At La Sportiva Lavaredo Ultra Trail by UTMB® at Cortina d’Ampezzo in the Italian Dolomites, the highlight of a weekend that saw more than 5,000 runners from more than 75 countries take on four race distances, was Hannes Namberger’s second consecutive record-setting victory on the 120km Lavaredo Ultra Trail race.
The German runner topped the podium with a time of 11 hours, 56 minutes and 28 seconds, finishing 10 minutes and 34 seconds ahead of Gian Marchet Schicktanz of Switzerland, with the Chinese athlete Jiasheng Shen third. Told he was now the undisputed “King of the Dolomites,” Namberger modestly said: “Thank you very much for this compliment, but I’m only a runner who can run fast.”
“It means a lot to me,” he added, “because it is my second time, my second win and the second record. I come to the Dolomites for training and for holidays and this is the best thing ever. It was very risky for me to come back here after my success last year but I wanted to have this challenge. At the end, I had only a 20% chance but I took it and risked everything and I’m first again and that makes me very proud.”
In the women’s division, the victor was a beaming Mimmi Kotka of Sweden, ahead of Katarzyna Solińska of Poland and Esther Fellhofer of Austria. “It is such a magical place, so that adds to all the good feelings about the race,” said Kotka who fell at one point on the course and was competing in the race for the second successive year. “We have had such a great time here in Cortina and this race is really special to me, so it feel really great to be able to finish on the podium for this one,” she added.
Kotka spoke of her love for ultra-trail running. “We all suffer but that’s what’s great with this sport – everyone who (takes part) in these races is suffering the same,” she said, adding that the last finishers share the same experience as the winners. “They did just the same as I did and you feel this connection with people and I think that’s the beauty of this sport,” she said.
Full results from all La Sportiva Lavaredo Ultra Trail by UTMB races – the 120km, 80km, 48km and 20km distances – can be found here: [ Ссылка ]
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