Croatian Women’s Ultramarathon Team Win World Championships in Doha
- by croatiaweek
- in Sport
The Croatian women’s ultramarathon team have won the 50km World Championships in Doha in fantastic style…
Croatia took first place in the World Championship event thanks to the overall individual placings of MarijaVrajić (2nd), Nikolina Šustić (9th) and Antonija Orlić (11th). After their success in the 100km event in Holland in September, the Croatia women finish 2015 as the most successful team.
Marija Vrajić finished the ultramarathon event in second place with a time of 3:28:15, seven and a half minutes being Camile Herron from USA.
Nikolina Šustić recorded a time of 03:39:34, whilst Antonija Orlić finished the race in 3:42:16. The overall results were enough to give Croatia gold ahead of Australia and Canada.
Results:
1. Camille Herron (USA) 3:20:58
2. Marija Vrajić (CRO) 3:28:15
3. Catrin Jones (CAN) 3:28:19
9. Nikolina Šustić (CRO) 3:39:34
11. Antonija Orlić (CRO) 3:42:16
(photo/aspitezonefoundation)
