Domaine Hefner (1:04:08) and Anja Fink (1:12:45) are the new state’s half marathon champions. 25-year-old Dolenjka, who has greatly improved the official personal record, is also the absolute winner of the half-marathon distance of the Volkswagen 26 Ljubljana marathon, Hafner placed only second behind Hungarian Leventi Shemeri, who convincingly won the course record (1:04: 08 hours) at 21 kilometers.
Participation in the Ljubljana Marathon was for Dom Hafnera 28-year-old athlete from Selezneki Athletics, is even more important, as he returns to competition after a four-year hiatus due to the use of a banned substance (darbepoetin).
Domen Hafner is back in competition after a four-year ban due to the use of a banned substance (darbepoetin).
« I thought I’d be back already in the spring, but I got injured for half a year and it didn’t work out. My goal today was to win. I was looking to see if Primo Kobe and Metja Krives were on the starting roster, and when I saw they weren’t, let’s go, and I was totally relieved. .
As for the Hungarian who won in the end, I first thought he was running 42km, very fast paced, he was running with the first set, but I told myself I’d rather go slower and definitely win the National Championship. When I noticed on the tenth kilometer that there was no one around me, I knew I just had to get to the finish line and that would be the case. The weather was great and perfect for running, although maybe a bit slippery. I’m back after four tough years, we didn’t give up, we trained more, and we had more motivation to come back. We’ve proven that we can do it, and now we just have to keep going.
In november and december i will try to be in as many races as possible, if we don’t do anything all year, i will probably start next year in a marathon, I will also be in stadium races and road tours. of five and ten kilometers,” declared the new national champion, who, like most of the people we spoke to at the finish line of the marathon, was impressed by the atmosphere along the way.
Anya Fink is the new National Half Marathon Champion. Last year she became the national marathon champion.
Dolenjka sets personal records in Ljubljana
In the women’s competition, she was looking forward to her new victory in the Ljubljana Running Festival Anya Fink. At last year’s edition of the Ljubljana Marathon, the 25-year-old celebrated a personal record among Slovenian women in the royal marathon distance, this time becoming the absolute winner of the half marathon distance. Also this time with a new personal record.
Dolenjka crossed the finish line in 1:12:45 and overtook nearest pursuer Neja Kršinar (1:14:19) by a minute and a half. Jasmina Pitamic Vojska took third place in the national championship (1: 19.15).
The fastest three Slovenian women in the half marathon.
“Ljubljana is really great for me to set personal records (laughs, op. cit) because of the great weather, and the track is also pretty flat, so I always like to come back here. It probably rained some fans on the track, but the weather was good. The weather was perfect for us runners, because there was no wind, and the temperature was great too.I actually ran two minutes faster than the official time (1:15:15, note A), but other than that, I was three weeks ahead in Novi Mesto, She actually ran less than 1:14:00, » laughed Finkova, who also briefly explained her tactics, which she used to win the National Half Marathon Champion.
“I stuck with the group of male runners up to somewhere around the 10th kilometer, but then gave up a bit, Neja is also always a big competitor and chasing herself.”
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