Africa and Italy dominate at the WMRC
East African nations have clean-swept in the mens race at the 25th WMR Champs in Italy on Sunday (6th). Going one better, the Italian nation took all three medals in the women’s race, with Elisa Desco winning convincingly from compatriot Valentina Belotti.
Brit Sarah Tunstall had a tremendous run to finish 4th, and assert herself as a world class mountain runner, only 25 seconds off a medal.
In the men’s race Geoffrey Kusuro annihilated the opposition (54 seconds is a long way in a World Championship race!), with only Italian youngster Bernard Dematteis able to muscle his way into the African dominance, finishing 4th – seven of the top ten places were taken by African runners.
Full report and brief results courtesy of Tomo Sarf and the WMRA here
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