Position Etape 6
Last name First name
Team Time Delay Average
AKASAKA Takeshi JAP 03H01'15 1H52'41 5,79
Moroccan competitor Mohamad Ahansal won his
second Marathon des Sables, treating himself to a stage victory, and the crowd to a splendidly accrobatic cartwheel on the finish line in Tazzarine.
After a long series of MDS coming second after his
brother Lahcen, this child of Zagora demonstrated this
year a great strategic sense. He took a clear lead on the first stage, gaining 17 minutes
over his challengers, and then simply kept control over them. Despite his best efforts, Jordanian runner Salameh Al Aqra’ could never make up for his stage one defeat, although we owe him much of this week’s excitement. Just like last year, Aziz El Akad won a well deserves third rank.
On the women’s side, no surprise: Touda Didi from Morocco won all the stages way ahead of her competitors. It’s her first MDS victory, but most probably not her last, considering her utter domination of the race. After her
come Simone Kayser and Lis Kayser, ex aequo mother and daughter ran together all week long.
On the finish line, competitors expressed their joy, their pride or their relief in various fashion. Many broke in tears in the MDS director Patrick Bauer’s arms. Many also chose to pay homage to their country, holding out brand new flags, from Morocco of course, but also from the UK, Jordania, Colombia, Australia,
Japan, South Korea, Luxemburg… Families were there to share the runners’ joy and many competitors held their children’s hand to run the last few yards taking them to the finish line.
Some kissed the ground while others, despite their exhaustion, insisted on a final sprint.
Thus this 23rd Marathon des Sables comes to a close: once again, the human and sportive adventure was completely out of this
world. Our 1200 runners and organisers will be going
home with stunning images and extremely moving memories. No doubt they’re already thinking about the 34th edition. In Cha Alla
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