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The IAU 24-hour World Championships run has just finished in Brive, France. The event was won by Shingo Inoue of Japan with a total of 273.5KM covered in 24 hours. The great American ultra runner, Scott Jurek finished second with 266KM, just 7KM short of the Japanese runner. Ivan Cudin of Italy was third with 263.5KM.
In a race which was really a breakthrough race for the podium finishers, Inoue broke the Japanese record for 24 hours. Jurek beat the existing American record of 260KM in the process, while 3rd placed Cudin broke the European record. The IAU 24 Hour Run World Championship takes place on a loop course which is 1.25 km long, and is half pavement and half packed dirt. This years race saw about 150 runners taking part.
- INOUE Shingo 273.531 JAPON
- JUREK Scott 266.008 ETATS-UNIS
- CUDIN Ivan 263.500 ITALIE
- SAKAI Yuji 258.485 JAPON
- BYCHKOV Vladimir 258.485 RUSSIE
- HOBLEA Fabien 255.977 FRANCE
- BERGE Jon Harald 254.723 NORVEGE
- PARES John 252.215 GRANDE-BRETAGNE
- WEIS Ralf 248.454 GERMANIE
- COLLARD Stephane 248.454 FRANCE
Complete results for all participants are available on the official race results page.
