THE
EVENT
The third European Skyrunning Championship will be hosted this
year in Canazei in the fabulous Italian Dolomites where some of
the world’s best skyrunners will battle for the European
title. Previous Championships were held in Poschiavo, Switzerland
and last year, in Zegama, Spain, where 15 European nations participated.
The Vertical Kilometer® and SkyRace® courses selected
for the Championship are the same spectacular races courses
celebrated in last year’s “high altitude Olympics”,
the SkyGames®.
The Dolomites Vertical Kilometer and Skyrace are open to individual
athletes and national teams but only those belonging to ISF
national member federations or associations will be ranked
in European Skyrunning Championship. Men’s and women’s
individual titles will be assigned in each of the two disciplines
while national team titles will be based on the combined results.
THE RACES
Vertical Kilometer®, Friday, July 17
Alba di Canazei, 1,485m Crepa Neigra, 2,485m
One thousand vertical metres over 2.1 km, the course travels
along the Crepa Neigra trail - some stretches with a 50% incline,
or more. The world record, established by Manfred Reichegger
on this course last year, stands at 33’519.
Dolomites SkyRace® Sunday, July 19
Canazei, Passo Pordoi, Piz Boè 3,152m.
This spectacular race, embodies the skyrunning concept to perfection:
the quickest way from a town to the summit of a mountain and
back – artificial means excluded!
The men’s record on this course stands at 2h04’53” and
the women’s at 2h30’17” – amazing accomplishments
that would be hard to beat even with cars and lifts!
Course
The course is 22 km long with over 1,750m vertical climb. From
Canazei, 1,450m, to the Piz Boè, 3,152m the course
features some very steep climbs and the descent, through
even steeper gorges, finishes at the starting point in the
centre of town.
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