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…