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"Beyond the podium places, Colombia’s Frank Carreno took 4th place in 18:25. The next four athletes were separated by only two seconds, with 5th going to Japan’s Roji Watanabe and 6th to the fast improving Wai Ching Soh from Malaysia."

"It is also great to see some relative newcomers to the sport, such as Wai Ching Soh and Muhua Jian, climb up the rankings and perhaps start to challenge the established leaders."

Thanks for a good write up from DH on Towerrunning World Association - Towerrunning Tour Final 2018 at Shanghai Tower, 2nd Tallest Tower in the World with a total steps climb of 3398 steps, 119 floors and 552 meter elevation climb.

Year 2019 Goal - Top 5 in Towerrunning World Ranking!

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Race Report (long)
Towerrunning 200 - Towerrunning Tour 2018 Final
Shanghai Tower – Shanghai – November 25

On November 25, the 2018 Towerrunning Tour Final took place at the Shanghai Tower. This was to be the first race of a three-year deal agreed between the TWA and the Shanghai Tower. As such, the 2018 Towerrunning Tour would finish at the end of November.

Although there were no less than six towerrunning races taking place on the same weekend, 9 of the top ten women would be competing; 9 of the top ten men would also be racing.

The tower itself, completed in 2015, is the second tallest in the world standing at 632m tall and towering over Shanghai’s numerous other skyscrapers. Even the 492m high Shanghai World Financial Center looks a long way down from the top of this tower!

The race would see the athletes ascend more than half a vertical kilometre to 552m over 119 floors up an incredible 3,398 steps. This was undoubtedly a worthy season finale! The aforementioned changes to the Towerrunning Tour meant that year-end TWA rankings would be decided by positions in the November rankings.
Heading into the race, the ladies’ Towerrunning Tour 2018 winner was yet to be decided. The destiny of this year’s trophy would be between World Champion Suzy Walsham (AUS) and Cindy Harris (USA). Although holding the #1 position in the rankings prior to the race, even victory for Suzy would not guarantee her the Towerrunning Tour crown. Due to scores being dropped from the last Towerrunning Tour final held in Changsha back in January, it was potentially going to be incredibly tight on points between these two; a win for Suzy coupled with a second place for Cindy, would see the American take the trophy by just two points…
The race for 3rd place was wide open, with no less than four contenders across three continents in the running – Dominika Wisniewska-Ulfik from Poland, Mexican Maria Elisa Lopez, China’s Muhua Jian and Zuzana Krchova from the Czech Republic.

On the men’s side, the destiny of this year’s crown had already been determined. Regardless of the result in the Shanghai race, Germany’s Christian Riedl would be taking home the coveted trophy ahead of World Champion Piotr Lobodzinski from Poland. Following this year’s World Championships in early May in Taipei, Piotr’s absence from key races later in the month in Shenzhen and Benidorm where Christian was twice victorious have ultimately given the German an unassailable lead in the standings.
Colombia’s Frank Carreno could still take the runners-up spot from Lobodzinski should he finish ahead and Germany’s Goerge Heimann had an outside chance of claiming 3rd place should results fall his way.

Heading into race, Walsham was undeniably the ladies’ pre-race favourite. The Australian had been unbeaten this year since a rare loss in the Tour season opener in Changsha back in January to Krchova and knew that victory was needed to give her the best possible chance of retaining her Tour crown. However, with Harris only needing to repeat her 2nd place from last year’s race to top the year-end standings, the podium placings would certainly influence the final destination of the trophy. Likely contenders for a top-three placing would be Italy’s Valentina Belotti, runner-up in the World Championship, and Muhua Jian from China.

On the men’s side, there was arguably no clear favourite. Lobodzinski led Riedl in the head-to-head during 2018, but with Christian having the upper hand in the more recent races between the pair. Riedl would also no doubt wish to make up for last year’s agonising loss by a mere 0.9 seconds (despite a having a cold) as well as confirming his #1 ranking by ending the season on a high. Never to be discounted, Australia’s Mark Bourne would also be a threat. Incredibly, the Aussie ran a negative split during last year’s race when finishing in third place.
As race day dawned, the assembled athletes who had travelled from far and wide converged on the Shanghai Tower. Once again, a pre-race medical was required consisting of a blood pressure test and a body temperature check. With the formalities over, race warm-ups could begin!

