Baltimore Marathon Death
Baltimore Marathon Death, A hospital official says a runner in Saturday’s Baltimore marathon died after collapsing at the 25-mile mark.
Debra Schindler, a spokeswoman for Union Memorial Hospital, says the runner collapsed about 11:20 a.m. and was pronounced dead at the hospital about 1:10 p.m. Schindler says doctors were not able to revive the 23-year-old, whose identity was not released.
Event organizers say the death was the second in the race’s nine-year-history.
Baltimore Marathon Death was first posted on October 12, 2009 at 9:25 pm.
Chicago Marathon 2009 Race Results
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Chicago Marathon 2009 Race Results was first posted on October 12, 2009 at 9:38 pm.
Tsonga Wins Japan Open
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga outgunned Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-3 to win the Japan Open with a dazzling mix of guile and brute force on Sunday.
The world number seven and tournament second seed took 69 minutes to blow Youzhny off court and capture his third title of the year and fifth of his career.
“I will celebrate in the plane to Shanghai with a beer and maybe a little dance,” Tsonga told reporters with a huge grin.
“When I play like that it’s tough for my opponents,” added Tsonga, who won his semi-final against compatriot Gael Monfils by the same scoreline on Saturday.
Tsonga broke through in the eighth game of the first set, forcing Youzhny to smack a forehand wide and the Frenchman took the set with a 201kph ace into the corner.
Another fierce forehand pressured Youzhny into netting a backhand to give Tsonga the crucial break for a 4-3 lead in the second.
The Russian had a sniff of an opportunity at deuce in the next game but Tsonga ruthlessly slammed the door with two of his 11 aces, the first on a second serve.
Tsonga chased down a Youzhny drop shot, dinking the ball cross court to bring up match point, which he converted with a high volley off a clever sliced approach into the corner.
He celebrated by climbing into the players’ box to hug his entourage as a packed Tokyo crowd bathed in sunshine after a week of typhoon rain roared in appreciation.
A first title since winning in Marseille in February moved Tsonga closer to securing a place in the season-ending World Tour Finals in London, exclusive to the world’s top eight.
Victory at the Tokyo hardcourt event was worth $300,000 to Tsonga, who now has a 5-1 record in ATP Tour finals.
Youzhny offered no excuses after losing his 10th career final.
Tsonga Wins Japan Open was first posted on October 11, 2009 at 6:26 pm.
Chicago marathon and chicago marathon street closures
Latest updates about Chicago marathon and chicago marathon street closures, chilly 2009 Chicago Marathon is underway.
As many as 45,000 participants from all 50 states and around the world braved sub-freezing temperatures for the city’s 32nd marathon. The runners, handcyclers and wheelchair riders left at 7:30 a.m. for the 26.2-mile jaunt that will take them from Millennium Park north to Wrigley Field, as far west as Damen Avenue, then south near U.S. Cellular Field and up Michigan Avenue to the finish line.
While some elite runners are competing for a chunk of the $450,000 in total prize money, most, like 34-year-old Mark Harry of Aurora, are competing against themselves.
“It’s cold,” said Harry, “but cold is better. Once we get going it should be OK.”
Harry, a lifelong runner participating in his first marathon, battled the cold with layers of disposable clothes: an old sweatshirt and a garbage bag covering his torso and a tattered towel keeping his lower half warm.
“I’m throwing this all away as soon as the race starts,” he said.
He wasn’t alone. Moments before the race began, the starting area more closely resembled the end of a graduation ceremony as disposable clothing like the Harry’s was thrown to the sidelines to be collected and given to charity.
After the runners had left, said one volunteer, “it looked like a wasteland.”
On the men’s side, last year’s race was dominated by Kenyans, with five out of the top six finishers in 2008 hailing from the East African country. Evans Cheruiyot won in ‘08, finishing the race in just over two hours.
Russia’s Lidiya Grigoryeva, who won last year’s Chicago Marathon on women’s side, will look to repeat this year.
For one runner, the experience running last year’s Chicago marathon was enough to convince her to return.
“It’s an unbelievable feeling to run past all those spectators,” Melinda Schaller, 24, of Detroit said. “That’s what makes Chicago such an amazing race.”
Jeff Butcher, 44, made the trip from Los Angeles to run his 13th marathon. Like Harry, he donned garbage bags and disposable warmup pants to keep warm.
“You know, the Long Beach Marathon is today,” said Butcher. “We could be running in 65-degree weather. But we’re happy to be here — wouldn’t have it any other way.” Source , suntimes.com
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Chicago marathon and chicago marathon street closures was first posted on October 11, 2009 at 8:17 pm.
