Credit : Ian Corless
This weekend, the Skyrunning World Championships where taking place in Chamonix, France.
80 km du Mont Blanc
The event started on Friday with the longest race: the 80 km, with 6,000 m of elevation gain.
The difficult start of the season seems to be over for Emelie FORSBERG. She dominated the race from start to finish and won after a 12:38:49 run. Anna Frost confirmed here great comeback to competition. After a win in Transvulcania, she finished second in 12:46:52. Magdalena LACZAK from Poland took the third place in 12:58:51.
In the men’s race, victory goes to Luis-Alberto HERNANDO in 10:25:52. He had already won Transvulcania in May. Despite of a great finish, Frenchman Francois DHAENE couldn’t come back and took the second place in 10:29:33. The third place went to Ben DUFFUS in 10:52:33.
569 runners managed to cross the finish line.
Top 10 Ladies
1
Tina-Emelie FORSBERG
Sweden
12:38:49
2
Anna FROST
New Zeland
12:46:52
3
Magdalena LACZAK
Poland
12:58:51
4
Maud GOBERT
France
13:16:11
5
Caroline CHAVEROT
France
13:28:52
6
Federica BOIFAVA
Italy
13:34:23
7
Uxue FRAILE-AZPEITIA
Spain
13:40:01
8
Fernanda MACIEL
Brazil
14:03:54
9
Li DONG
China
14:11:20
10
Juliette BLANCHET
France
14:20:50
Top 10 Men
1
Luis-Alberto HERNANDO
Spain
10:25:52
2
Francois DHAENE
France
10:29:33
3
Ben DUFFUS
Australia
10:52:33
4
Clement PETITJEAN
France
10:57:04
5
Philipp REITER
Germany
11:09:36
6
Blake HOSE
Australia
11:14:26
7
Aurelien DUNAND-PALLAZ
France
11:31:05
8
Mike WOLFE
United States
11:31:20
9
Caine WARBURTON
Australia
11:31:32
10
Sverre SLETHAUG
Norway
11:43:57
Complete results
Vertical Kilometer
The Vertical kilometer took place on the same day and crowned Kilian Jornet and Laura ORGUE-VILA. Back from his impressive record climb of Mt McKinley in Alaska, the Catalan mountain runner established a new record for the 3.8 km course in 00:34:18. Kilian had won last year’s edition in 03:23:39.
Laura ORGUE-VILA wins the ladies race in 00:41:29, a few seconds ahead of American runner Stevie KREMER (00:41:37).
Top 10 Men
1
Kilian JORNET
Spain
00:34:18
2
Bernard DEMATTEIS
Italy
00:34:36
3
Urban ZEMMER
Italy
00:34:37
4
Saul-Antonio PADUA-RODRIGUEZ
Colombia
00:35:01
5
Toru MIYAHARA
Japan
00:35:57
6
Thorbjorn-Thorsen LUDVIGSEN
Norway
00:36:17
7
Travis MACY
United States
00:36:29
8
Aritz EGEA
Spain
00:36:32
9
Alexy SEVENNEC-VERDIER
France
00:36:36
10
Pascal EGLI
Switzerland
00:36:53
Top 10 Ladies
1
Laura ORGUE-VILA
Spain
00:41:29
2
Stevie KREMER
United States
00:41:37
3
Christel DEWALLE
France
00:41:50
4
Antonella CONFORTOLA
Italy
00:43:17
5
Maite MAIORA-ELIZONDO
Spain
00:43:31
6
Kasie ENMAN
United States
00:43:52
7
Stephanie JIMENEZ
Italy
00:43:55
8
Francesca ROSSI
Italy
00:45:13
9
Therese SJURSEN
Norway
00:45:15
10
Axelle MOLLARET
France
00:45:34
Complete results
Marathon
Due to the bad weather conditions on Sunday, the organizers had to modify the course of the Marathon. They avoided the highest section going to Aiguille des Posettes.
Credit : Ian Corless
Despite the rain and the cold, Kilian Jornet took the win again, in 03:23:39. Michel LANNE (03:25:50) and Thomas OWENS (03:26:20) follow him on the finish line.
Italian runner Elisa DESCO wins the women’s race with a time of 03:53:33. The remaining positions on the podium go to American runners Megan KIMMEL (03:54:51) and Stevie KREMER (03:55:36).
2,167 runners finished the race.
Top 10 Men
1
Kilian JORNET
Spain
03:23:39
2
Michel LANNE
France
03:25:50
3
Thomas OWENS
United Kingdom
03:26:20
4
Marc LAUENSTEIN
Switzerland
03:26:30
5
Manuel MERILLAS-MOLEDO
Spain
03:27:50
6
Eirik-Dagssonn HAUGSNES
Norway
03:28:07
7
Aritz EGEA
Spain
03:30:17
8
Marcin SWIERC
Poland
03:31:40
9
Florian REICHERT
Germany
03:37:54
10
Greg VOLLET
France
03:39:17
Top 10 Ladies
1
Elisa DESCO
Italy
03:53:33
2
Megan KIMMEL
United States
03:54:51
3
Stevie KREMER
United States
03:55:36
4
Kasie ENMAN
United States
04:03:14
5
Azara GARCIA
Spain
04:05:41
6
Maite MAIORA-ELIZONDO
Spain
04:08:41
7
Anne-Lise ROUSSET
France
04:09:39
8
Hiske WEISSMANN
Netherlands
04:11:49
9
Nuria DOMINGUEZ-AZPELETA
Spain
04:13:21
10
Laia ANDREU-TRIAS
Spain
04:18:29
Complete results
Credit : Ian Corless