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Patrick Kipng’eno and Scout Adkin emerged as the overall men's and women's champions of the 2024 Valsir Mountain Running World Cup after gathering enough points to top the overall standings.
Patrick Kipng’eno and Scout Adkin emerged as the overall men’s and women’s champions of the 2024 Valsir Mountain Running World Cup.
Kipngeno’s win at the Val Bregaglia Trail on Sunday secured him the top spot but Joyce Muthoni Njeru’s win was not enough to secure her the title since Britain’s Adkin had more points despite finishing third in the race.
Kipng’eno has been racing the whole season and he only needed a place among the top five finishers at the Val Bregaglia Trail to secure the crown again. Adkin and Njeru were separated by 10 points but the win in the final could not propel the latter above Adkin.
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Kiriago has accumulated 250 points from Kipng’eno who has 230 points.
The points are calculated according to the number of races run, with the best eight results counting, and bonus points for participation in the finals.
Meanwhile, Sunday’s 23km race started with Josphat Kiprotich leading the group until the 3km mark, with Paul Machoka running behind him, followed by Richard Omaya Atuya. Theodore Klein and Philemon Ombogo Kiriago were also running slightly behind the group.
Machoka then took the lead at the 10km mark, but experienced Kipngeno was closely running behind him. Kipngeno then took charge with Klein and Machoka hanging onto him. Kipngeno went on to win in 1:34:03 as Machoka took second place in 1:34:22. Klein rounded up the podium in a time of 1:34:53. Kipngeno secured the World Cup title with 330 points.
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The women’s race saw Jeruto Kisang take the lead but Adkin was running behind her. Passing the 10km mark, Muthoni Njeru took the lead. The Kenyan eventually took the win in 1:47:45 as Jeruto Kisang came in second, finishing seven seconds ahead of Adkin in 1:48:51.
However, Adkin led the World Cup standings with 339 points, putting her one point ahead of Muthoni Njeru. Jeruto Kisang was third overall with 313.
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