We just completed the race and we are sharing final results from the event. There were 77 athletes that completed the Championships, 31 women and 46 men. In the team competition we had 4 women teams and 7 men teams. Finally, 17 Federations were represented in the championships.
CHAKIB LACHGAR LATRACHE (ESP) is the new Men IAU 50 km Champion with finishing time 2:48:20. The second place went to ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ VICENTE in finishing time 2:49:30. Third place goes to JESUS ANGEL OLMOS PASCUAL with finishing time 2:50:12. Spanish athletes took entire podium.
In the women competition the new Women IAU 50 km Champion is Carla Molinaro (GBR) with finish time 3:18:23. Second place goes to Andrea Pomaranski (USA) in 2:19:07 and third place to Sarah Webster (GBR) in 3:20:07. This was great victory for Great Britain as they had 1st and 3rd place individually.
Women
1. Carla Molinaro (GBR) 3:18:23
2. Andrea Pomaranski (USA) 3:19:07
3. Sarah Webster (GBR) 3:20:07
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Photo by Jacek Bedkowski
Photo by John O'Regan
Men
1. CHAKIB LACHGAR LATRACHE (ESP) 2:48:20
2. ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ VICENTE (ESP) 2:49:30
3. JESUS ANGEL OLMOS PASCUAL (ESP) 2:50:12
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Photo by Jacek Bedkowski
Photo by Jacek Bedkowski
In the Team competition Great Britain for women and Spain for men won gold medal. USA and Croatia were second and third at women competition and India and Great Britain second and third in men competition. The standing is as follow:
Women Team
1. Great Britain 9:59:07
2. USA 10:18:11
3. Croatia 10:53:20
Photo by Jacek Bedkowski
Men Team
1. Spain 8:28:02
2. India 8:48:50
3. Great Britain 8:51:58
Photo by Jacek Bedkowski
Overall Spain and Great Britain won 4 medals for each team, Spain 3 individually and 1 in team competition. Great Britain 2 individually and 2 in team competition. There are 2 medals for USA, one individually and one in team competition. Finally Croatia and India won 1 medal for each country.
Final overall results are provided here.
Jacek Bedkowski
IAU director of Communication
