On Sunday, Spain’s Kilian Jornet scored a decisive win on the Zegama-Aizkorri path marathon in Spain; it was his eleventh victory at this race in 12 appearances, and he completed eight minutes forward of second place, in 3:38:07. It was a really shut race for second and third, with Elhousine Ellazaoui of Morocco securing second in 3:46:16, and Bart Przedwojewski of Poland third, in 3:46:54.
Zegama is a extremely technical race in Spain’s Basque nation, with 2,700m of elevation achieve and an environment of pleasure to rival a number of the largest sporting occasions in Europe. Followers line the race’s steep ascents on either side, with barely sufficient area for runners to cross between them.
Norway’s Sylvia Nordskar dominated the ladies’s race in comparable vogue, taking the win in 4:29:12; Spain’s personal Malen Osa was six minutes again, ending second in 4:35:19, and Marta Martínez, additionally of Spain, was third, in 4:35:39.
Zegama is a part of the Golden Path Collection–an eight-race sequence the place the highest 30 women and men from the general rating, after the eighth race, shall be invited to the Grand Remaining, to be held this 12 months within the Swiss area of Ascona-Locarno. This 12 months’s sequence kicked off with a few races in Asia–first in Japan, then China.
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The one 12 months Jornet competed and didn’t win was 2015, when he skilled abdomen issues late within the race and pale to twenty second place. He set the course report of three:36:40 in 2022.
The subsequent race within the sequence is the Mont-Blanc Marathon in Chamonix, France, which is scheduled for June 30.
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