September 02

Tags

KILIAN JORNET RETIRED DUE TO A BEE´S STING: PERSONAL DECLARATIONS. 

Posted by on September 2, 2018 in trail running, trail running spain, Ultra Trail, ultra trail mont-blanc, ultra trail running 2018, UTMB, UTMB 2018 | 1 Comment

..

 

Kilian Jornet retired from the UTMB 2018 when close to the Bonatti refuge 92k due to a bee´sting. Having been stung just three hours before the race, he then suffered an allergic reaction and stomach pains after the wound. Watch and read below, Kilian Jornet’s statement after retiring from the UTMB after he suffered an allergic reaction and stomach pains caused by a bee sting a few hours hours before the start.

______________

.

KILIAN JORNET RETIRED DUE TO A BEE´S STING: PERSONAL DECLARATIONS. 

 

Kilian Jornet’s statement after retiring from the UTMB after he suffered an allergic reaction and stomach pains caused by a bee sting a few hours hours before the start.

“Well, this UTMB didn’t finish as I expected. I was feeling very good, I was in good shape but some hours before the start a bee stung me and I am allergic to bee stings so I suffered an allergic reaction. We worked with my physiotherapist and with a doctor so that I’d be able to run. It seemed that it was working kind of OK, I just had some troubles in my stomach because of the medication. But after Courmayeur I had a big allergic reaction and I thought that It was not safe to continue and I decided to stop. Anyway that’s what’s great in racing, until race day nothing is written”.

.

KILIAN JORNET FINAL GO, LEADING UTMB 2018 AT COURMAYEUR AFTER 80K

.

Right before his abandonment, Kilian reached the 80km mark at Courmayeur as race leader with Zach Miller. This is how they were both feeling at the moment.

___________________________

.

MORE ON SKIMO, TRAIL RUNNING AND MOUNTAIN GEAR

________________________________

Info by Abel de Frutos for Trailrunningspain