Alex Milne and Naomi Robinson claim individual titles as they lead the GB & NI men’s and women’s teams to glory.
Team Novuna of Great Britain and Northern Ireland enjoyed huge success at the IAU 50km World Championships in New Delhi, India on Saturday (March 14), with Alex Milne and Naomi Robinson taking the individual world titles and leading the men’s and women’s teams to gold.
In the women’s race, Robinson took control early on to win in 3:13:39. She was followed by team-mate Katrina Ballantyne, who crossed the line in 3:17:24 to finish second in the Scottish record, taking away Eleanor Greenwood’s 2013 mark of 3:23:17.
Becky Briggs finished sixth in 3:22:36, helping the team to gold ahead of a strong Polish team that finished third, fourth and fifth. Melissa Gibson ran 3:42:27 for 17th place.
Milne led an outstanding men’s team performance, setting a European record of 2:46:09 in the process. Despite the hot and humid conditions in the Indian capital, both Charlie Davies (2:47:14) and Logan Smith (2:47:29) also beat the previous European best set by France’s Guillaume Ruel, giving GB & NI a clean sweep of the podium.
Sean Hogan ran fourth in 2:47:59, a time that would have been a British record until today. Henry Hart broke his own Scottish record in 2:48:32 ahead of Scotland’s Kevin Campbell in sixth in 2:48:52.
Any combination of GB & NI’s top six athletes would have been enough to secure team gold ahead of hosts India in second and the United States in third.
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