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That's a wrap for The Last Desert 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 Passage as they approached Ushuaia.
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
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Next stop the Atacama Crossing (Chile) in March 2025.
The thirteen Grand Slammers will conclude their huge achievement here.