hour 22
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so we have our first team reaching the end.
mauritius is down to one this hour,
julien law hin chin;
mauritius’ national record holder and number one seed
has only to complete the 22nd hour to secure the first golden ticket of the 2022 satellite championships.
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in the large country competition
we still have 10 teams with full complements.
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in the small country division,
iceland’s lead is down to 6 yards.
they have 10 runners still on the course,
the same as ukraine and switzerland in a tie for second.
one yard behind them is finland with 11 runners.
a clean hour will tie finland for second at the end of this hour…
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at worst.
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austria and norway,
each with 12
are closing in only 6 yards behind finland.
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you can be sure there are a lot of runners holding on for all they are worth.
because this is still any of their race to win…