Candy Wong Wins 38-Mile at Athens to Atlanta, Martine Charbonneau 4th in 87-Mile

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The Toronto Inline Skating Club‘s Candy Wong finished first at October 3rd’s Athens to Atlanta.

Skating in the 38-mile distance, Wong cross the line in a hair over 2-hours 15-minutes.

Martine Charbonneau, who won the full 87-mile distance in the past, placed 4th of all women in the full 87-mile distance. According to reports, Charbonneau was in position to finishing in the top-3 when she took a wrong turn and got lost while skating the closing section of the open-road course when entering Atlanta.

Candy Wong (in red) skating Athens to Atlanta- photo from Lenny Willcox