Do you suppose you may have what it takes to be a skyrunning star of tomorrow?
The Skyrunner World Collection has launched a world seek for new elite athletes to be a part of the 2024 sequence. The appliance is open to each sponsored and unsponsored runners, and is a superb alternative to launch the profession of as but undiscovered expertise.
Clementine Geoffray, 2023 Skyrunner World Collection winner, successful the 2023 Gorbeai Suzien Skyrace. Picture: Brian Sharp
Athlete supervisor and head of operations for the Skyrunner World Collection, Seana Forbes, stated:
“We imagine there may be a lot skyrunning expertise on the market that has but to be found. As a result of we all know it may be daunting or unclear find out how to enter the Skyrunner World Collection as an elite with out a sponsor or somebody you understand on the within, for 2024, we determined to do one thing a little bit completely different and make an internet software obtainable for anybody to fill out in the event that they imagine they’ve what it takes to be an elite athlete. We wish to give everybody an equal probability.”
The advantages for athletes chosen for this system will embrace elevated publicity and a variety of different helps. Forbes instructed iRunFar, “With the elite program we to start with provide extra publicity to the elite discipline, which is sweet for athletes with out sponsors or simply beginning their elite profession. As an elite, athletes can even obtain completely different ranges of help to participate — this ranges from free entries to free entry and lodging and in some circumstances additionally journey help.”
Antonio Martínez celebrating after turning into the 2023 Skyrunner World Collection winner. Picture: Antton Guaresti
The appliance is open to female and male athletes aged 18 and above, of all nationalities. These making use of should have a excessive degree of expertise with operating on technical terrain.
Final month, the Skyrunner World Collection introduced their new circuit for 2024, a 20-plus race calendar which takes in three continents, exploring the most effective of technical mountain operating the world over.
Aspiring skyrunning stars higher act quick, as purposes will shut on Friday December 1, 2023.
