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Our 2026 Tour kicks off in Olympia, WA this Sunday.

Trail Running Film Festival presented by Brooks -
Our 2026 Tour kicks off in Olympia, WA this Sunday.

Xtrail Kenting by UTMB brought the UTMB World Series for the first time to Taiwan’s Hengchun Peninsula. This is the third event in the UTMB World Series of this year. (Puerto Vallarta had to be rescheduled for later in the season due the civil unrest in Mexico.) I’m sure I’m gonna lose track here very quickly as the season unfolds and the number of events increases.

For full results visit the UTMB website, below the top runners by race:

XTRAIL 100K 98KM (100K – 3 Stones) – Full Results

Women:

  1. Natalia MASTROTA – Italy – 12:29:09
  2. Shi Jing HOU – Chinese Taipei – 12:42:37
  3. Anonymous – Individual Neutral Athletes – 13:39:36 (who should this be?!)

Men:

  1. Kok Wai TSE – Hong Kong – 09:24:56
  2. Jantaraboon KIANGCHAIPAIPHANA – Thailand – 09:39:06
  3. Ryan WHELAN – GBR – 09:42:04

XTRAIL 50K 50KM (50K – 2 Stones) – Full Results

Women:

  1. Kanako EDAMOTO – Japan – 05:19:33
  2. Vanja CNOPS – Belgium – 05:31:58
  3. Kaede HAYASHI – Japan – 06:01:53

Men:

  1. Rui UEDA – Japan – 04:06:55
  2. Koken OGASAWARA – Japan – 04:25:20
  3. Hiroyuki KAWACHI – Japan – 04:39:53

XTRAIL 25K 26KM (20K – 1 Stone) – Full Results

Women:

  1. 佩倫 吳 – Chinese Taipei – 02:26:32
  2. Helene JURAMY – France – 02:36:02
  3. Mong Lei LIU – Chinese Taipei – 02:45:56

Men:

  1. Ronan LLYR – Irland – 02:07:56
  2. Rodrigue HAUWAERTS – Belgium – 02:09:37
  3. Meng Yu HSIEH – Chinese Taipei – 02:10:01

Below are the overall numbers for this year’s Event:

  • XTRAIL 100K Starters: 387. DNF: 45 + Finishers: 342. Women 70 (20%), Men 272 (80%).
  • XTRAIL 50K Starters: 741. DNF: 45 + Finishers: 696. Women 204 (29%), Men 492 (71%).
  • XTRAIL 25K Starters: 1,087. DNF: 17 + Finishers: 1,070. Women 403 (38%), Men 667 (62%).
  • XTRAIL 10K Starters: 355. DNF: 1 + Finishers: 354. Women 185 (52%), Men 169 (48%).

For the 2026 edition Xtrail Kenting by UTMB saw a total 2,570 starters and 2,462 finishers. 862 (25%) women and 1,600 (65%) men reached the finish line and earned collectively 3,488 UTMB Stones.

Next up the UTMB World Series travels to Mainland China for War Horse Ultra-Trail Xiamen on 14-15 March 2026.

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