“40 Nations will be present at the WMRA Congress on 4^th September: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Rep., Eritrea, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, F.Y.R. of Macedonia, Montenegro, Monaco, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, U.S.A., Venezuela and hosting Country Slovenia.
Important is the official presence – for the first time – of Albania, Greece, Hungary, Japan and Sweden, also if Greece has not sent any athletes but only official to see more about the most important mountain running event in the year.

Peter Kukovica, President of Athletic Slovenian Federation (AZS), together Boris Mikluz, AZS Director, Dusan Papez, LOC President, and Anton Tone Smolnikar, Mayor of Kamnik City, are all very happy to host the 26^th World Mountain Running Championships 2011, also because about 360 athletes coming from all the world will run on the beautiful venue of Velika Planina, fourthly kilometres from Ljubljana, Slovenia Capital.

Thank volunteers and sponsor the Championships will be certainly a fantastic success!

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“Many champions will be at the start to the race and it is not easy to speak about the favourites.

Many spectators will attend to the event on Sunday morning, specially if the weather will be fine, also because media and television showed a great interest to the competition.

WMRA President, Bruno Gozzelino, and all the WMRA Council are present and together Otto Klappert, IAAF representing, will be held in Kanmik an important WMRA Council meeting, where many aspects regarding the future of mountain running will be discussed.

On Sunday will be also scheduled a meeting with LOC of potential Grand Prix race 2011.&nbsp,

WMRA Congress will take important decision starting since the approval of the application form for next 27^th World Mountain Running Championships 2011 sent by Albanian Athletic Federation (FSHA): Sabah Jemishta, Director of Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports of Republic of Albania, and Giergji Ruli, FSHA President, are in Kamnik for introducing the candidature of the next Championships.&nbsp,&nbsp,&nbsp,

Bruno Gozzelino by WMRA

poster of W. Ch. 2010
logos of W. Ch. 2010

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