The Golden Trail World Series held a 22-kilometer race as its 2025 grand finale on the same course. Caroline Kimutai of Kenya won from start to finish, pulling away within the first 10 minutes and maintaining the lead. Her winning time was 2:15:48, more than seven minutes faster than Lauren Gregory’s winning time on the same course the previous year. Mădălina Florea of Romania made a major push on the second half downhill, finishing second in 2:17:52 and separating from the rest of the field. Joyce Njeru placed third in 2:21:54, while Nina Engelhard finished fourth in 2:23:29. The top 10 included Andrea Kolbeinsdóttir, Ruth Gitonga, Fabiola Conti, Marie Nivet, and Silvia Schwaiger.
"Women Start to finish, it was a runaway win for Caroline Kimutai (Kenya). Also the 2025 Sierre-Zinal winner, Kimutai pulled away from the chasers within the first 10 minutes and stayed in front the rest of the way. Kimutai won in 2:15, and that was over seven minutes faster than Lauren Gregory's winning time on this course in last year's race."
"The 2025 series winner, Mădălina Florea (Romania), gave a big push on the race's second half downhill. She couldn't catch Kimutai, but got away from everyone else. Florea was second in 2:17, a seven-minute improvement on her second-place finish here last year."
"The 2024 series winner, Joyce Njeru (Kenya), was third in 2:21, and Nina Engelhard (Germany) was fourth in 2:23. This was, I believe, Engelhard's first GTWS race. In 2025, she was a double world champion across the World Mountain Running Championships Uphill and Up and Down races in Spain."
"The 22k race was the year's second Golden Trail World Series (GTWS), or Global Trail World Series, as it was mistakenly called on the HBO broadcast a few times. Only a week after the Zegama-Aizkorri Marathon, a few runners doubled back from the series opener. Surely there was some points calculus between the two contests to maximize series standings. This one was the GTWS grand finale in 2025 on this same course."
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