Monday 15 December 2008

Athletes of the Year

Following on from the post on Monday 1 December about 'Athletics Weekly' Athletes of the Year 2009.

I've identified the following performances which are worthy of consideration but I'm sure there are many others I've missed - if you know of any please let me know.

BRITISH MAN
Chris Finill - 243.238k - Tooting 24 hr (London, UK)
Stephen Mason - 239.396k - Perth 24h (Scotland)
William Sichel - 857.071k - Hamm 6d (Germany)

BRITISH WOMAN
Lucy Colquhoun - 8h 09:24 - first British woman in Euro Champs/World Cup 100k (Italy)
Sharon Gayter - 219.178k - Bislett indoor 24h (Oslo, Norway)
Vicky Skelton - 211.986k - Tooting 24 hr (London, UK)

INTERNATIONAL MAN
Eoin Keith - three Irish records (100 miles, 200k, 24h) in Tooting 24 hr (London, UK)
Yiannis Kouros - three 48h races in two months - 408k, 422k, 433k
Tony Mangan - world treadmill record 48h - 405.220k
Wolfgang Schwerk - two 6d races in five weeks - 912.000k, 872.264k

INTERNATIONAL WOMAN
Margrethe Logavlen - 135.425k - Bislett indoor 12h (Oslo, Norway)
Cornelia Bulig - 775.255k - Antibes 6d (France)
Martina Hausmann - three 6d races in four months - 743.000k, 713.492k, 756.400k

BRITISH PERFORMANCE
Chris Finill - 243.238k - Tooting 24 hr (London, UK)

INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Martina Hausmann - 756.400k - chasing Yiannis Kouros in Hallsberg 6d (Sweden)
Eoin Keith - three Irish records (100 miles, 200k, 24h) in Tooting 24 hr (London, UK)
Tony Mangan - world treadmill record 48h - 405.220k

Well, who would you vote for ?

1 comment:

Simon Anderson said...

It's just a whole other world isn't it?