Sri Chinmoy 24/12 hour run
Two new Swiss records
VS. It stopped raining just a few minutes before the start at 12 noon. A dry stretch, as well as cool temperatures, ensured the best running conditions for the 83 runners from 14 countries at the ninth international Sri Chinmoy 24/12-hour run in Basel.
This is how Hans-Peter Brönnimann from Riehen, who started the run too quickly last year and had to give up early, succeeded this time in a super performance: With 257.3 kilometres, run with the consistency and precision of a Swiss clockwork, he set a new all-comers record (longstanding old record by Aribert Hannappel; 244 kilometres) and stayed just under 3 kilometres below the course record. He won with ease in front of the Berliner Thomas Kabuss, with 224 kilometres a total of 33 kilometres behind him! Third place went to Milan Furin from Slovakia with 220.2 kilometres. Jean-Claude Jamin from Tri Team Bern was the second Swiss to take sixth place in the main class (seventh place overall).
In the women’s category, Ursula Alder from Wald also set a new Swiss record with 190.3 (old record by Tarangini Westreicher: 186 kilometres), which, however, was only enough for third place in the main class after the two Germans Inge Ludwig with 203.2 kilometres and Heike Pawzik from Berlin with 201 kilometres.
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The new Swiss Record holders in the 24-hour run: Ursula Alder from Wald and Hans-Peter Brönnimann from Riehen. Image Keystone
Published in Boltsſtimme, People's Voice — Newspaper for the Upper Basel Region, 9.5.96.