Icelander becomes world's first woman to complete Gobi desert Ultramarathon race in under 100 hours

2 Oct 2018 Elísabet Margeirsdóttir yesterday became the first woman in the world to complete the Gobi Desert Ultramarathon race in under 100 hours. The race is 409 kilometres and Margeirsdóttir was ninth out of 50 contestants to reach the goal.