Makaza & Harrison Win IAU 50km Titles

Four years after his first victory, Zimbabwe’s Collen Makaza won the IAU 50km World Trophy Final in Doha on Friday (31), while USA’s Emily Harrison lived up to her status as the favourite in the women’s race.

Conditions were even hotter than expected as temperatures hovered around 30°C, so times were generally slower than in previous editions of the World Trophy Final. Read the full article here!

Leading results

Men
1 Collen Makaza (ZIM) 3:00:41
2 Phil Anthony (GBR) 3:01:26
3 Harm Sengers (NED) 3:05:01
4 Paul Marteletti (GBR) 3:11:05
5 Gary O’Hanlon (IRL) 3:14:35
6 Michael Wardian (USA) 3:18:11
7 Raivis Zakis (LAT) 3:20:12
8 Wouter Decock (BEL) 3:22:02
9 Tomoya Sugimoto (JPN) 3:24:55
10 Thomas Klingenberg (GER) 3:29:42

Women
1 Emily Harrison (USA) 3:32:30
2 Joanna Zakrzewski (GBR) 3:33:23
3 Catrin Jones (CAN) 3:37:57
4 Rita Nordsveen (NOR) 3:45:21
5 Neza Mravlje (SLO) 3:48:42
6 Pamela Veith (GER) 3:48:51
7 Valeria Sesto (GBR) 3:49:59
8 Svetlana Tkach (MDA) 3:53:04
9 Irina Antrapova (RUS) 3:53:59
10 Beverley Anderson (CAN) 3:57:22