Van Buskirk 44
Sheila Reid 46
Mandy McBean 49
Anita Campbell 56
(Lindsay Carson) (58)
(Tarah McKay) (61)
195
11   Algeria
Aïcha Rezig 29
Kheira Belmediouni 40
Amina Bettiche 65
Yamina Mescari 70
(Chahrazed Bououden) (73)
204
12   Peru
Karina Villazana 53
Rocío Cántara 66
Rocio Huillca 74
Belen Chaiza 75
268
  • Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 78 athletes from 25 countries participated in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.[9]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics: For Bekele, 5th straight double title", The New York Times, April 2, 2006, retrieved November 2, 2013
  2. ^ Morse, Parker (April 1, 2006), Women's Junior Race, Fukuoka - Kenyan Sweep, IAAF, retrieved November 2, 2013
  3. ^ a b Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - Fukuoka Date: Saturday, April 1, 2006, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved November 2, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Junior Race - W Final - revised, IAAF, April 1, 2006, archived from the original on November 6, 2013, retrieved November 2, 2013
  5. ^ Results - 34th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Fukuoka, JAPAN 01 APR 2006 - 02 APR 2006 - Junior Race - women, IAAF, 1 April 2006, archived from the original on 5 November 2013, retrieved 2 November 2013
  6. ^ Official Team Results Junior Race - W, IAAF, April 1, 2006, archived from the original on November 6, 2013, retrieved November 2, 2013
  7. ^ Results - 34th IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Fukuoka, JAPAN 01 APR 2006 - 02 APR 2006 - Junior Race - women - Final - Team, IAAF, 1 April 2006, archived from the original on 5 November 2013, retrieved 2 November 2013
  8. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Athletics Weekly, retrieved November 2, 2013
  9. ^ a b 36th IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - EDINBURGH 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES - GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY & WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (PDF), IAAF, p. 2ff, archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2013, retrieved November 2, 2013
  10. ^ IAAF WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - BYDGOSZCZ 2013 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, p. 11, retrieved November 2, 2013