This one in Tokyo (the World Championships). Julia Mayer, who was the first Austrian woman to cross the finish line in the Vienna City Marathon in 2023 and 2024, came in 33rd. Might not sound like much to a Kenyan or Ethiopian, but Mayer said afterwards that she was absolutely satisfied and could not have done any better. It sounds like quite a dramatic race for her on a hot and muggy day. At the 20-kilometer mark, she was 46th (already better than her results in the World Championships in Budapest two years ago) and worked her way up slot by slot.
I’ll be very curious how she does in the VCM 2026, if she runs it.
Here the ORF story (in German; from September 14th — it’s taken me a while to find time to write): https://sport.orf.at/stories/3145551
Here is my report on the VCM 2023: https://ecbinvienna.com/2023/04/23/vienna-city-marathon-2023/
And on the VCM 2024: https://ecbinvienna.com/2024/04/21/vcm-2024-vienna-city-marathon/
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