{"id":2676,"date":"2019-06-11T15:30:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T15:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2019-06-12T17:37:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T17:37:48","slug":"trail-world-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/trail-world-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"HOKA on the podium at Trail World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/feature.jpg\" alt=\"HOKA athlete Nicolas Martin runs up a hill\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Last weekend saw a number of HOKA athletes compete for their countries at the 2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iau-ultramarathon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IAU<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/itra.run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ITRA<\/a> World Trail Running Championships.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/italy-1.jpg\" alt=\"Team Italy do the conga in the town square\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a feelgood festival vibe as more than 400 athletes from around the world descended on the Portuguese town of Miranda Do Corvo to tackle the\u00a044km race.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/julien2.jpg\" alt=\"HOKA athlete Julien Rancon relaxes before the event\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Athletes kicked back to conserve as much energy as possible on the eve of the race. The technical terrain would feature more than 2,200m of climbing and certainly put the athletes through their paces.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/mdeg-1.jpg\" alt=\"HOKA athlete Marco de Gasperi runs up a steep hill surrounded by supporters.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere on race day was electric. Team HOKA were represented in the men&#8217;s event by Italy&#8217;s Marco de Gasperi and the French quartet of Julien Rancon, Ludovic Pommeret, Nicolas Martin and Emmanuel Meyssat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/nm2.jpg\" alt=\"HOKA athlete Nicolas Martin grimaces and sprints in the final straight\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fans flanked the course to help propel the athletes to the finish line.\u00a0Nicolas certainly channeled the energy from the crowds and made every second count.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/julien5-1.jpg\" alt=\"HOKA athlete Julien Rancon runs with the France flag and finishes second.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It turned out to be an excellent day for Julien and the France national trail running team. Julien, who specialises in shorter-distance trail running, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irunfar.com\/2019\/06\/2019-trail-world-championships-results.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surged into second position<\/a> with a quarter of the race to run and didn&#8217;t look back.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/julien4.jpg\" alt=\"HOKA athlete Julien Rancon in tears at the end of the race\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=358&amp;v=gdKG-pVJ5ao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">far back on the start line<\/a> and had to make an effort to get up with the leading group.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t really enjoy the first part as it was very technical, so stayed patient until the first refreshment station.\u00a0 I felt very good going uphill, got into second\u00a0at the top of the course and managed to keep my second place to the line. Crossing the line was a very emotional moment.&#8221; HOKA athlete Julien Rancon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/franceteam2.jpg\" alt=\"HOKA athletes fly the France flag with team gold\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The athletes, fans and organisers certainly made the 2019 World Trail Running Championships epic. Julien led the French quartet featuring HOKA athletes Nicolas, Emmanuel and Ludovic to team gold. Bravo team France: world trail running champions 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogemea.hokaoneone.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/finish.jpg\" alt=\"Podium in Portugal\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peignee-verticale.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PEIGN\u00c9E VERTICALE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend saw a number of HOKA athletes compete for their countries at the 2019 IAU and ITRA World Trail Running Championships. There was a feelgood festival vibe as more than 400 athletes from around the world descended on the Portuguese town of Miranda Do Corvo to tackle the\u00a044km race. 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