The 2008 Skyrunner World Series was the 7th edition of the global
skyrunning
Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running up to or exceeding where the minimum average incline is 6% over the total distance and at least 5% has an incline of 30% or more. The climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade UIAA. Poles, crampons and ...
competition,
Skyrunner World Series, organised by the
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 skyrun ...
from 2002.
From this year and up to 2011 (4 editions) was introduced
Skyrunner World Series Trials.
Skyrunner World Series Races
The
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
has developed in 6 races from May to September. in addition at the 8 trials.
Skyrunner World Series Trials
8 races in calendar.
Final rankings
;Men
:1st
Kilian Jornet (Salomon Santiveri) 500 points
:2nd
Jessed Hernández (FEEC) 422 points
:3rd
Agustí Roc (Salomon Santiveri) 414 points
;Women
:1st
Corinne Favre
Corinne Favre (born 15 December 1970) is a French professional ski instructor, competitive ski mountaineer, (FEEC) 476 points
:2nd
Angela Mudge
Angela Mudge (born 8 July 1970) is a Scottish champion hill runner and skyrunner. Despite being born with birth defects in both legs, and finding track athletics not to her liking, she discovered her sport while a postgraduate student in Sco ...
444 points
:3rd
Rosa Madureira (Selección portuguesa) 432 points
:4th
Stephanie Jiménez (Salomon Santiveri-Selecció Andorrana) 412 points
References
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External links
Skyrunner World Series
2008
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