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Jornet and Lund star in Sierre-Zinal

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 10 Aug '10
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It was another win for the diminutive Catalan Kilian Jornet on Sunday at the Swiss classic, Sierre Zinal. 2010 revelation Laetitia Roux had to settle for 3rd in the women’s event as US athlete Megan Lund easily won, beating Anglea Mudge into second place… Read more…
It's Castaner & Frost at Chaberton 'sky'

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 02 Aug '10
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Spain’s Tofol Castaňer and Kiwi Anna Frost won the fifth Skyrunner® World Series race from Cesana to Montgenèvre on Sunday. This incredibly severe SkyMarathon®, straddling the Italian-French border, summits Chaberton at 3,131 metres… Read more…
2012 SkyGames® countdown

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Thu 24 Jun '10

The 2012 SkyGames® were officially presented by ISF President Marino Giacometti on Wednesday, June 23, in Ribagorça Románica in the Spanish Pyrenees where the event will take place. Read more…
Castañer and Brizo lead ranking

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 15 Jun '10

After the third Trial and the fourth leg of the Skyrunner® World Series in Portugal on Sunday, June 13, Spaniard Tofol Castañer with his second place moves up to head the men’s ranking. Although absent Italian Emanuela Brizio remains leader in the women’s category. Read more…
Jornet and Brizio triumph in Zegama

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 17 May '10

Standing World Champions Kilian Jornet and Emanuela Brizio lived up to expectations in the second leg of the Skyrunner® World Series on Sunday, May 16, in Zegama, Spain – despite adverse weather and course conditions… Read more…
2009 champions head to Zegama

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 13 May '10

2009 series winners Kilian Jornet and Emanuela Brizio are confirmed participants in this years first race at Zegama on Sunday. Read more…
Mt. Elbrus Vertical Kilometer®

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

Vertical Kilometer® races are renowned for being immensely tough affairs. A race of 1000m of gain in the shortest possible distance. The Russians thought they would throw in a bit of spice and hold their 2010 Skyrunner® World Series Trial on Mt. Elbrus! Read more…
ISF refs course takes place

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Tue 27 Apr '10

The International Skyrunning Federation (the body that overseas Skyrunning) held its first ever referees course that will enable officials the ability to ratify such things as race and event records… Read more…
Spain to host 2012 SkyGames®

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Mon 29 Mar '10

The 2012 SkyGames® will be hosted for the first time in Spain, home to some of the world’s top athletes in the field. The nomination went to Ribagorza Románica in the Pyrenees, an ideal location for the fourth “high altitude Olympics” situated at 2,000 metres above sea level. Read more…
2010 Skyrunner® World Series kicks off

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sun 14 Mar '10

This year the Skyrunner® World Series celebrates seven years of world-class athletes and events with 14 races in 12 countries across four continents. With 700 km to run and 30,000 vertical metres to climb, the 2010 World Series will not only sweep you off your feet but also take your breath away! Read more…
Teenage sensation defeats Vassalli

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 18 Feb '10

It’s quite a while since Daniela Vassalli lost a tower running race. Imagine her shock when that defeat was dished out by a 13 year old, in the season’s fourth Vertical World Circuit ® race on Basel’s Messerturm last Saturday… Read more…
2010 Skyrunner® World Series

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Tue 22 Dec '09

Amongst other things the 2010 Skyrunner® World Series was examined at the first ISF Management Committee Meeting, held on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at the splendid local headquarters of the Italian Mountaineering Club in Bergamo, Italy. Read more…
Dold and Vassalli take Vertical titles

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 23 Nov '09

The Vertical World Circuit final race was held on Sunday at Singapore’s Swissôtel Vertical Marathon, crowning Germany’s Thomas Dold and Italy’s Daniela Vassalli, 2009 Vertical Running World Champions. Read more…
Zegama – a contest of champions

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 22 May '09

The full press release of this years’ second round of the Skyrunner® series has arrived ahead of Sundays’ Maratòn Alpina Zegama-Aizkorri in the Basque country. In addition to the preview this appeared on MST this week key competitors and course details are listed… Read more…
Skyrunner® heads to Europe

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 19 May '09

After the first round in the clouds of Costa Rica, this year’s Skyrunner® World Series comes to Europe for round 2 – the first of three races in Spain, Andorra and Italy, with the racing head back across the Pond to Colorado, before returning to Ben Nevis in September. Read more…