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Post Race: The Awards Banquet concludes RacingThePlanet: The 20-Year Race

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 at 08 14 pm

RacingThePlanet: The 20-Year Race (Jordan) concluded last evening at the Awards Banquet held at the Old Village Resort Hotel. The Overall Champions, Official and Group Team Winners, Age Group Awards and Spirit and Sportsmanship Awards are shown below:

Overall Champion: Filippo Ross (Switzerland), 33:52

Women's Champion: Maigualida Ojeda Perez (Spain), 38:07

Official Team Winner: 1st, Team 18 Years (Cyril Himmer (Switzerland), Eric Grant (Switzerland))

Group Team Winner: 1st, Team Pollo Amarillo (Christian Colque (Argentina), Jeison Duarte da Costa (Brazil))

Men's Age Group Awards:

1st, 29 and Under: Magnus Walker (United Kingdom)

1st, 30-39: Jean-Phillipe Martin (France)

1st, 40-49: Atilla Kele (Hungary)

1st, 50-59: Christoph Castelberg (Austria)

1st, 60-69: Andreas Martin (Germany)

1st, 70 and Older: Ivan Schmidt (Denmark)

Women's Age Group Awards:

1st, under 29: Iona Theobald (United Kingdom)

1st, 30-39: Christine Eder (Austria)

1st, 40-49: Zivile Pupalaigyte (Lithuania)

1st, 50-59:Inoue Chizuru (Japan)

1st, 60-69: Nicola Walker (United Kingdom)

Spirit Award: Aijing Liu (Switzerland)

Sportsmanship Award: Pohsu Wei (United States)

THANK YOU to the 104 competitors who arrived in Jordan after countless hours of training and preparations. Every single one of you, whether you made it to the finish line or not, are heroes.

RacingThePlanet: The 20-Year Race could not have been possible without the support of all the individuals on ground, including the incredible course team (led by Hernan Garcia), the volunteer team (led by Tony Brammer), the medical team (led by Dr. Avinash Patil) and the media team (Thiago Diz and Michael Murphy), which assembled from around the world -- a HUGE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS WORK DURING THE WEEK. Thank you also to Samantha Fanshawe, the Event Director, who oversaw every detail of the race and shines in everything she does. A final TREMENDOUS thank you to our valuable local team, led by Yousef Hasanat, and the camp team led by Enrique Castro. You are all the very best.

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Post Race: Breaking News

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 at 01 00 pm

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