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La maratona di Pyongyang

Res publica   15.04.14  

La maratona di Pyongyang

La Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon, corsa annualmente per le strade della capitale nordcoreana, per la prima volta da 27 anni ha visto la partecipazione di corridori stranieri. The Wire racconta come è andata la surreale maratona di Pyongyang corsa a ritmo di marce patriottiche.

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I corridori della maratona perduta

Res publica   03.11.12  

Tra le decine di migliaia di corridori rimasti orfani, per la prima volta nella storia, della maratona di New York cancellata per gli effetti dell'uragano Sandy c'è chi ha deciso di donare la propria camera d'albergo ai newyorkesi sfollati e chi invece domattina prenderà comunque il via per percorrere 42,195 km che vanno oltre il puro gesto sportivo.

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Il segreto del successo dei corridori kenioti

Res publica   19.04.12  

Da alcune minoranze etniche del Kenya, pari al 0,06% della popolazione mondiale, arrivano gli atleti che dominano la maggior parte delle gare sulla lunga distanza. C'è chi si interroga sul segreto di questo successo.

The statistics are hard to ignore. This medium-size country of 41 million dominates the world in competitive running. Pick any long-distance race. You'll often find that up to about 70 or 80 percent of its winners since the late 1980s, when East African nutrition and technology started catching up with the West, have been from Kenya. Since 1988, for example, 20 of the 25 first-place men in the Boston Marathon have been Kenyan. Kenyan women appear to have had a later start, winning none of marathons before 2000 (possibly due to discriminatory laws and a tradition of forcing girls into marriages, both of which were partially rolled back by 1990s reforms) and 9 of 13 since then. Of the top 25 male record holders for the 3000-meter steeplechase, 18 are Kenyan. Seven of the last 8 London marathons were won by Kenyans, and the sole outlier was from neighboring Ethiopia*. Their record in the Olympic men's marathon is more uneven, having placed in the top three in only four of the last six races. Still, not bad for one country. And even more amazing is that three-fourths of the Kenyan champions come from an ethnic minority of 4.4. million, or 0.06% of global population.

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Il minatore cileno alla maratona di New York

Res publica   08.11.10  

I maratoneti a New York

Edison Peña, uno dei minatori rimasti intrappolati nella miniera cilena di San José ha partecipato ieri alla maratona di New York.

Edison Peña could be forgiven for having to slow to a walk at times during the New York City Marathon on Sunday. His training, after all, came via subterranean loops of only a few miles at a time, with the tunnels of a collapsed gold and copper mine for a course and sawed-off work boots for footwear.

But after fighting through knee pain to jog across the finish line in under six hours, Peña wanted to clear something up.

"First of all, I want to say that I would have run faster," he said. "And I did run faster in the mine."

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