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World Championships of Ski Mountaineering

The World Championships of Ski Mountaineering are biannually held ski mountaineering competitions.[1]

History

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The events were originally sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC). The first official world mastership of the ISMC was carried out in the "International Year of Mountains" (2002), declared by the United Nations.[2] The championship was held in Serre Chevalier, France, from January 24 to January 27, 2002. Prior the Italian Trofeo Mezzalama was held as "World Championship of Ski Mountaineering" with the classes "Civilians", "Soldiers" and "Mountain guides" in 1975.[3] Because the ISMC merged into the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) in 2008, the next championships were sanctioned by the ISMF.[4] In 2011, the originally planned 9th edition of the European Championships of Ski Mountaineering at last was held as 6th edition of the World Championships.[5]

Medalist teams of the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama
"civilian teams"     Renzo Meynet   Osvaldo Ronc   Mirko Stangalino[6]
          
          
"military teams"     Angelo Genuin   Bruno Bonaldi   Luigi "Gigi" Weiss[6]
    Gianfranco Stella   Aldo Stella   Leo Vidi[7]
    Willy Bertin   Felice Darioli   Fabrizio Pedranzini[7]
"mountain guides"     Oreste Squinobal   Arturo Squinobal   Lorenzo Squinobal[6]
          
          

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Further venues of the ISMC World Championships were the Aran Valley (Spain) in 2004, the Italian Province of Cuneo in 2006, and Portes du Soleil (Switzerland) in 2008.[9] The World Championships are supported by the national organizations of the carrying out countries.[10]

Ratings

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The disciplines are rated by gender and age groups. In 2002, only individual and team (2 racers) races were held and rated, added with a combined ranking. At the 2004 championship a relay event and a vertical race competition were added. The men's relay teams were of four racers and the women's teams of three. In the following years all relay teams were of four ski mountaineers. In 2006 the relay race was canceled because of bad snow conditions, and consequently there was no combined ranking. At the 2008 World Masterships a long-distance race was added.[11]

The national squads are often mixed with up an coming athletes of the "Espoirs"-level. Some nations do not have squads with enough racers for all disciplines.[12]

Medalist nations and disciplines

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(by point-awarding system)[13]

year venue 1. 2. 3. disciplines
individual team combination relay vertical race long distance
1st 2002 Serre Chevalier, FRA   FRA   ITA    SUI X X X – – –
2nd 2004 Aran Valley, ESP    SUI   ITA   FRA X X X X X –
3rd 2006 Province of Cuneo, ITA   ITA    SUI   FRA – X – X X –
4th 2008 Champery, Portes du Soleil, SUI   ITA   FRA    SUI X X X X X X
5th 2010 Gran Valira, AND   ITA   FRA    SUI X X X X X –
6th 2011 Claut, ITA   FRA    SUI   ITA X X X X X –
7th 2013 Puy-Saint-Vincent, Pelvoux, FRA   ITA   FRA    SUI X X X X X –
8th 2015 Verbier, SUI   ITA   FRA    SUI X X X X X –
9th 2017 Tambre - Piancavallo, ITA   ITA    SUI   FRA X X X X X –
10th 2019 Villars-sur-Ollon, SUI    SUI   ITA   FRA X X X X X –
11th 2021 Comapedrosa La Massana, AND   ITA    SUI   FRA X X X X X –
12th 2023 Boí Taüll, ESP X X – X X –

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Long-distance team ski mountaineering world titles on offer at Tour du Rutor". www.insidethegames.biz. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  2. ^ OlympicTalk (2022-03-03). "Nils van der Poel sets retirement plan from speed skating". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. ^ Rolf Majcen: Weltmeisterschaften im Skibergsteigen (German), February, 2004.
  4. ^ Karl Posch: Weltmeisterschaft Schweiz Tag 5 - Neuer Verband der Schibergsteiger: ISMF (German), February 27, 2008.
  5. ^ Jones, Cody (March 2022). "Summit ski mountaineering athletes rise to the top of the competition at Vail's Winter Mountain Games". www.summitdaily.com. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  6. ^ a b c Albo d'oro
  7. ^ a b Genuin Angelo
  8. ^ "Ski Mountaineering: The 6 Hardest Ski Touring Races in the World". www.ispo.com. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  9. ^ History of ski mountaineering, UIAA.
  10. ^ Colbert, Austin (9 March 2022). "Gaston brothers win another Power of Four skimo race a decade after their first". www.aspentimes.com. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  11. ^ "Learn about Colorado's fascinating ski history at this Vail museum for free". The Denver Post. 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  12. ^ "Ski Mountaineering World Cup begins in Italy". PlanetSKI. 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  13. ^ Mountaineering-World Ski Mountaineering Championships, sports123.com.
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