7-619: The World Mountain Running Championships ( World Mountain Running Trophy until 2008), is an international mountain running competition contested by athletes of the members of WMRA, World Mountain Running Association , the sport's global governing body. The championships include a senior men, senior women, junior men and women events and the team events of these races. It was first held in 1985 as
14-634: Is normally between five and twenty percent. Courses are clearly marked and should avoid dangerous sections. The WMRA co-organises a bi-annual world championships , the event is called the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships and was first held in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2022. Until 2019 there was a standalone World Mountain Running Championships also known for a time as the World Mountain Running Trophy,
21-422: Is the global governing body of mountain running. For World Athletics purposes, mountain running takes place on terrain that is mainly off-road , but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. Courses involve considerable amounts of ascent (for mainly uphill races), or both ascent and descent (for up and down races with the start and finish at similar heights). The average incline
28-706: The World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships was discontinued in 2019 after the adoption of the new combined event. The World Mountain Running Association runs an annual World Cup competition, which pulls together the best athletes in a series of the biggest and most prominent races in the sport. The Valsir Mountain Running World Cup usually takes place between July and October predominantly in Continental Europe. The series encompasses
35-800: The World Mountain Running Trophy before obtaining its current moniker in 2009. The 2020 championships, which were scheduled for 13–14 November in Haria, Lanzarote, Spain, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The 2021 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships (abbreviated WMTRC 2021), held in Chiang Mai , Thailand , from November 4–6, 2022, combined the World Mountain Running Championships and IAU Trail World Championships . In
42-623: The route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running ; also its courses are more clearly marked and avoid dangerous sections. It is a form of trail running if it is run on unpaved surfaces. Mountain running is a combination of running, jogging , and walking, depending on how steep the trail is. It is recognized by World Athletics and governed by the World Mountain Running Association which has been organising world championships since 1985. The World Mountain Running Association (WMRA)
49-419: The team rankings, the score is scored considering the top three ranked for each nation (win the team with score fewer points, giving the score for the place scored). But medals are also assigned to the 4th eventual ranking of each country. Mountain running Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on
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