Kiwi Ruth Croft successfully defended her title at the OCC race last week, taking the New Zealand flag to the podium at one of the most prestigious trail races in the world.
Croft won the 55km OCC race (Orsières, Champex, Chamonix) as part of the Ultra Marathon du Mont Blanc(UTMB) race week.
It is the second consecutive year Croft dominates the race.
At 55km, the OCC is the shortest of the UTMB's major races.
In the iconic UTMB (171 km) race, the New Zealand flag made podium again, with Christchurch runner Scott Hawker finishing third overall in a speedy 21 hours, 48 minutes and four seconds.
The UTMB dubs itself as the "world summit of trail running" and takes place every year. It is arguably the most prestigious trail ultramarathon on Earth and attracts some of the best athletes from around the globe.
Runners in the full UTMB cover 171km over mountains terrain in the French Alps, to a total of 10,000 metres elevation gain, more than the height of Mt Everest.
