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Post Race: The Final Breaking News
Fri, 27 Jun 2025 at 10 00 pmGobi March 2025 - that's a wrap!
You can see the following on the website:
PHOTOS - more from Stage6.
After returning to Ulaanbaatar where it all started a week ago, all participants attended the Awards Banquet for an evening of celebration, eating real food, presenting the special awards and watching the photo slideshow and highlights video from the week.
First there were the Winners – the Top 3 men, women and official and group teams. Then there were the age group winners for the men and women. Finally the special Awards – Spirit, Sportsmanship, new 4 Deserts Club members and those who are qualified for The Last Desert (Antarctica).
SPECIAL AWARDS
The Gobi March is a race, and we applaud those at the front and their impressive results, but it's more than that. It's about the experience, the camaraderie and kindness. We recognise this with two special awards:
- Spirit Award - Jasmine Lo - Taiwan
- Sportsmanship Award - Paul Templer - USA
4 DESERTS CLUB MEMBERS
Those people who complete all 4 Deserts Ultramarathons (Atacama Crossing in Chile, Namib Race in Namibia, Gobi March in Mongolia and The Last Desert in Antarctica) join the 4 Deserts Club. They can complete these races over any timeframe. After completing the Gobi March 2025 there are three new 4 Deserts Club Members
- Dirk Diemont - South Africa
- Silvia Lubics - Hungary
- Jasmine Lo - Taiwan
Tomorrow competitors will start making their way back to their homes around the world to reunite with family and for the achievement and experience of the last week to sink in.
You can see all the coverage on the Gobi March website:
PHOTOS - from the whole week. "Post Race" photos from the Awards Banquet will be posted soon.
VIDEOS - from throughout the week including the video from Stage 6.
The highlights Video and Photo Slideshow from the whole week, that competitors were able to watch at the Awards Banquet will be added to the RacingThePlanet YouTube Channel next week (subscribe to get a notification when it has been added).
We hope you have enjoyed following the race and we hope to see or meet you in the future at a race, or through race coverage. If you have any feedback on the coverage please do let us know so that we can continue to improve it.
We will be back in Mongolia in June 2026 for the 20th edition of the Gobi March.
- The next race is RacingThePlanet: Greece which starts on 28 September 2025.
For now, congratulations to those who were at the start line of the Gobi March and thank you to everyone who supported the race as volunteers in Mongolia and those at home to cheering for their friends and family through their training and the race.