Mihai Alin Cupşa şi Marcel Bălan au fost umăr la umăr până aproape de linia de finiş. Chiar dacă Bălan a concurat la categoria 40-44 de ani, iar Cupşa la 25-29 de ani, cei doi au fost despărţiţi în final de doar 12 secunde. Câştig de cauză i-a revenit celui din urmă, după ce adversarul lui a căzut cu 200 de metri de linia de finiş, dar cei doi şi-au adjudecat medaliile de aur la categoriile lor de vârstă.
Cel mai vârstnic participant a fost germanul Reinhold Wolter, care, la aproape de 85 de ani, a terminat cursa în 2 h 28 min 45 sec, faţă de 1 h 03 min 31 sec, timpul cu cât a fost înregistrat cel mai rapid om al zilei, Mihai Cupşa.
La feminin, britanica Kerry McGawley a concurat mai mult cu băieţii, ajungând pe locul 28 din totalul sportivilor participanţi, depăşind-o cu aproape 10 minute pe Diana Robu, sosită a doua, la feminin.
În competiţia ştafetelor mixte, Rusia a mai cucerit titlul mondial. Pavel Andreev şi Iulia Surikova, câştigătorii cu o zi în urmă ai titlului suprem la individual, au dominat cursa de la un cap la altul, terminând cu mult înaintea celorlalte echipe. Pe locul doi a trecut linia de sosire echipa a doua a Rusiei. Cum din aceeaşi ţară, doar o echipă poate să obţină medalie, argintul a revenit Cehiei, sosită imediat după Rusia 2. Medaliile de bronz au ajuns la gâtul sportivilor din Slovacia. România a terminat competiţia pe locul 5.
În proba de ştafetă mixtă juniori, România s-a clasat pe locul doi, după Rusia, în componenţa Vivienn Laczko, Nicolae Hâncu, Anna Kemenes şi Leonard Hâncu.
Medaliile României
masculin
18-19 ani: 1. Darius Hanganuţ, 2. Aron Incze, 3. Balazs Boga
20-24 ani: 2. Daniel Madaras
25-29 ani: 1. Alin Mihai Cupşa, 3. Sergiu Paraschivu
30-34 ani: 3. Alin Petric
35-39 ani: 1. Istvan Csergedi, 2. Adrian Costea
40-44 ani: 1. Marcel Bălan
45-49 ani: 2. Mircea Robert Gustav
feminin
25-29 ani: 1. Noemi Lupuj
30-34 ani: 1. Diana Robu, 2. Raluca Irimia
40-44 ani: 3. Eliza Pop
45-49 ani: 2. Edit Laczko
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Știri România
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Politic
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