The Catalan took home the World Championship Vertical Race title for the fourth time. The Swiss Ladies picked up silver thanks to Jennifer Fiechter and bronze for Victoria Kreuzer. What a show! The large crowds gathered along the length of the course witnessed the superb victory of Kilian Jornet beneath clear blue skies. The Catalan devoured the 847 vertical metres…
In the individual race, the Catalan was flying solo. The Italians took both silver and bronze thanks to Robert Antonioli and Mattéo Eydallin. Maude Mathys from Switzerland regains her form and wins silver. The World Championships in Verbier, Val de Bagnes continue in style. The conditions are perfect thanks to beautiful sunshine and great snow. Killian Jornet untouchable World Champion…
ZUG (Switzerland) – Infront Sports & Media, a Wanda Sports company, and the ISMF have extended their media and marketing agreement for the 2016-2021 ISMF Individual, Sprint and Vertical World Cup and the ISMF World and Continental Championships. Coverage of all events The leading international sports marketing company Infront will continue to produce and distribute the 5×15 minute magazine highlight programmes…
The Norwegian fiords crowned the new ISMF – Scarpa World cup winners. This morning on the Blatind show, a few kilometers from Tromso, the individual race officially closed the World Cup season. The Arctic Race drawn on the slopes giving on to the rocky fiords featured a difference in altitude by 1600 meters, while for the women the difference was…
Last weekend another very successful International Youth Camp was held in Bad Reichenhall, Germany organised by the German and Austrian federations with cooperation from the ISMF and other partners such as Dynafit, Pieps and Riap Sport, as well as assistance from German Army Mountain Guides and the Police Mountain Guides. Although snow conditions were not ideal, there was enough to…
Junior Rémi Bonnet has both talent and determination. In his own words: “I’ve come to the World Championships in Verbier to take home two gold medals.” After his success on Sunday in the Vertical Race, he also won the individual race, which took place with the magnificent backdrop of the Six Blanc. Valaisan Julien Ançay finished in 2nd place in…
Matheo Jacquemoud won the Vertical Race. In the women’s category the overwhelmingly powerful Laetitia Roux won. Among the Juniors victory went to Federico Nicolini yesterday and of the women Giulia Compagnoni won. In the Espoir categories victory went to Anton Palzer and Axelle Mollaret. A spectacular race took place this morning at Verbier, an unusual Vertical Race (in ascent only)…
The three-day competition of the ISMF World Cup final circuit, at the Mondolè Ski facility is playing out under the bright sun in a natural setting of incredible beauty. At the Vertical Race start line were some of the best specialists, many of them had taken part in the Pierra Menta (first stage of the long distance circuit). The fact…
During the first weekend of December, 4-7th December 2014, the town of Lienz in Osttirol, Austria, hosted the International Ski Mountaineering Youth Camp. Such an important event would not have been possible without the help of the Austrian national federation – ASKIMO, DAV – the German federation together with the city of Lienz, the region of Osttirol and their tourism…
In the Junior categories Davide Magnini and Giulia Compagnoni have won. Of the Espoirs victory goes to Anton Palzer and Axelle Mollaret. This morning on French snow at Puy Saint Vincent the first race of the Scarpa ISMF World Cup took place. The French long weekend begun with the Individual Race. The men competed in a race with an altitude…