UiiT 40: Kyu Hwan Lee faster than Hiroki Kai on Ulleungdon island

The Ulleung Island International Trail last weekend saw a great victory for Korean runner Kyu Hwan Lee, who was a solid 17 minutes faster than Japan’s Hiroki Kai. The latter is a bit of a celebrity runner in his country, and one who finished third in Izu Trail Journey no less last December. Kyu Hwan Lee thus took a big win on the small island off the coast of Busan. Fastest woman in UiiT was Lee Soonyeon.

The second edition of the event somehow fell a bit under the radar. UiiT was held from point A to B and in mostly sunny and fine conditions. For Kyu Hwan Lee, it was truly a remarkable achievement to take victory. For Hiroki Kai, he now may have collected enough ATM points to be part of Team Japan in the ATM Championship Final in Vietnam on 4 October.. Jangsang Geun was third in the men’s, just a few minutes behind Hiroki Kai. In the women’s race, the podium was completed by well-known Jang Boyoung and Kim Donghee.

UiiT will return to the calendar on the same weekend next year.

Busy bee Hiroki Kai scored his second ATM race podium of Season 10

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