Corrida de Langueux
The Church of Langueux sits at the centre of the course
DateJune
LocationLangueux, France
Event typeRoad
Distance10K
Established1991
Course recordsMen's: 27:46 (2011)
Ethiopia Atsedu Tsegay
Women's: 31:20 (2018)
France Clémence Calvin
Official siteCorrida de Langueux
Participants165 (2019)

The Corrida de Langueux is an annual 10 kilometres road running competition which is held in Langueux, Brittany, France, every June. The competition is organised by the Union Athlétique Langueux.[1] The elite 10K races for men and women have IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status.[2] The race was selected to be the French 10K championship race in 2003, 2008 and 2010.[3]

There are elite and popular races over 10 km, as well as a races for younger athletes and wheelchair racers.[4] Furthermore, an annual 20 km hike (la randonnée) is held in conjunction with the running events. The hike takes walkers across the Bay of Saint-Brieuc at low tide and then through the peninsula of Hillion.[5] In 2009 over 500 people took part in the hike, over 450 young runners took part in the youth race, and over 850 runners ran the popular 10K race. In total, the day's events attract almost 2000 participants every year, from elite runners to disabled athletes.[4] On top of this, around 15,000 spectators watch the race in the centre of the village[2] – a number which is twice the population of Langueux.[6]

The course is double-looped and encompasses the village centre, passing points of interest including the Langueux church and sports complex.[7] Past winners of the race include 1998 Olympic fourth placer Jean-Louis Prianon, World Championship marathon runner Nadia Ejjafini, and 2006 Lille Half Marathon winner Meriem Wangari.

The course records for the race are 27:46 minutes for men, set by Atsedu Tsegay in 2011,[8] and 31:20 minutes for women, set by Clémence Calvin in 2018.

Past elite 10K winners

Key:   Course record   Country's championship race

Nadia Ejjafini won back-to-back titles in 2006 and 2007.
Edition Year Men's winner Time (m:s) Women's winner Time (m:s)
1st 1991  Joël Lucas (FRA)  Denise Le Blanc (FRA)
2nd 1992  Didier Bernard (FRA)  Odile Tournevache (FRA)
3rd 1993  Jean-Louis Prianon (FRA)  Valérie Chauvel (FRA)
4th 1994  Noureddine Sobhi (FRA)  Odile Ohier (FRA)
5th 1995  Julius Koech (KEN)  Selina Chirchir (KEN)
6th 1996  Didier Sainthorand (FRA)  Valentina Enachi (MDA)
7th 1997  John Gwako (KEN)  Restituta Joseph (TAN)
8th 1998  Julius Koech (KEN)  Jackline Torori (KEN)
9th 1999  Phaustin Baha Sulle (TAN)  Restituta Joseph (TAN)
10th 2000  David Maina (KEN)  Nancy Omwenga (KEN)
11th 2001  Mickaël Thomas (FRA)  Nancy Omwenga (KEN)
12th 2002  George Morara (KEN) 28:47  Nancy Omwenga (KEN) 33:33
13th 2003  George Morara (KEN) 28:19  Fatima Yvelain (FRA) 32:44
14th 2004  Gordon Mahugu (KEN) 28:46  Carmen Oliveras (FRA) 33:24
15th 2005  Francis Wachira (KEN) 28:46  Corinne Raux (FRA) 33:52
16th 2006  Samir Eraouia (MAR) 28:45  Nadia Ejjafini (BHR) 32:28
17th 2007  Abdellah Falil (MAR) 27:56  Nadia Ejjafini (BHR) 32:39
18th 2008  El Hassan Lahssini (FRA) 28:45  Carmen Oliveras (FRA) 34:01
19th 2009  Rachid Kisri (MAR) 28:40  Meriem Wangari (KEN) 32:33
20th 2010  Azmeraw Bekele (ETH) 28:13  Meriem Wangari (KEN) 32:55
21st 2011  Atsedu Tsegay (ETH) 27:46  Meriem Wangari (KEN) 32:31
22nd 2012  Fikadu Haftu (ETH) 28:17  Christelle Daunay (FRA) 31:48
23rd 2013  Tesfaye Abera (ETH) 28:21  Fantu Eticha (ETH) 32:22
24th 2014  Victor Chumo (KEN) 28:18  Angela Tanui (KEN) 31:51
25th 2015  Simon Cheprot (KEN) 28:05  Gladys Yator (KEN) 31:40
26th 2016  Robert Kaptingei (KEN) 28:15  Meskerem Amare (ETH) 32:31
27th 2017  Dawit Fikadu (BHR) 28:43  Birhane Mihretu (ETH) 32:30
28th 2018  Moses Kibet (KEN) 28:26  Clémence Calvin (FRA) 31:20
29th 2019  Emmanuel Bor (KEN) 27:53  Tesfaye Haftu (ETH) 32:00
30th 2021  Morhad Amdouni (FRA) 28:27  Mekdes Woldu (ERI) 33:02

References

  1. ^ Le Club Archived 2010-07-29 at the Wayback Machine (in French). Corrida de Langueux. Retrieved on 2010-06-29.
  2. ^ a b Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2010-06-28). A. Bekele and Wangary take Langueux 10Km titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-29.
  3. ^ Historique Archived 2010-04-19 at the Wayback Machine. Corrida de Langueux. Retrieved on 2010-06-29.
  4. ^ a b Statistiques Archived 2010-04-30 at the Wayback Machine (in French). Corrida de Langueux. Retrieved on 2010-06-29.
  5. ^ Randonnée Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine (in French). Corrida de Langueux. Retrieved on 2010-06-29.
  6. ^ Populations légales 2017: Commune de Langueux (22106). INSEE (2019). Retrieved on 2020-12-09.
  7. ^ Plan Corrida Archived 2010-04-01 at the Wayback Machine (in French). Corrida de Langueux. Retrieved on 2010-06-29.
  8. ^ Vazel, Pierre-jean (2011-06-25). Tsegay and Wangari take Langueux 10Km titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-27.
List of winners

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