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WMTRC 2021: WORLD MOUNTAIN & TRAIL RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS THAILAND NOV 2022
WMTRC 2021: WORLD MOUNTAIN & TRAIL RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS THAILAND NOV 2022. Our TRAIL RUNNING CALENDAR bring us the latest information about the first unified World Mountain and Trail Running Championships (WMTRC), to be held in Chiang Mai from November 3-6.
According to the previous update it was first decided to hold the 1st WMTRC in Thailand in November 2021. However, the COVID 19 pandemic made originally a brief postponement towards February 2022, which would have been easier for the Member Federations that were already planning participating in the event, but as you know at the end another postponement was announced to the final date of November 2022.
WMTRC 2021: WORLD MOUNTAIN & TRAIL RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS THAILAND NOV 2022
The first unified World Athletics has five modalities: The four WMRA classics (Uphill, Classic, Long Distance and Juveniles) that have been held since 1985. Plus the fifth, of the IAU Ultra World Championship that has been held since 2007.
The joint statement by WMRA, ITRA and IAU came during an online conference organized by World Athletics, on Novermber 2021, on mountain and trail running, where the Tourism Authority of Thailand and the organizers confirmed to the Member Federations and other interested participants about the status of the first World Cup. Mountain and Trail (“WMTRC”).
Unfortunately, given the current uncertainty of the situation, back then, both in the host country and around the world, they had to make the decision to definitively postpone the event until November 2022.
WORLD MOUNTAIN & TRAIL RUNNING
CHAMPIONSHIPS THAILAND NOV 2022
Preparations are well underway for the inaugural. The Championships was originally planned to be held last year in Chiang Mai but postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Thailand was granted the opportunity to organize the event by WMTRC partnership, composed of the international associations for mountain running (World Mountain Running Association), ultra-marathon (International Association of Ultrarunners) and trail running (International Trail Running Association), with the coordination of World Athletics, the global governing body for the sport of athletics – which mountain and trail running is a part of.
After thirty- seven years of Mountain Running World Championships, with the first edition in 1985, and fifteen years of Trail Running World Championships, with the first edition in 2007, this is the first ever global world event joining together all the disciplines of off-road running.
“Mountain and trail running are exciting and growing areas of athletics, so we are delighted to be collaborating with the World Mountain Running Association, International Association of Ultrarunners, and the International Trail Running Association on the staging of the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Chiang Mai. This is the first time that the three associations have joined forces to stage the championships under the umbrella of World Athletics. I know a lot of time and effort has gone into the route design and organisation of the event, so we are looking forward to an exciting and successful championship”, said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.
“The Thai government has been giving full support in bringing this event to Chiang Mai”, said Minister of Tourism and Sports of Thailand Phiphat Ratchakitprakan. “It means a lot to Thailand to be the host country of the first ever World Mountain and Trail Running Championships. Due to the global situation, getting where we are now hasn’t been without its challenges, but we are committed to delivering a world-class event for everyone and will not disappoint,” he added.
Meanwhile, Thapanee Kiatphaibool, Deputy Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), who is also the Secretary General of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC), said the official name of the event will be “Amazing Thailand World Mountain and Trail Running Championships” since the wording ‘’Amazing Thailand” has always been associated with sport events in Thailand.
According to Kobkiat Sangwanich, Assistant Secretary General of the LOC, who is also the Race Director, Invitations for the championships have been sent to all World Athletics affiliated national associations..
“All affiliated countries have to submit their entry form by number to the LOC by the end of June, and before the end of September their entry form by name must be submitted. Forty one countries have already submitted the entry form for their teams and more are expected in the next month” Kobkiat said.
About 2,000–3,000 athletes from all over the world are expected to compete in the race weekend, which encompasses championships races as well as mass participation events. Each country is allowed to field a maximum of 50 athletes for all events featured in the championships namely – long trail 80km and short trail 40km for trail running and classic uphill, classic up and down and junior classic up and down for mountain running.
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