UPDATE: RESULTS for the Long Distance Race are now available – Jamie Mitchell takes GOLD for Australia!

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Tomorrow is the fifth and final day of competition at the Peru World Champs and they’ve saved the best for last.

The prestigious Long Distance SUP Race hits the water on Saturday afternoon. It’ll be an 18km ocean race from La Punta to La Pampilla with both men’s and women’s races.

UPDATE: The race format has CHANGED from the original course (above). There will now be 3x 6km laps of the bay near Miraflores (the main contest site).

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE:
7:30am | SUP Surfing, Women’s Repechage Round #4
7:55am | Club Waikiki Air Show
8:40am | SUP Surfing, Men’s Repechage Round #6
9:00am-2:15pm | LONG DISTANCE RACE (staggered starts)
Group #1: Men’s SUP
Group #2: Men’s Prone Paddleboard
Group #3: Women’s SUP
Group #4: Women’s Prone Paddleboard
9:05am Club Waikiki Aloha Cup
9:50am | SUP Surfing Men’s Final
10:20am | SUP Surfing Women’s Final
All times are local Peru Time (time converter)

You’ll be able to watch the LIVE WEBCAST on SUPracer.com, and we’ll keep you up to date with the latest results as they happen.

After finishing 1st & 2nd in the Short Course Race, Australia’s Travis Grant and Jamie Mitchell will be the ones to beat again.

MEN’S LONG DISTANCE RACE 18km ocean race | Saturday, February 24th
ARGENTINA Gonzalo Miranda & Sebastian Borbero	AUSTRALIA Jamie Mitchell & Travis Grant
BRAZIL Luiz Guido & Alexandre Araujo	CHILE Carlos Navarro & Rafael Tapia
FRANCE Gaetan Sene & Eric Terrien	GREAT BRITAIN John Harvey & Mark Slater
IRELAND Keith Gorman & Ed O’Farrell	ITALY Pietro Muscas
MEXICO Hector Gonzales & Felipe Rodriguez	NEW ZEALAND Paul Jackson
PERU Jose Schiaffino & Bruno Garcia	SPAIN Belar Diaz & Roman Frejo
SOUTH AFRICA Chris Bertish & Greg Bertish	SWITZERLAND Robert Etienne & Jean-luc Malfroid
USA Jay Wild & Rob Rojas	VENEZUELA Fransisco Hernandez & [to be decided]

WOMEN’S LONG DISTANCE RACE 18km ocean race | Saturday, February 25th
ARGENTINA Lorena Cemersoni	AUSTRALIA Angela Jackson
BRAZIL Greta Sisson	IRELAND Jane Downes
PERU Romina	SPAIN Pat Hernandez
SOUTH AFRICA Brigette van Aswegen	USA Brandi Baksic
AUSTRIA Karina Figl	CHILE Antonella Podesta

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