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Congratulations to all the winners from Namib Race 2026!

Overall Winner: Takuro Kumagai 🇯🇵

Women's Winner: Michaela Punz-Raml 🇦🇹
Women's Second Place: Sara Schütze 🇩🇪
Women's Third Place: Samah Benmaad 🇫🇷

Men's 2nd Place: Paul Redbourn 🇬🇧
Men's 3rd Place: Koichi Kawakami 🇯🇵

Official Team Winner: Team Taiwan A (Kevin Lin and Min Feng Lee) 🇹🇼
Group Team Winner: JustRunEat (Hansol Hong, Yujin Kim, and Bomi Lee) 🇰🇷

Age Division Winners
Women: Alexandra Lor, Yun Chen Chung, Andreanne Roy-Perreault, Adriana Dulic, Patricia Clune, Mary McDonald
Men: Hugo Weston, Mirco Schütze, Evgeny Dobrov, Stephen Cunliffe, Clarence Chan

Sportsmanship Award: Katy Ketchum-Smith
Spirit Award: Team A☆H☆O -beyonD-

Congratulations also to the new 4 Deserts Club inductees: Olivia Chiu, James Crowe, Adriana Dulic, and Seijin Oh!

A Special shoutout also to the Grand Slammers who advance to The Last Desert: Odd Edøy, Stephen Patton, Margarita Moreno, Fernando Llopis, and Samah Benmaad
And well done to all UltraLite (Namibia) competitors, who each successfully completed the race with over 100km travelled, more than double the required distance!
www.racingtheplanet.com/namibrace/results

Next Race: The Last Desert / Antarctica Ultramarathon / UltraLite (Antarctica)

All competitors from Namib Race / UltraLite (Namibia) 2026 have truly inspired us with their incredible endurance and strength of character. It's wonderful that we can look forward to seeing many of them in Antarctica for an incredible adventure!

The Last Desert, Antarctica Ultramarathon, UltraLite (Antarctica), or Friends & Family Experience: Whether it's the next stop on the 4 Deserts Grand Slam or simply a destination long dreamt about, everyone is sure to have an incredible time with experiences to remember forever.

The expedition to Antarctica begins 13 November 2026.
www.racingtheplanet.com/antarctica

Namib Race 2026 Champions
🏅 Overall: Takuro Kumagai 🇯🇵
🏅 Female: Michaela Punz‑Raml 🇦🇹
🏆 Official Team: Team Taiwan A 🇹🇼
👥 Group Team: JustRunEat 🇰🇷

An incredible week across the Namib Desert — world‑class performances, unforgettable camaraderie, and the spirit of RacingThePlanet at its best.

Racers continue to cross the finish line of the Namib Race 2026 and UltraLite (Namibia) 2026. Follow all the finish line coverage at racingtheplanet.com/namibia

They've all earned it - Rest Day! Today competitors had the chance to recuperate and reflect on the wild week that they've had. This is the final campsite of the race, so it won't be long until everyone goes their separate ways. It's the last chance to savor that camp life, chatting with newfound friends, tent mates, enjoy the camp fires and even play some football in the desert sand. It's the quiet moments like these that make us appreciate everything that we've accomplished!

Tomorrow is what they've all been working towards, Stage 6 and the final finish line! There will be a staggered start with competitors beginning at either 8:30 or 9am. If you will be attending in person, we strongly recommend arriving at the Tiger Reef Bar in Swakopmund by 9am so you don't miss anyone!

As always we will be live with GPS tracking on our website:
www.racingtheplanet.com/namibia

As Stage 6 of the Namib Race approaches, some competitors are already looking ahead to their next challenge—the legendary 4 Deserts Grand Slam (Plus).

This feat means completing four 250 km ultramarathons in Namibia, Mongolia, Chile, and Antarctica within a single year. The Grand Slam Plus adds a fifth race, the RacingThePlanet Ultramarathon, making it one of the toughest endurance quests on Earth.

Meet some of the “Grand Slammers” pushing toward this extraordinary goal:
🇫🇷 Samah Benmaad — raising funds for Second Souffle
🇳🇴 Odd Edøy — veteran of 55 ultras
🇪🇸 Fernando Llopis — racing in memory of his son Àngel
🇨🇴 Margarita Moreno — aiming to be Colombia’s first Grand Slam Plus finisher
🇲🇽 Stephen Patton — combining adventure with raising money for BANPAY RISE

🇦🇶 Next stop: The Last Desert, Antarctica — November 13, 2026.