Kaori Niwa was second at MGU (29:26:49), behind American former UTMB winner Chrissy Moehl (27:19:38)
This
Salomon athlete, 2015 Japanese Trail Runner of the Year, placed 4th
at UTMB in 2017, and was 12th at World Sky Running Championships in
2016. Kaori also won Japanese Skyrunning Championships and took 3rd place at Ultra Trail Mt Fuji in 2016. Kaori is an expert skier and competitive
ski mountaineer.