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Giro Media Blenio

Swiss road running event

Summary

Swiss road running event

The village of [[Dongio]] hosts the annual races.

The Giro Media Blenio is an annual road running event over 10 kilometres which takes place in April in the village of Dongio, Switzerland. It was created in honour of Markus Ryffel's silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

The event, held in the district of Blenio, is divided into four race types. The 10 km Grand Prix is an elite, open class men's race, while the Giro provides an alternate 10 km for amateur fun runners. Shorter races are offered for young runners in the Mini Giro section and a separate race is held for people wishing to complete the course by walking and Nordic walking. The main 10 km race was included on the Post-Cup series of Swiss races for its 25th anniversary in 2009.

The route for the elite Grand Prix race is a 1.25 km circuit around the streets of Dongio, which athletes complete eight times in the course of the race. The fun run is a larger circuit, which passes the nearby settlements of Roccabella, Motto and Ludiano. A total of 1000 runners (761 men and 229 women) took part in the Giro in 2011, while more than 1500 people participated in the day's other events.

The Giro Media Blenio had its inaugural edition in 1985 and for its first nine years it featured an 11 km men's race and an 8 km race for women. From 1994 to 2006 the distances were set at 10 km for men and 5 km for women, but the women's race was dropped from the programme from 2007 onwards. Winners of the men's elite race include Haile Gebrselassie, Olympic champion Khalid Skah and World Cross Country Champions Paul Tergat and William Sigei. On the women's side, the first edition was won by Ellen Wessinghage, a former mile run world record holder, and she was later joined by 2003 world champion Berhane Adere, Olympic medallist Isabella Ochichi and world medallist Priscah Jepleting Cherono.

Past elite winners

Kenya's [[Paul Tergat]] won the race on three occasions.

[[Edwin Soi]] won three times consecutively from 2006 to 2008.

Key:

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	1985	Dietmar Millonig	33:31	Ellen Wessinghage	40:11 (11 km)
2nd	1986	Markus Ryffel	33:07	Cornelia Bürki	38:15 (11 km)
3rd	1987	Dietmar Millonig	33:01	Debbie Elsmore	38:19 (11 km)
4th	1988	Christoph Herle	32:36	Martine Oppliger	29:12 (8 km)
5th	1989	Moses Tanui	31:51	Isabella Moretti	27:10
6th	1990	Mark Rowland	32:59	Sandra Gasser	27:29
7th	1991	Andrea Sambu Sipe	32:21	Alena Močáriová	26:57
8th	1992	Barnabas Korir	33:23	Jane Ngotho	27:26
9th	1993	Paul Tergat	31:49	Pamela Chepchumba	26:52
10th	1994	William Sigei	27:34	Merima Denboba	33:41 (10 km)
11th	1995	Haile Gebrselassie	28:02	Sally Barsosio	16:10
12th	1996	Paul Tergat	28:36	Annemari Sandell	15:48
13th	1997	Paul Tergat	28:19	Lydia Cheromei	15:43
14th	1998	Paul Koech	28:30	Berhane Adere	16:14
15th	1999	Evans Rutto	28:37.4	Restituta Joseph	16:07.9
16th	2000	Robert Kipkorir Kipchumba	29:02.7	Rose Cheruiyot	15:55.5
17th	2001	Paul Malakwen Kosgei	28:13.4	Isabella Ochichi	15:41.1
18th	2002	Benson Barus	29:27.0	Merima Denboba	16:23.3
19th	2003	John Yuda Msuri	28:41.3	Joan Jepkorir Aiyabei	16:02.7
20th	2004	Richard Limo	28:51.5	Alice Timbilil	15:55.4
21st	2005	Paul Kimaiyo Kimugul	28:35.2	Alice Timbilil	15:31.1
22nd	2006	Edwin Soi	28:27.3	Priscah Jepleting Cherono	15:54.2
23rd	2007	Edwin Soi	28:24.8	—	—
24th	2008	Edwin Soi	28:59.7	—	—
25th	2009	Moses Mosop	28:52.6	—	—
26th	2010	Imane Merga	29:02.3	—	—
27th	2011	Imane Merga	28:17.8	—	—
28th	2012	Edwin Soi	28:31	—	—
29th	2013	Muktar Edris	28:10	—	—
30th	2014	Cornelius Kipruto Kangogo	28:14.9	—	—

References

;List of winners

Franco Civai et al. (2011-04-25). Giro Media Blenio 10 km + 5 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-04-29.

References

Sampaolo, Diego (2011-04-26). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=59842.html Merga defends title in Dongio 10Km]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-29.
link. (2012-03-23 . Il Paese. Retrieved on 2011-04-29.)
[http://www.mediablenio.com/it/grand-prix Grand Prix] {{in lang. it. Giro Media Blenio. Retrieved on 2011-04-29.
[http://www.mediablenio.com/it/giro Giro] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-01-24 {{in lang). it. Giro Media Blenio. Retrieved on 2011-04-29.
[http://services.datasport.com/2011/lauf/blenio/#Marke0 27° Giro Media Blenio 2011, Dongio - classifiche]. Data Sport (2011). Retrieved on 2011-04-29.
Franco Civai et al. (2011-04-25). [https://www.arrs.run/HP_Dong10.htm Giro Media Blenio 10 km + 5 km]. [[Association of Road Racing Statisticians]]. Retrieved on 2011-04-29.

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