Άλλη μια σπουδαία διεθνής εμφάνιση χτες από τον Αλέξανδρο Καρύκα, ο οποίος ανέβηκε στο τρίτο σκαλί του βάθρου στον αγώνα των 110Κ (+4.100m) στο Istria100 by UTMB, στην Κροατία. Η επίδοση του ήταν 10:37:38. Τον αγώνα κέρδισε ο Σλοβάκος Patrik Milata με χρόνο 09:27:19 και δεύτερος τερμάτισε ο Ιταλός Gionato Gogliati με επίδοση 09:49:44. Νικήτρια στις γυναίκες ήταν η Φινλανδή Anna-Stiina Erkkila με χρόνο 11:05:40.

UMAG, Croatia, BARCELONA, Spain– This weekend, over 2,560 trail runners will take to the Istrian peninsula of Croatia to race in the 11^th edition of Istria 100 by UTMB. Among them will be over 50 elite runners who will be looking to secure their spot to the UTMB World Series Finals in Mont-Blanc.

In just over two weeks, a host of international trail runners will descend on Croatia for Europe’s first UTMB World Series race of the season, Istria 100 by UTMB®.  Amongst them, will be American trail royalty, Jim Walmsley, who will be racing the 100miler distance (168.6km/6590m+), in hope that this will be his getaway to the UTMB World Series Finals in August. Wearing bib number one, Walmsley will be joined by other UTMB Mont-Blanc hopefuls, including Frenchmen Noël Yannick and Arthur Joyeux-Bouillon, who both have a UTMB index of 847 and 848 respectively.