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Stellina 2018, Norway’s Bugge, Ireland’s McCormack top at Italian Classic

A great field of international elite Mountain Runners headed more than 200 athletes this morning on the tracks of Memorial Partigiani Stellina Susa, which celebrated its 30th birthday.
To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary, the Stellina returned to the original course-track, made up of 14,4 km and 1’630 mt of positive ascent, a very demanding course from the center of Susa, under the magnificent Arch of Emperor Augustus, to the Partisan Brigade’s memorial stone at Costa Rossa, after having also passed through the Grange Sevine, a symbolic place of the battle for freedom.
The men's race was a concentration of emotions and challenges at the highest level, it was finally decided by the Norwegian Johan Bugge, who won the race with the final time of 1h19'48 ", second place for the Italian Francesco Puppi (1h20’38”), detached 50" and third for Kenyan Timothi Kimitay Kirui almost 3 minutes from the winner (1h22'34 ").
In the women's race the story was all about the victory of the Irish runner Sarah McCormack who beat the competitors running very well and posting 1h35'55”. She won convincingly with second place to Kenyan Muthoni Joyce Njeru in 1h39'01", third place for Gloria Giudici in 1h39'38 ", the best of the Italians.
Memorial Partigiani Stellina is the first mountain race recognized by the IAAF (sanctioned in 1989) and represents a symbolic heritage from the Second World War with the commemoration of the battle of the Grange Sevine where the partisans, led by the commander Aldo Laghi, alias Giulio Bolaffi, defeated Nazis.
more info and full ranking at FIDAL web site: RESULTS
top three
men
1. Johan Bugge - Norway - (1h19'48")
2. Francesco Puppi - Italy - (1h20'38")
3. Kirui Kimutai - Kenya - (1h22'34")
women
1. Sarah Mc Cormack - Ireland - (1h35’55”)
2. Muthoni Njeru Joyce - Kenya - (1h39’01”)
3. Gloria Giudici - Italy - (1h39’38”)
Photo: Damiano Benedetto / Alexis Courthoud
Writing: Alex Scolari
 
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