When the World Mountain Running Championships in Thailand was postponed to February 2022 the WMRA were keen to make an international competition happen at the end of the 2021 season. The seed of an idea for the Nations Cup was planted!
The Romanian runner Lionel Cristian Manole and the Canadian athlete Claire Heslop were winners of the ultra distance race in the fourth edition of 'Be Cordial Beyond the Coast Sky Tour Gran Canaria'.
France take the men's relay and Lucy Murigi takes the Women's individual title at this weekends Vanoni. Some runners using it as a final tune up before this weekend's Nations Cup to be held close by in the same region of Italy's Northern mountains.
We've waited a long time for a global mountain running competition involving national teams but now the wait is finally over! Next weekend runners from all over the world will come together for the Nations Cup!
The 64th edition of the legendary mountain race, Trofeo Vanoni, will take place on 24th October in Morbegno, Italy. This race is always one of the highlights of the mountain running calendar.
The grand finale of this year’s World Cup at Chiavenna-Lagunc lived up to all expectations. This historic vertical kilometre race was a fitting setting to decide the winners of the short uphill category and the overall World Cup. See FINAL WORLD CUP for the full list of results.
