SKYRUNNING YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023: SPAIN CLAIMS TEAM GOLD

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SKYRUNNING YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023: SPAIN CLAIMS TEAM GOLD. Our SKYRUNNING section celebrates the results of the 2023 event held this weekend at Gran Sasso, Italy for the fifth time.

Spain, Italy and Japan headed the country ranking, based on points scored by the top four athletes. Overall, 14 countries took medals: Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and USA.

U23 Women’s Podium. Ploščicová (SVK),Tarragó (ESP), Stanek (POL). ©ISF

SKYRUNNING YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023:

SPAIN CLAIMS TEAM GOLD

With 31 countries from five continents participating in the first race of the 2023 Youth Skyrunning World Championships, the competition, camaraderie, colours and burning lungs highlighted the event – for many their first attempt at a Vertical Kilometer® – and a medal.

With four categories and 75 medals at stake, Spanish star Ïu Net, 19, clinched the gold in his category and stopped the clock at 36’46”, the fastest time on the course today. The fastest woman was 16 year-old Ingeborg Syntnes from Norway in 46’39”, who beat all the other categories paving the way for a new skyrunning era. Both athletes took gold medals in the 2022 Youth Championships.

The surprises are far from finished. The first ever participant from new ISF Member Mongolia, Natsagdorj Luvansharav conquered the VERTICAL in the U23 and took a gold medal home.

It was a day of global results. The medal count saw Spain take nine medals; Japan and Italy three; Sweden and Germany two; and one each for Norway, USA, Switzerland and Chile.

Valeria Correa from Chile, who took three gold medals in the South American Skyrunning Championships earlier this year, won the first medal for her country in the Youth Championships, a silver. However, it was Caroline Ulrich from Switzerland who crushed the competition with an almost a three-minute lead, proving the stellar level of this edition.

Youth Skyrunning World Championships VERTICAL race results

YOUTH A MEN
GOLD – Biel Sagués (ESP) 40’03”
SILVER – Kanji Kishimoto (JPN) 42’42”
BRONZE – Walter Silas (GER) 42’46”

YOUTH A WOMEN
GOLD – Ingeborg Syntnes Hole (NOR) 46’39”
SILVER – Riko Obata (JPN) 49’07”
BRONZE – Uma Plans (ESP) 50’28”

YOUTH B MEN
GOLD – Lluis Puigvert (ESP) 37’54”
SILVER – Coby Marvin (USA) 41’56”
BRONZE – Martino Utzeri (ITA) 43’27”

YOUTH B WOMEN
GOLD – Gabriela Lasalle (ESP) 47’36”
SILVER – Karen Kobayashi (JPN) 49’44”
BRONZE – Alice Maniezzo (ITA) 50’23”

YOUTH C MEN
GOLD – Iu Net Puig (ESP) 36’46”
SILVER – Jan Castillo (ESP) 38’43”
BRONZE – Finn Hösch (GER) 39’52”

YOUTH C WOMEN
GOLD – Carrodilla Cabestre (ESP) 47’42”
SILVER – Lisa Åkesson (SWE) 49’02”
BRONZE – Erika Åkesson (SWE) 49’45”

U23 MEN
GOLD – Natsagdorj Luvansharav (MNG) 37’28”
SILVER – Arnau Aranda (ESP) 37’42”
BRONZE – Gianluca Ghiano (ITA) 39’22”

U23 WOMEN
GOLD – Caroline Ulrich (SUI) 47’57”
SILVER – Valeria Correa (CHI) 50’52”
BRONZE – Nuria Tarragó (ESP) 51’03”

SKYRACE

It was a day of “Less cloud. More Sky” for the final of the 2023 Youth Skyrunning World Championships where athletes from 31 countries battled for the 75 medals at stake in Italy’s Appenine mountains in Gran Sasso, L’Aquila.

After Friday’s VERTICAL, yesterday was the turn of the SKY discipline where 212 athletes competed. The sum of the two disciplines also award the COMBINED title to individual athletes. Mongolia, competing for the first time in a Championship with just one athlete, Luvsansharav Natsagdorj, took home two gold medals.

