Sports for All: Mahé crazy challenge |19 November 2019

Belle, Freminot win gruelling races

Geno Belle is the winner of this year’s Mahé Crazy Challenge, succeeding Malagasy Gerard Jaomaro who had held the title for the past two years – 2017 and 2018 – while Nelda Freminot is the women’s champion.

Belle won Saturday’s race in 9 hours 19 minutes 31.6 seconds (9h19:31.6) but his time was way off the standing record of 8h52:09 belonging to James Barra since 2012.

Second in Saturday’s race was Samuel Vidot with a time of 9h19:53.6 and Gerard Jaomaro completed the medals podium after clocking 9h51:28 to take third place.

In the women’s race, Nelda Freminot triumphed in 12h52:50.2 followed in second place by Brenda Larue in 12h54:44.4. Third was Florise Ernesta with 13h16:00.3.

The women’s record stands at 11h41:44 and it belongs to South African Pene Vogt and she achieved it in 2017.

Complete results of the Mahé crazy challenge 2018

Men

1st Geno Belle 9h19:31.6

2nd Samuel Vidot 9h19:53.6

3rd Gerard Jaomaro 9h51:28

4th Jean Baptiste 11h02:37.6

5th Hillaire Jaomaro 11h46:27.3

6th Kevin Larue 11h51:51.6

7th Kumara Kks sisira 12h52:50.2

8th Jimmy Jacques 12h53:26.1

9th Leonard Andomalala 13h26:02.2

10th Antoine Mondon 14h39:40.5

11th Raymond Florentine 14h55:33.5

12th Danny Louange 15h04:46.4

13th Carlos Payet 15h04:46.4

14th Mervin Elizabeth 15h44:54.2

Women                    

1st Nelda Freminot 12h52:50.2

2nd Brenda Larue 12h54:44.4

3rd Florise Ernesta 13h16:00.3

4th Maggie Harray 14h52:16.3

5th Zsaklin Miklos 14h52:16.3

6th Samentha William 15h51:30.4

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