Ryan Sandes (RSA) and Sylvie Scherzinger (RSA) claim victories at the first ever UTMB® World Series event in Africa, winning the men's and women's 100-Miler distance category

- The inaugural Mountain Ultra-Trail by UTMB® welcomed 1 450 local and international runners to the Western Cape of South Africa this weekend across six distances: with the city of George hosting the first ever UTMB® World Series in its backyard.

- Bruce Arnett (RSA) and Tarrin van Niekerk (RSA) claim victories in the 100km category in the men's and women's category.

 - Joining the event's list of champions was Johardt Van Heerden (RSA) and Kim Schreiber (GER) in the 60km category; Ian Peterkin (RSA) & Jacques Buys (RSA) shared the men's 42km marathon distance with Bianca Tarboton (RSA) in the women's category; And Anderson Ncube (RSA) and Lijan Van Niekerk (RSA) in the 25km category

The 2023 Mountain Ultra-Trail (MUT) by UTMB® is set to take place from the 26^th - 28^th of May, in the Outeniqua Mountains above George in South Africa's Western Cape. Announced in November last year, the MUT by UTMB® was selected as the first ever UTMB World Series race in Africa and is set to welcome over 1 400 runners this weekend. Famed for their rugged beauty, the peaks above the city of George rise from sea level to over 1 500 metres in elevation blocking rain carrying clouds as they blow inland. This gives the garden city of George its wet microclimate and helps foster the growth of indigenous forests and a plethora of fynbos species. The mountains also make for an exceptional trail running playground and are set to host a 100-Miler for the first time, as part of the fifth edition of the of the trail event which has now become MUT by UTMB.