Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 50, September 2013 | Page 13
Magic
WALKING WONDER Race walker Marc Mundell was in action in the 50km walk in Moscow, hoping to build on his terri?c SA record performance in the London Olympics, and he was ecstatic about ?nishing 31st in 3:57:55. “This was my ?rst 50km race since London, my second-best ever time, and one position better than London, so I am delighted. The conditions in Moscow were challenging – the weather was all over the place, with rain, sunshine and humidity – so I think I paced myself really well and I was on PB pace until 35km.” “I made a tactical call at 36km to chase my PB, but I think I underestimated the conditions and overestimated my conditioning. I made it to 40km and then the wheels fell off. I struggled through until 45km and gradually picked myself up for the Athletes 18 individuals, 2 teams 24 individuals 26 individuals, 2 teams 17 individuals, 1 team 28 individuals Finalists* 4 quali?ers, 2 automatic 5 quali?ers, 4 automatic 6 quali?ers (inc 1 team), 7 automatic 5 quali?ers (inc 1 team), 8 automatic 6 quali?ers, 7 automatic
Way to walk: Marc Mundell
?nal 5km, where I caught several positions. I think that my recovery from surgery has gone well, but the ?ve months of training that I lost affected my conditioning and the base just wasn’t there in the ?nal 10km, which was my strength in London.”
SA in Top Level Athletics
South Africa’s overall performance over the past six years shows a healthy ratio of athletes making it into ?nals, thus showing the undoubted talent this country possesses – and the potential for more medals.
MEET 2008 Olympics 2009 World Champs 2011 World Champs 2012 Olympic Games 2013 World Champs
Gold 0 2 0 0 0
Silver 1 1 2 1 0
Bronze TOTAL 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 1
* Finalists include automatic events where no qualifying round is held, e.g. 10 000m or marathon.
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