Vertical Kilometer opens Transvulcania weekend

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sat 10 May '14

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Bernard Dematteis at the Transvulcania VK 2014

The 2014 skyrunning season blasted off on Friday with the new ultra-steep Transvulcania Vertical Kilometer® on the island of La Palma. Italian VK specialists dominated the podiums with the Dematteis brothers Bernard and Martin taking first and second place followed by Kilian Jornet…

The women’s race was won by Elisa Desco, a national and European mountain running champion. 2013 Vertical World Champion, Spaniard Laura Orgue was a close second followed by Azara Garcia de los Salomones, also from Spain.

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Elisa Desco

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