Men Open Technical Final
1. Connor Baxter (USA)
2. Itzel Delgado (Peru)
3. Antonio Morillo (Spain)
4. Rai Taguchi (Japan)
Women Open Technical Final
1. Esperanza Barreras (Spain)
2. Melanie Lafenetre (France)
3. Juliette Duhaime (Argentina)
4. Anna Tschirky (Switzerland)
Junior Men Technical Final
1. Sergio Cantoral (Spain)
2. Vaic Garioud (France)
3. Shimazu Nariakira (Japan)
4. Luis Perotti (Spain)
Junior Women Technical Final
1. Claudia Postiglione (Italy)
2. Csillag Kocsis (Hungary)
3. Rosara Davis (New Zealand)
4. Kyriaki Logotheti (Greece)
Men 40+ Technical Final
1. Ryohei Yoshida (Japan)
2. Georgios Fragkos (Greece)
3. Christian Taucher (Austria)
4. Joep Van Bakel (The Netherlands)
Women 40+ Technical Final
1. Petronella Van Malsen (The Netherlands)
2. Susanne Lier (Germany)
3. Verity Thomas (United Kingdom)
4. Elisabet Llargues (Spain)
Men 50+ Technical Final
1. Daniel Parres (Spain)
2. Peter Weidert (Germany)
3. Marc Foraster (Spain)
4. Vincent Guillaume (France)
Women 50+ Technical Final
1. Marie Buchanan (United Kingdom)
2. Marlene Bergh (New Zealand)
3. Katerina Trdlova
4. Emmanuelle Marcon (France)
DAY 3: LONG DISTANCE RESULTS – WINNERS
Men Open Long Distance
1. Noic Garioud (France)
2. Shuri Araki (Japan)
3. Rai Taguchi (Japan)
4. Titouan Puyo (France)
Women Open Long Distance
1. Esperanza Barreras (Spain)
2. Kimberly Barnes (USA)
3. Duna Gordillo (Spain)
4. Rika Okuaki (Japan)
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Junior Men Long Distance
1. Vaic Garioud (France)
2. Shimazu Nariakira (Japan)
3. Kotaro Miyahira (Japan)
4. Sergio Cantoral (Spain)
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