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Vertical Kilometer World Circuit
The Vertical Kilometer World Circuit is an annual international circuit of vertical kilometer (a skyrunning discipline) born in 2017 as a spin-off of Skyrunner World Series. The Vertical World Circuit announced the 2017 VWC calendar featuring ten races, including a new venue: Osaka. 2017 edition The winners of the first edition were the Norwegian Stian Angermund and the Spanish Laura Orgué. Results The circuit consists of 17 races that are held from May to October. Men's final standings Women's final standings 2018 edition See also * Skyrunner World Series The Skyrunner World Series is an annual international championship of skyrunning (high altitude endurance races) and the official International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) race circuit for mountain running. Each year the Skyrunner World Series pr ... References {{reflist External links International Skyrunning FederationVertical Kilometer World Circuit Skyrunning competitions Sports competition series Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Skyrunning Federation
The International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) is the world governing body for skyrunning. The ISF today counts 41 Member nations. The Federation of Sports at Altitude (FSA) used to be the organization which governed and managed the sports of skyrunning. It has been replaced by the International Skyrunning Federation. History Running on a multitude of varying terrains has been popular among athletes in the past, but until the creation of The Federation of Sports at Altitude, this style of running, skyrunning, had not been a uniquely identified form of running. /sup> The Federation of Sports at Altitude was founded by Marino Giancometti who with other fellow climbers conducted high-altitude races across the world's most famous mountain ranges the Himalayas, Rockies, Mount Kenya, and the Mexican Volcanoes. /sup>Marino Giancometti conducted skyrunning races as part of the training for high altitude expeditions in 1992. /sup> Marino Giancometti formed the Federation of Sports at Alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
