Ultra-Trail Ninghai 2024 Results

Another massive event in the UTMB World Series. Ultra-Trail Ninghai in the East China mountains attracted over 4,500 racers to compete. The podiums were almost an exclusive Chinese affair with the exception of Sunmaya Budha from Nepal and Eszter Csillag from Hungary claiming the first and second spot in the women’s race of the 50K.

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

100K (106KM – 3 Stones)

Women:

1. Fuzhao Xiang – China – 11:27:23
2. Anna Li – China – 12:01:24
3. lingjie chi – China – 12:22:13

Men:

1. Guangfu Meng – China – 10:05:00
2. Ji Duo – China – 10:12:10
3. GUIDU QIN – China – 10:23:49

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50K (60KM – 2 Stones)

Women:

1. Sunmaya Budha – Nepal – 05:40:03
2. Eszter Csillag – Hungary – 06:05:37
3. Ruifang Zhou – China – 06:10:19

Men:

1. TAO LUO – China – 04:54:58
2. JIANJIAN YANG – China – 04:57:01
3. BangLin Fan – China – 05:04:19

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20K (25KM – 1 Stone)

Women:

1. yuan jin – China – 02:06:22
2. Minfei Dong – China – 02:15:55
3. XUEFANG DING – China – 02:24:43

Men:

1. yuedu shiye – China – 01:47:37
2. juci geng – China – 01:56:09
3. XIN LI – China – 01:56:26

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Below are the numbers broken down by distance and gender:

• 100K Starters: 1197. DNF: 365 + Finishers: 832. Women 160 (19%), Men 672 (81%).
• 50K Starters: 1583. DNF: 179 + Finishers: 1406. Women 395 (28%), Men 1011 (72%).
• 20K Starters: 1721. DNF: 22 + Finishers: 1700. Women 704 (41%), Men 995 (59%).

China’s Ultra-Trail Ninghai by UTMB saw a total 4,501 starters and 3,938 finishers. 1,259 (32%) women and 2,678 (68%) men reached the finish line and earned themselves their respective stones and an UTMB index (or directly punched their ticket to the Finals in Chamonix for 2025).

Next up, another doubleheader on the opposite ends of Europe: Mallorca by UTMB on the beloved Spanish vacation island in the Mediterranean is happening from October 30 to November 3 and the famous and brutal Kullamannen by UTMB on November 1-2.