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2018 IAU 24 Hour Asia & Oceania Championships
December 10 , 2018
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- Ullas Narayan won bronze in the 2018 International Association of Ultra Running (IAU) 24 Hour Asia & Oceania Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.
- Thus, he became the first Indian individual medal winner in an international ultra-running event.
- He finished behind Japanese runners Yoshihiko Ishikawa (253 km) and Nobuyuki Takahashi (252 km).
- The Indian team, comprising Narayan, Sunil Sharma and L L Meena, also won a bronze with their combined distance of 644 km.
- Japan won the team event gold with a distance of 756 km and Australia (684 km) got the silver.
- Ultra-races consisted of running over extremely long distances which are much longer than the traditional races.
- The competitors contested in 2 different types of race modalities: over a set distance or a set time.
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