News

03.08.2016 - Photos and Videos of the World Championship

A set of photos of the world championship is accessible on http://www.motivkonsum.de/retro/index.html (Photographer: Martin Pesch). In addition, Martin Pesch uploaded a video montage on https://vimeo.com/177134497.

A large number of videos of single races were uploaded by the Catalonian running club "Esbufecs" to their YouTube-Site:

https://www.youtube.com/user/esbufecsruncam

 

21.07.2016 - Thank you very much for taking part

Dear athletes, dear spectators,

 

the 6th Retrorunning World Championship ended on Sunday afternoon. We want to thank all participants very much for this world championship. Organizing such an event was new for all of us and we are overwhelmed by the positive feedback that we have received and still receive. We are extremely happy that our effort was worth it. You have supported us a lot with your cheerfulness and patience and you have therefore contributed significantly to the success of this world championship. Also, the sporting fair play among each other was once again outstanding. This world championship had a large media response, and thus we hope that we were able to reach a large number of people beyond our community with our sport.

 

We would be happy to see you again at the next world championship in Dublin, 2018 – and of course at other occasions.

The results list is now online on the results page.

 

Thank you! Grazie mille! Merci beaucoup! Muchas gracias! Moltes gràcies! Dziękuję Ci bardzo! Herzlichen Dank!

 

       Marc-André, Christoph, Achim, Bodo, Alexander, und Eric

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.07.2016 - 400m elimination, 4x 100m & 4x 400m and Award Ceremonies on Saturday, 16.07.2016

400m (10:00am):

Male / masculino

J: yes / ja / si / oui

HK: yes / ja / si / oui

M1: yes / ja / si / oui

M2: no / nein / non

 

4x100m & 4x400m

There will be no elemination runs for relays in the morning!

 

Award Ceremonies for 800m, 100m, 10.000m, 1.500m at 12:00pm on Saturday.

 

14.07.2016 - 100m & 200m heats (elimination runs) on Friday, 15.07.2016

100m (10:00 am):

 

Male / masculino

HK: yes / ja / si / oui

M1: yes / ja / si / oui

M2: no / nein / non

 

Female / feminio

HK: no / nein / non

M1: no / nein / non

M2: no / nein / non

 

 

07.07.2016 - Directions to stadium and half marathon venue

In order to find to the stadium and to the half marathon venue more easily, we uploaded two maps (click to enlarge).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05.07.2016 - Radio feature in "Deutschlandradio Kultur" (in german)

The "Deutschlandradio Kultur" streamed a feature on retrorunning on July 3rd, 2016 with Christoph Diehl and Achim Aretz, two of the world championship organization team. You can listen to this feature and read it on the webseite of Deutschlandradio Kultur .

 

05.07.2016 - Public training with world champhionship organizers

The organizers of the world championship offer two training sessions open to everyone interested. So everyone is invited to join.

Thursday, 7. July, 18 Uhr: Stadion am Hallo

Monday, 11. July, 18 Uhr: Messeparkplatz am Mühlheimer Flughafen, Lilienthalstraße, Mühlheim (meeting at marked spot in map below)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28.06.2016 - Leg amputee to set world records at the World Championship

For the first time, an athlete with amputee legs will compete at a Retrorunning World Championship. Dwayne Fernandes (31) from Australia had both his legs replaced with prosthetic limbs at the age of 11 years. Nevertheless, he took part in several high-class stair climb runs, including the Empire State Building Run-Up in New York, and has set up several world records. Now, Dwayne will also start in Essen und will thus be the first leg amputee who will take part at a Retrorunning World Championship. World records are to be expected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.05.2016 - Official trailer for the World Championship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.05.2016 - Reportage on World Championship in German magazin Running - Das Laufmagazin

Running - Das Laufmagazin, one of the largest Gerrman magazins on endurance sports, features a reportage on the world championship in their current issue. You can access the article on our webpage: In Deutschland geht es rückwärts vorwärts [PDF, in german]

 

06.05.2016 - Participation List

A participation list with is now available here. Currently, athletes from 16 nations and 5 continents have registered.

 

02.05.2016 - Half Marathon at UNESCO World Heritage

The half marathon of the World Championship will take place on the compound of the UNESCO World Heritage "Zeche Zollverein". For more information on the half marathon click here.