With the clock ticking down to the race start at 0900 hours local time, the ladies assembled in the start area. The usual time-trial format would apply with athletes released 30 seconds apart. Race order would be determined by current ranking position but in reverse, so Suzy would start last.With all the female elites having started, amongst the race favourites it was Italy’s Belotti who crossed the line first having started earlier in the elite wave. She stopped the clock in 21:44, a competitive time but exactly one minute off Walsham’s winning time from 2017. Next to top the leaderboard was local athlete Jian in 20:56. With Jian’s time remaining unbeaten with only a few runners left in the stairwell, we would soon know the identity of this year’s Towerrunning Tour winner. Back on the stairs, Walsham had overtaken Harris having started only one place behind. The question now was whether the American could still get the 2nd place finish she needed to claim the Tour crown, assuming the Australian took the win. However, should Suzy be unable to eclipse Muhua Jian’s time, Cindy would only need 3rd place, assuming Suzy would finish in 2nd place in this scenario.
Minutes later, it was all over. Suzy clocked a superb 20:35 to take the win whilst also knocking 9 seconds off her own course record. Cindy could only manage 4th place, finishing in 22:42. The World Champion therefore added yet another trophy to her no doubt bursting trophy cabinet! Cindy ends the year as #2 in the year-end rankings and the impressive Muhua Jian jumps to 3rd place following her excellent 2nd place in the Tour final.
Outside of the top four, local athlete Linming Chen finished just four seconds behind Cindy to take 5th place and Aussie Alice McNamara took 6th in 23:22 a fraction ahead of China’s Huiji Zhang.

With the women’s race done and dusted, it was the turn of the men. Reverse order meant that Lobodzinski would be the penultimate starter with Riedl starting last. Bourne was the first runner to dip below 18 minutes in a superb time of 17:41, a massive 28 second PB on his showing from last year. This time would have won last year’s race comfortably, but would it be enough this year? Back on the stairs, Christian had overtaken Piotr! Had the German gone off too fast only to suffer in the latter stages or was he flying? As they approached the finish line, Riedl was still ahead of Lobodzinski…could he beat Bourne’s leading time though? The World #1 crossed the line stopping the clock in an incredible 17:26 taking a huge 30 seconds off Piotr’s course record. The Pole failed to break the 18-minute barrier, clocking 18:07, and would have to settle for 3rd this time around behind Mark. To put the winning time into perspective, Christian averaged a fraction under 195 steps per minute and this was most definitely not a sprint race!
Beyond the podium places, Colombia’s Frank Carreno took 4th place in 18:25. The next four athletes were separated by only two seconds, with 5th going to Japan’s Roji Watanabe and 6th to the fast improving Wai Ching Soh from Malaysia.
So, Christian cemented his #1 standing with race victory and would take home the Towerrunning Tour trophy to Germany. World Champion Piotr finishes the Tour season as runner-up, narrowly ahead of Colombia’s Frank Carreno.

The year end rankings show that collectively, the male and female top tens can count athletes in their twenties, thirties, forties and fifties! It is also great to see some relative newcomers to the sport, such as Wai Ching Soh and Muhua Jian, climb up the rankings and perhaps start to challenge the established leaders.
For now though, big congratulations to both Suzy Walsham and Christian Riedl for winning the 2018 Towerrunning Tour, not to mention winning the Towerrunning Tour Final and not be satisfied with just that, setting a course record too!
DH
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Allen Iverson would almost always rather drive to the basket than settle for a jumper.

Seattle's porous defense gave him ample opportunity to dart down the lane for all the easy baskets he wanted.

Iverson scored 41 points, John Salmons had 18 and Kyle Korver 17 to lead the Philadelphia 76ers over the SuperSonics 107-98 on Monday night.

Although Iverson said he's still slightly bothered by his right ankle, which he sprained Dec. 27 at Denver, it hardly showed as he had one of his top shooting nights of the season.

"It's getting a lot better with treatment and everything, and I'm able to push off it like I want to," Iverson said. "Once it gets loose, I'm able to move around like I want to. I try to get to the basket."

Certainly returning home provided an immediate fix for the slumping Sixers. When they left for a 15-day, seven-game trip, they were in first place in the Atlantic Division; they returned four games back in the division race after a 2-5 mark.

"If we closed games out better, we'd have a lot more wins," Iverson said. "I honesty feel like we gave away eight games this season, games we should have won."

The Sonics have been just as bad, finishing 1-4 on a trip that saw them fire Bob Weiss and replace the coach with Bob Hill.

