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Snowshoe running, or snowshoeing, is a winter sport practiced with snowshoes, which is governed by World Snowshoe Federation (WSSF) founded in 2010, which until 2015 had its name International Snowshoe Federation (ISSF). The snowshoes running is part of the
World Snowshoe Federation
(WSSF) official web site
Snowshoe Magazine
web site {{Running
Snowshoe running, or snowshoeing, is a winter sport practiced with snowshoes, which is governed by World Snowshoe Federation (WSSF) founded in 2010, which until 2015 had its name International Snowshoe Federation (ISSF). The snowshoes running is part of the Special Olympics
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and Arctic Winter Games programs.
International federations
The World Snowshoe Federation (WSSF) is the global governing body of snowshoe running recognized by theInternational Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swis ...
.
World championships
WSSF organized the World Snowshoe Championships in 2016 inVezza d'Oglio
Vezza d'Oglio ( Camunian: ) is a '' comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located in the upper Camonica Valley.
Origins of the name
Legend has it that a flood destroyed the ancient town of Rosolina, on the d ...
, Italy
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and in 2017 in Saranac Lake, NY
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from 24 February to 25 February 2017, until the previous edition, the ISSF 2015 World Snowshoe Championships
The 2015 World Snowshoe Championships was the 8th edition of the global snowshoe running competition, World Snowshoe Championships, organised by the World Snowshoe Federation and took place in Quebec City on 31 January 2015.
Results
The race, h ...
, held in Quebec City
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, Canada
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, the championships were organized by the same International federation
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, but with old name of ISSF.
See also
*They are also used inwinter triathlon Winter triathlon is a multisport event involving the continuous and sequential completion of snowshoeing or running, mountain biking or speed skating and cross-country skiing, all on snow. Course distances are set on the day of the event to achieve ...
*Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open cou ...
* Mountain running
*Trail running
Trail running is a sport-activity which combines running, and, where there are steep gradients, hiking, that is run "on any unpaved surface". It is similar to both mountain and fell running (also known as hill running). Mountain running may, h ...
*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 ...
References
External links
World Snowshoe Federation
(WSSF) official web site
Snowshoe Magazine
web site {{Running