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December 2009
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Mikitenko to run in 10000m at Barcelona 2010 |
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03.11.2009 |
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Irina Mikitenko of Germany. (Picture Alliance)
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Two-time
reigning World Marathon Major series winner Irina Mikitenko of Germany is planning to run the 10000m instead of
the Marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain,
which runs through 26 July to 1 August.
Marathon
specialist Mikitenko confirmed that in 2010 she will participate in only two Marathon races, one in spring and another in autumn, but
she has not made a decision on the venues yet.
The 37-year-old
Mikitenko pocketed $500,000 after winning the 2008-09 series of the World
Marathon Majors that concluded with the New York City Marathon on Sunday.
The
World Marathon Majors is a series consisting of five of the largest and most
renowned Marathon races in the world: the Boston Marathon, London Marathon,
Berlin Marathon, Chicago Marathon and New York
City Marathon.
Mikitenko
intends to compete in all the WMM races in the next two-year cycle of
2009-10.
"It's
definitely a goal to run at each of the five Marathon
races of the World Marathon Majors Series and if possible win, too," Mikitenko
told the German Athletics Federation website leichtathletik.de.
Despite
pocketing $1 million after winning the last two editions of the World Marathon
Majors series, Mikitenko clarified that money was not the primary thing on her
mind.
"Frankly
speaking money does not matter to me. When I run, I never think of money.
I am glad that I have been able to win the last two World Marathon Majors title
but that is certainly not among the top considerations when I decide to run a Marathon," she said.
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