Events 2024 Golden Trail World Series KOBE GTWS24 KOBE RAW MATERIAL

Patrick Kipngeno and Maude Mathys win the Kobe Trail, the GTWS 2024 first stage.
Patrick Kipngeno, first!
In the pre-race predictions, he wasn’t tipped to win because the course was deemed too technical for him. Yet it was Patrick Kipngeno (KEN - Run2gether) who crossed the finish line in 1st place at the Kobe Trail, the first stage of the 2024 Golden Trail World Series. His first GTWS victory was as unexpected as it was spectacular! "The competition was high-level today, and the race was very tough, but I’m really happy to have won. It wasn’t until kilometre 16 that I realised that victory was possible because the downhills were very tough, and they were running very fast in the front. But I stuck to my strategy, and it worked!"