in addition to the champions already named

and the ones yet to be determined,

a number of national championships

have come down to two runners…

.

one will punch their ticket to the individual world championships at the big’s trail in october of 2023.

one will get nothing.

.

many of these contests involve some of the biggest names in backyard racing.

some of these pairs have been “dancing” for 20 hours or more,

as neither will give up.

hungary: fodor & csecsei

france: mauduit & ohl

denmark: stoltenborg & moller

sweden: gyllebring & pavic

spain: antoli & corvo

Italy: di manno & collu

ireland: tolentino & cromie

singapore: toh & lau

pakistan: mohammad & said