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Moana Burt The world mountain running trophy is being held in Innsbruck, Austria, this weekend. The results from the first day’s races held overnight are:

In the junior women’s race, Victoria Ivanova of Russia was first in 21:00.0. Demelza Murrihy was first New Zealander across the line in 11th place, Club member Jane Nalder was 16th (22:57), and Lucy Cant was 28th. New Zealand was 6th team (2 to count).

In the junior men, Stefano Scaini of Italy was first home in 50:45. Club member Lyndon McGaughran was first New Zealander home in 57:10 (29th), and Matt Prosser was 36th. Other New Zealanders: Morgan Burne 32nd, Max Smith 44th. New Zealand was 10th team (3 to count).

First home in the senior women was Svetlana Demidenko of Russia in 52:16. Club member Moana Burt was 4th just under three minutes back. Other New Zealanders: Shireen Crumpton 6th, defending champ Melissa Moon 22nd, Carline Macdonald 27th. New Zealand was the second team behind Italy (3 to count).

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