Hill promised a quicker pace and improvement on defense as ways to turn around Seattle's disappointing season.

Seattle's league-worst defense still needs work.

Iverson scored 40-plus points for the eighth time this season as he chases Kobe Bryant for the league scoring title. Iverson wasn't the only one getting open looks -- the Sixers shot 53 percent from the field, seven points higher than their average.

Chris Webber sat out with a lower back strain and was listed as day-to-day. Coach Maurice Cheeks was hopeful that rest would allow Webber to return for Wednesday's game against Utah.

Salmons started in Webber's place and hardly missed a beat on 7-for-9 shooting. Andre Iguodala had 16 points and Samuel Dalembert 11 to put all five starters in double digits.

"That's how you should play," Iverson said. "When you do share the ball, nine times out of 10, more positive results come of it."

Ray Allen led the Sonics with 27 points and Vladimir Radmanovic had 15 points and 12 rebounds.

The Sonics rallied from a 19-point deficit to pull within six late in the fourth quarter -- hardly surprising since only Seattle allows more points than the Sixers -- after 3-pointers by Allen and a couple of free throws from Rashard Lewis.

Korver, though, sank his fifth 3-pointer and Salmons added a 3 to get the lead back to nine. Stuck on 39 points for a while, Iverson sank two free throws to push him over 40 and give the Sixers a 106-95 lead.

"We took control of the game and shut them down," Dalembert said. "We controlled the tempo of the game and didn't really let them get back in."

Iverson scored nine points during a 19-5 run in the third quarter that gave the Sixers a 79-60 lead. Iverson usually drove through a lane that offered little resistance and little reason for the All-Star to resort to his usual banging and crashing all over the court.

Iverson went 6-for-8 in third for 18 points and the Sixers shot 68 percent in the quarter. Hill blamed fatigue from a long road trip for the Sonics going flat in the third.

"We played pretty well in the first half, then I'm sure our legs got tired," Hill said. "We wouldn't move and we weren't guarding. Away games are tough, but they have to find a way to fight fatigue. That was a winnable game."

With the easy looks, and a mid-range jumper that was on target, Iverson finished 15-for-25 from the floor and made 11 of 13 free throws.

Game notes

Korver hit a 3-pointer for the 26th straight game, the longest streak in the league. ... Sonics F Danny Fortson sat out with a sore left knee and C Vitaly Potapenko sat out with a lower back strain. ... Iverson was briefly shaken up when he was smacked in the face by Luke Ridnour while they went after a loose ball in the third quarter. ... Iverson has 67 career games with more than 40 points. ... The Sixers are 8-0 at home against the Western Conference.

Allen Iverson would almost always rather drive to the basket than settle for a jumper.

Seattle's porous defense gave him ample opportunity to dart down the lane for all the easy baskets he wanted.

Iverson scored 41 points, John Salmons had 18 and Kyle Korver 17 to lead the Philadelphia 76ers over the SuperSonics 107-98 on Monday night.

Although Iverson said he's still slightly bothered by his right ankle, which he sprained Dec. 27 at Denver, it hardly showed as he had one of his top shooting nights of the season.

"It's getting a lot better with treatment and everything, and I'm able to push off it like I want to," Iverson said. "Once it gets loose, I'm able to move around like I want to. I try to get to the basket."

Certainly returning home provided an immediate fix for the slumping Sixers. When they left for a 15-day, seven-game trip, they were in first place in the Atlantic Division; they returned four games back in the division race after a 2-5 mark.

"If we closed games out better, we'd have a lot more wins," Iverson said. "I honesty feel like we gave away eight games this season, games we should have won."

The Sonics have been just as bad, finishing 1-4 on a trip that saw them fire Bob Weiss and replace the coach with Bob Hill.

Hill promised a quicker pace and improvement on defense as ways to turn around Seattle's disappointing season.

Seattle's league-worst defense still needs work.

Iverson scored 40-plus points for the eighth time this season as he chases Kobe Bryant for the league scoring title. Iverson wasn't the only one getting open looks -- the Sixers shot 53 percent from the field, seven points higher than their average.

Chris Webber sat out with a lower back strain and was listed as day-to-day. Coach Maurice Cheeks was hopeful that rest would allow Webber to return for Wednesday's game against Utah.

