UK's Goodhead excels at Grand Ballon
Goodhead at the 2009 UK trials
The curtain raiser of the 2010 WMRA Grand Prix season saw a narrow win for France’s Julien Rancon in the men’s 13.2km mens race, with Marie-Laure Dumergues dominating the women’s event…
It was also an excellent event for talented UK youngster Kate Goodhead, as she finished a superb 4th in the top international field.
Willer-sur-Thur, France – Julien Rancon and Marie-Laure Dumergues of France took the victories at the Grand-Ballon mountain race, the opening contest of the WMRA Grand Prix, on Thursday.
Women (8,5km / 830m)
1. DUMERGUES Marie-Laure Fra 48:52
2. DEVILLERS Constance Fra50:09
3. LA FERRARA Loïc Fra 51:12
4. GOODHEAD Kate Gbr 51:50
5. POIROT Cédric Fra 52:07
Men (13,2km / 1240m)
1. RANCON Julien Fra 1:00:26
2. MEYSSAT Emmanuel Fra 1:00:31
3. BURRIER Georges Fra 1:01:58
4. SCHNEIDER David Sui 1:02:39
5. JANDARI Said Fra 1:03:30
Full IAAF report by Jean-Alain Haan (WMRA) now online
Julien Rancon
