Ternopil athlete Natalia Legonkova finished first at the prestigious marathon in the U.S.
Athlete of Berezhany Natalia Legonkova became the winner of traditional Los Angeles international marathon Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon. According to the athletics Federation of Ukraine, a distance of 42 km 195 m, passing through the streets of the "city of Angels", our compatriot managed to do it in 2 hours 30 minutes 41 seconds. This is not only victory, but also a personal record of Natalia, because the last best achievement in her career was shown in October last year during the marathon in Dublin - 2:31.08. The nearest Stalker Legonkova, the Ethiopian Serkalem Abrha, overcame the distance in 2:32.24 hour. Third was American Julia Bundak that vdbna pricheski lagged behind for 14 seconds. In men's competition the top three winners were Kenyans. The fastest of these was the Weldon CRU (2:13.07 h). Let us add that since 1986, when it was first conducted the Los Angeles international marathon, Ukrainian athletes win it for the fifth time. Previously, it has been Love Klochko (1993 and 1996) and Tatiana Pozdnyakova (2003 and 2004). This was reported in the Ternopil regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
