Skimountaineering on air in Euronews weekly sports magazine

The ISMF has the great pleasure of informing you that Sports United, the Euronews weekly sports magazine show, last week broadcast ski mountaineering races on Thursday and Friday, during  Episode n.4. Sports United,  thanks to an agreement between Euronews and SportAccord, is a programme that  features sports, news, and interviews featuring SportAccord members. This show is one of the opportunities…

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On Saturday at Verbier-Val de Bagnes the Scarpa ISMF World Cup circuit gets under way

Two trials will take place, the Individual Race on Saturday morning and the Vertical Race on Sunday morning. The first national teams will arrive at Verbier-Val de Bagnes on Thursday afternoon, while the opening ceremony will take place on Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock. After the day dedicated to the presentation of this stage of the World Cup and the World…

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Verbier 2014 – NOTICE TO THE MEDIAS

The countdown for the Verbier-Val de Bagnes stage of the Ski Mountaineering World cup has started. The keyword is: Security! The technical team is working on both tracks (Six-Blanc and Ruinettes) to estimate the situation. The latest news show that the “Individual” -World Cup and Swiss cup- on Saturday 18th January will take place on the original track. In case of…

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Christian WASSMER (I.O.C.) will pay a visit to the Ismf World Championships in Verbier

On Saturday 7th February, Mr. Christian WASSMER, the Head of Winter Sports and International Federations Relations of the I.O.C. Sports Department, will pay a visit to the Ismf  World Championships in Verbier.  The occasion of the Vertical race is  a great  occasion to show the I.O.C. one of its exciting ski mountaineering disciplines. This appointment is very significant to the…

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The ISMF Organisation Chart

On November 6th, 2015 the ISMF Management Committee approved a new Organisation Chart At the core of this reorganisation is the Sport Department, under the coordination of Lluis Lopez (Spain), the vice president sport. The heart of the Department is the Sport Director, Rebecca Vernon (United Kingdom) who coordinates the new Technical Director Gil Oriol (Spain), the Referee Manager Oriol…

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At the 30th Valtellina Orobie Jornet had the better of Boscacci by the skin of his teeth

In the women race Laetitia Roux completed her comeback over Jennifer Fiechter. After several seasons the Valtellina Orobie is back among the great worldwide ski mountaineering events as second appointment of the 2016 ISMF World Cup. The 30th edition featured an unusual start and finish to be crossed on foot. The athletes of the individual event have had to prove…

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