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WORLD MOUNTAIN RUNNING ASSOCIATION

World summit at the Grand-Ballon in France (second stage of W. Cup 2015)

14/06/2015

After Slovenia for the opening race of the WMRA World Cup last week-end in Ratitovec, the second race of the series will run at the Vosges in France.
The 35. Mont&eacute,e du Grand-Ballon is now a &quot,classic&quot, of the WMRA World Cup.

This Sunday 14th June, 400-500 runners are waiting in Willer-sur-Thur and some of the best world mountain runners like Petro Mamu (Eritrea) winner of the last World cup and at the Grand-Ballon last year (he beat the records of Jonathan Wyatt and Ahmet Arslan !), Azaria Teklay (Eritrea) winner at the Grand-Ballon in 2013, Robbie Simpson (Great Britain), 2nd&nbsp, at the last European championships in Gap and Andrew Douglas (Great Britain), winner last Sunday in Slovenia.
A strong race with 15 nations at the start in the men’s race. “

By women, Emma Clayton and Sarah Tunstall (Great Britain) will find on their way, the Hungarian Timea Merenyi, 2nd last week in Slovenia or Iva Milesova ‘Czech republic) and Adela&iuml,de Pantheon, 2nd of the French mountain running championships.

&nbsp,Edited from Jean Alain Haan (LOC)