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Marathon du Mont-Blanc

FRANCE, 30 June

The second event of the Golden Trail World Series, dubbed The Roller Coaster, is 42km long with 2,780m of vertical ascent.

Of the seven Saffas to finish the marathon, was the quickest (4h48min, sixth woman), followed by (4h59, 52nd man), and (5h57min, 18th woman)., and also completed the alpine race.

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