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19th-20th June 2009, Torhout, Belgium was the venue of the 23rd IAU 100 km World Cup and European Championship. The race was hosted by the ‘Night At Flanders’, a historic race that was celebrating its 30th Anniversary.

Yasukazu Miyazato (JPN) and Kami Semick (USA) won the 23rd IAU 100 km World Cup.

Teams from Japan and USA won the men’s and women’s team divisions respectively. Jonas Buud (SWE) and Irina Vishnevskaya (RUS) won the European Championship. Italy won the men’s team title and Russia won women’s.
 
Over 200 athletes participating from 28 countries in the World event with many more in the open section. The race starts at 20.00 hrs and runs through the night.
 
The men’s division was won by Yasukazu Miyazato (JPN) in 6:40:43. He was followed in by Jonas Buud (SWE) and Giorgio Calcaterra (ITA) in a time of 6:41:49 and 6:42:04 respectively.
 
This race also doubled as the European Championship with Buud 1st and Calcaterra in 2nd place and Marco Boffo (ITA) taking the bronze medal.
 
The women’s race was won by Kami Semick (USA) in a time of 7:37:23.
 
She was followed into the finish line by Irina Vishnevskaya (RUS) in a time of 7:46:25. 2007 bronze medalist, once again grabbed the 3rd place, Monica Carlin (ITA) came in a time of 7:53:57.
 
Vishnevskaya won the gold in the European Championship. Carlin won the silver while Helena Crossan (IRL) got the bronze medal.
 
In the team competition, Japan won the men’s division followed by Italy in the silver medal spot and France getting the bronze. Italy won the European Championship men’s division. France grabbed the silver medal and they were followed by Spain.
 
USA won the gold in the women’s team competition followed by Team Russia and Japan. In the European Championship, Russia took the gold in the women’s division followed by Teams from Germany and Italy.
 
From the IAU website

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