Race Coverage

Race Coverage

RACE Coverage

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Post Race: And that's a wrap

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 at 07 00 am

And that's a wrap for The Last Desert and Antarctica Ultramarathon 2024. The racing concluded after five Stages with the final Stage on Deception Island on 3 December.  They travelled back across a calm Drake Passage and had the final celebration dinner and Awards Presentation in the Beagle Channel as they approached Ushuaia.

A great night was had by all at the final dinner and Awards Presentations last night. All the special awards were given and the Photo Highlights Slideshow and Video Highlights were shown.

They are now docked in Ushuaia port and will depart after breakfast.

THE LAST DESERT (ANTARCTICA) 2024 WINNERS

Men

1st - Reinhold Hugo - SWI - 251km

2nd - Inia Raumati - NZL - 203km

3rd - Rob James - WAL - 200.8km

Women

1st - Yasmin Stoderegger - AUT - 243km - 2nd Overall

2nd - Maigua Ojeda Perez - ESP - 208.6km - 3rd Overall

3rd - Victoria Connelly - GBR - 197.8 - 7th Overall

 

Spirit Award - Mike Gawron Junior - the youngest and most positive, excited and enthusiastic person on the ship.

Sportsmanship Award - Sandeep Singla - always helpful and supportive to others despite many things going on in his own life, including having donated part of his liver to one of his children.

 

4 Deserts Champions of 2024

The people who have lowest combined ranks for each of the 4 Deserts Ultramarathons. This is over any timeframe and must have The Last Desert as the final of the 4 Deserts.

  • Women - Victoria Connelly
  • Men - Rob James

 

New 4 Deserts Club members:

  • Richard Behringer
  • Dora Chan
  • Victoria Connelly
  • Kristina Huffman
  • Rob James
  • James Russell
  • Rafiq Karovaliya
  • Mika Kume
  • Jennifer Mutuc
  • Andrew Perkins
  • Bruno Ribeiro
  • Mario Sampaio
  • Ivan Schmidt
  • Andres Suifi
  • Helen (Boon Lee) Tan
  • Michele Ufer

 

ANTARCTICA ULTRAMARATHON

Ultramarathon

  • Men: Nick Triolo
  • Women: Erica Rushbridge

Marathon

  • Men: Gunnar Faehn
  • Women: Annick Welfing

Half Marathon

  • Men: Doug Kamp
  • Women: Anne Ziogos

10 km

  • Men: Jon Ingalls
  • Women: Brendi Maria Cobb Hugo

5km

  • Men: Carson Griggs
  • Women: Carrie Ower

 

Catch up on all the details on The Last Desert Website:

RESULTS and Antarcitca Ultramarathon Results

VIDEOS

PHOTOS

BREAKING NEWS UPDATES

The Photo Slideshow and final Highlights Video of the entire week will be added to the website soon.

Next stop the Atacama Crossing (Chile) in March 2025. The thirteen Grand Slammers will conclude their huge achievement of completing four or five 250km RacingThePlanet Ultramarathons in twelve months. 

That's a wrap for The Last Desert 2024. 

Post Race: Awards Dinner & Presentation

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 at 12 00 am

A great night was had by all at the final dinner and Awards Presentations tonight. 

All the special awards were given and the Photo Highlights Slideshow and Video Highlights were shown.

They are now docked in Ushuaia port where they will spend their last night on board on the ship before departing in the morning after breakfast.

Post Race: Making Good Progress Towards Ushuaia

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 at 09 00 am

The ship has already passed through the Drake Passage and will be entering the Beagle Channel later today, on schedule to arrive into Ushuaia in the early hours of tomorrow morning. The sea has not been too rough for the return journey, but will soon become even calmer. Competitors have mainly been resting, eating and listening to more talks about the incredible continent of Antarctica.

 
A new VIDEO OF POST-RACE REFLECTIONS has been added.
This features David Nicholson, Michele Ufer, Jim Crowe, Sarah Oh, Sandeep Singla, Simran Singh and Rafiq Karovaliya as well as staff members Michael Murphy (one of the videographers), Sandy Kondo and Hernan Garcia (course director).

You can see ALL THE VIDEOS FROM THE RACE this week.

 

The Awards Dinner will take place on the ship tonight. This is when the podium winners and other special awards will be presented including Top 3 Men & Women, Sportsmanship & Spirit Award, new 4 Deserts Club members and finally the 4 Deserts Champions of 2024.  
The Antarctica Ultramarathon winners of each category will also be presented.

Apologies for the ranking error on the results page. This has been corrected.  Final checks are still taking place and will be finalised soon, but you can see the RESULTS as they stand at the moment.