WMRA – Gold Medal for Venezuela and Ecuador to 6. the CONSUDATLE Mountain Running Championships 2011.

Ecuador and Venezuela have won gold medals at the 6. CONSUDATLE Mountain Running Championships which took place in Caracas, in the vicinity of Parque Nacional Warairarepano.

2011 South American mountain running Champions are Pedro Ramos (Ecuador) and Jaimes Mileydis (Venezuela).

Finally four Nations were present at the Championships this year: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela.
In the future it would be possible to increase the number of Nations involved, specially in case that some National Athletic Federations (like for sample Peru and Chile) would include inside the Federation the atheltic discipline of mountain running.

At the end of the 12 km. of the men race, the victory and gold medal was captured by Ecuadorean Pedro Ramos in 1 hour 0 minutes and 4 seconds, followed in second place, by Colombian Jhon Jairo Vargas (silver medallist), arrived at the finish line in 1 hour 0 minutes and 49 seconds, while the Venezuelan Pedro José Puentes finished third and was bronze medallist in a time of 1 hour 1 minute and 17 seconds.

Behind them, in fourth place came the Venezuelan Neido Guillén, which preceded other three  countrymen: Rafael Guillén, fifth, Pedro Luis Puentes Figueroa, sixth, and Aristides Medina, seventh. In the order are then arrived at the finish line the three members of the Brazilian team: Naval Figueredo de Assi, eighth, Fabio de Oliveira Chagas, ninth, and Israel dos Anjos, tenth.

In women's race, the Venezuelan Jaimes Mileydis raced the 8 km race in a time of 52 minutes and 9 seconds to win gold medal ahead of fellow countrymen Yaritza Saavedra, silver medal, 53 minutes and 52 seconds and Rosa Méndez, bronze medal, in 57 minutes and 24 seconds.

The Venezuela Marisol Palacios was fourth ahead of three Brazilian: Maria Luisa Alves (5.), Luzia Mesquita (6) and Jucimara Dos Santos (7.).

Great success of spectators and interesting text for South American mountain runners like training for next World Mountain Running Championships in Albania on next 11. September 2011.

News by Ricardo Gómez Chirinos

Photos by LOC:

on second page:
– men podium;
– women podium