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2008 WMRA Grand Prix second race

22/05/2008
2nd WMRA Grand Prix Race Saillon-Ovronnaz Saturday May 24th Preview The Valais region of Switzerland is host once more to a top-level mountain race. Athletes return to the now familiar course which w…

WMRA Grand Prix 2008

02/05/2008
First Race Grand &ndash,Ballon (France) May 1st. Emmanuel Meyssat (FRA) and Martina Straehl (SUI) have started the season with fine victories. The 2008 WMRA Grand Prix got under way in the Alsac…

WMRA Grand Prix 1st Race

29/04/2008
28th Montee du Grand Ballon Willer-sur-Thur (France) Preview. The first of seven WMRA Grand Prix races gets under way in the Alsace region of France on Thursday May 1st. The men race over a 13.2km co…

5th World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge Review

27/04/2008
Anna Pichrtova sets new record (Photo P.Hartley) 900 athletes and supporters descended on the tiny Yorkshire (England) Dales village of Horton to contend for the World Championship titles on offer f…

5th WMRA World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge

23/04/2008
Athletes from twenty countries come to Yorkshire   Preview More than 900 runners, a record, have entered for the 54th edition of the Three Peaks race in the Yorkshire Dales on Saturday. Athletes…

Welcome to the new WMRA web page

17/04/2008
Welcome to the new WMRA web page This newly designed web page comes to you courtesy of the European Athletic Federation (EAA) who provided the funds for Nick and Lukas of Mediasprint (Switzerland) t…

Welcome to our new web page.

17/04/2008
This newly designed web page comes to us courtesy of the European Athletic Association (EAA) who provided the funds for Nick and Lukas of ‘Mediasprint’ to do the redesign. The new address is www.wmra…

WMRA Newsletter

27/03/2008
Latest edition available The 2008 Newsletter is printed and will be circulated as usual to World Trophy team managers, and by IAAF to all athletic federations. Others may wish to obtain a copy which…

2009 World Trophy Venue in doubt

08/02/2008
Steamboat Springs (USA) withdraws. The 2007 WMRA Congress granted provisional approval to an application by Steamboat Springs (Colorado – USA) to stage the 2009 World Trophy. Many aspects of the appl…

Grand Prix news

23/01/2008
2008 Grand Prix extended to seven races. The 2008 Grand Prix has been extended to include two more races. At the suggestion of leading mountain runners WMRA investigated the possibility of introducin…