For the second year running, athletes as young as 15 competed in the events, split into four categories: Youth A (15-16 years), Youth B (17-18 years), Youth C (19-20 years), U23 (21-22-23 years). The younger A and B categories run on a shorter course.

This seventh edition of the Youth Skyrunning World Championships represented the first occasion to carry out scientific research on young skyrunners. The aim of the study is to investigate hydration before competing and blood lactate accumulation after the VERTICAL. Results of the studies will be published in November.

The ISF sanctioned the events where international referees attended. WADA anti-doping tests were carried out.

Youth Skyrunning World Championships SKY results:

YOUTH A MEN
GOLD – Biel Sagues (ESP) 1h33’02”
SILVER – Aron Rodal Haugen (NOR) 1h35’34”
BRONZE – Kanji Kishimoto (JPN) 1h37’51”

YOUTH A WOMEN
GOLD – Ingeborg Syntnes (NOR) 1h43’38”
SILVER – Uma Plans (ESP) 1h54’09”
BRONZE – Riko Obata (JPN) 1h55’13”

YOUTH B MEN
GOLD – Lluis Puigvert (ESP) 1h31’16”
SILVER – Marti Costa (ESP) 1h34’33”
BRONZE – Jan Wita (CZE) 1h35’57”

YOUTH B WOMEN
GOLD – Gabriela Lasalle (ESP) 1h47’47”
SILVER – Meija Petersson (SWE) 1h55’42”
BRONZE – Alice Maniezzo (ITA) 1h59’15”

YOUTH C MEN
GOLD – Jan Torrella (ESP) 2h25’09”
SILVER – Iu Net Puig (ESP) 2h28’07”
BRONZE – Finn Hösch (GER) 2h37’29”

YOUTH C WOMEN
GOLD – Carrodilla Cabestre (ESP) 3h03’28”
SILVER – Lisa Åkesson (SWE) 3h06’09”
BRONZE – Erika Åkesson (SWE) 3h06’09”

U23 MEN
GOLD – Gianluca Ghiano (ITA) 2h30’01”
SILVER – Mattia Tanara (ITA) 2h31’24”
BRONZE – Raoul Raus (BEL) 2h33’05”

U23 WOMEN
GOLD – Nuria Tarragó (ESP) 3h07’25”
SILVER – Lenka Ploščiková (SVK) 3h11’01”
BRONZE – Patrycja Stanek (POL) 3h12’59”

SKYRUNNING YOUTH: Photogallery by ISF

Youth Skyrunning World Championships COMBINED results:

YOUTH A MEN
GOLD – Biel Sagues (ESP)
SILVER – Aron Rodal Haugen (NOR)
BRONZE – Kanji Kishimoto (JPN)

YOUTH A WOMEN
GOLD – Ingeborg Syntnes (NOR)
SILVER – Riko Obata (JPN)
BRONZE – Uma Plans (ESP)

YOUTH B MEN
GOLD – Lluis Puigvert (ESP)
SILVER – Marti Costa (ESP)
BRONZE – Coby Marvin (USA)

YOUTH B WOMEN
GOLD – Gabriela Lasalle (ESP)
SILVER – Alice Maniezzo (ITA)
BRONZE – Karen Kobayashi (JPN)

YOUTH C MEN
GOLD – Iu Net Puig (ESP)
SILVER – Jan Torrella (ESP)
BRONZE – Jan Castillo (ESP)

YOUTH C WOMEN
GOLD – Carrodilla Cabestre (ESP)
SILVER – Lisa Åkesson (SWE)
BRONZE – Erika Åkesson (SWE)

U23 MEN
GOLD – Luvsansharav Natsagdorj (MNG)
SILVER – Arnau Aranda (ESP)
BRONZE – Gianluca Ghiano (ITA)

U23 WOMEN
GOLD – Caroline Ulrich (SUI)
SILVER – Nuria Tarragó (ESP)
BRONZE – Lenka Ploščiková (SVK)