Salmons started in Webber's place and hardly missed a beat on 7-for-9 shooting. Andre Iguodala had 16 points and Samuel Dalembert 11 to put all five starters in double digits.

"That's how you should play," Iverson said. "When you do share the ball, nine times out of 10, more positive results come of it."

Ray Allen led the Sonics with 27 points and Vladimir Radmanovic had 15 points and 12 rebounds.

The Sonics rallied from a 19-point deficit to pull within six late in the fourth quarter -- hardly surprising since only Seattle allows more points than the Sixers -- after 3-pointers by Allen and a couple of free throws from Rashard Lewis.

Korver, though, sank his fifth 3-pointer and Salmons added a 3 to get the lead back to nine. Stuck on 39 points for a while, Iverson sank two free throws to push him over 40 and give the Sixers a 106-95 lead.

"We took control of the game and shut them down," Dalembert said. "We controlled the tempo of the game and didn't really let them get back in."

The Philadelphia 76ers would rather not rely so heavily on Allen Iverson.

They certainly can't complain about the results, though.

Iverson scored 48 points and the 76ers gained ground in the race for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with a 106-103 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night.

Iverson had 30 in the first half to help the Sixers (37-37) take a 25-point lead, which was sliced all the way to one late in the fourth quarter. It was the second straight game the Sixers let a huge lead slip away, blowing a 26-point lead against Boston before holding on for a four-point win.

Certainly, the eighth spot is Philly's to lose over the final eight games. The Sixers have won six of 10 and are 11-8 since March 1 to build a game and a half lead over New Jersey and a 2½-game cushion on Orlando.

Chris Webber missed his third straight game with a sprained left shoulder.

"When Chris is not on the court, it puts way too much on Allen's shoulders," said Sixers coach Jim O'Brien.

Kyle Korver finished with 11 points and Andre Iguodala had 11 rebounds for the Sixers.

Cleveland's 98-77 loss to Indiana on Wednesday night pulled the Sixers to one game of the Cavaliers for the seventh spot. The Cavs play at Philadelphia on Friday and are 0-2 this year against the Sixers.

The Sixers are 3½ games behind first-place Boston in the Atlantic Division.

"The next game, that's the one we have to have," Iverson said. "If we approach everything that way, than everything will take care of itself.

The feisty Bobcats were a little too late in turning the game around and lost their sixth straight.

Cory Alexander sank two free throws that made it 104-103 with 33 seconds left, but Gerald Wallace mishandled the ball and it bounced out of bounds on Charlotte's last possession.

"We would like to just completely put a team away," said Korver. "But there's something to be said about us winning both games. They do come back on us, we feel the pressure a little bit, but still we win."

Korver sank a couple of free throws for Philadelphia and clinched a win that probably shouldn't have been so close.

"It seems like every game we just can't finish," said Primoz Brezec, who led the Bobcats with 23 points.

The Bobcats had their chances for an improbable victory in the final minutes.

Emeka Okafor's layup and turnaround jumper cut Philadelphia's lead to 102-99. Iguodala hit two free throws for a five-point lead, but Primoz Brezec stepped out for a 17-foot baseline jumper that made it 104-101.

Iverson's attempt for 50 points on a driving layup hit off the front of the rim and Samuel Dalembert's ill-advised putback in traffic was an airball.

With a chance to go-ahead, Wallace started to drive and the ball seemed to bounce off his sneaker.

"Wallace had a layup, but he just lost the ball," said Bobcats coach Bernie Bickerstaff.

Alexander had 17 points and Keith Bogans 16 for the Bobcats, who were coming off a 104-102 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night.

Iverson came as close as he could in the first half to matching his league-leading scoring average of 30.4 points. Iverson was sensational, making 10 of 15 baskets and 10 of 11 free throws. His only weakness came from the 3-point line where he missed all four attempts.

Iverson finished 17-for-31 and went 13-for-14 from the line. He had a career-high 60 points in a win over Orlando on Feb. 12 and reached the 40 mark for the eighth time this year.

The Sixers used 17-0 run late in the second quarter to race to a 62-37 lead. They led 66-47 at halftime, scoring a season-high for points in a half.

Game notes
Brezec got in Iguodala's face late in the second quarter and was whistled for a technical foul. Brevin Knight and Bickerstaff also was hit with a T in the first half. Knight got another technical in the fourth and was ejected. Okafor got one soon after ... Iverson has scored 50 points three times this season and has 58 career games with 40 or more points.