2013 Mountain Racing World Cup

The 29th World Mountain Racing Championship was held on September 8, 2013 in Krynica-Zdroj , a spa town in southern Poland . Participants competed in the discipline of mountain running "up and down." 8 sets of awards were played: four in individual and team championships (men, women, juniors and juniors up to 20 years old). Among juniors athletes of 1994 year of birth and younger could act.

2013 Mountain Racing World Cup
Host city	Krynica-Zdroj , Poland
Member countries	39
Of the participants	329
Medals	8
date of	September 8, 2013
Stadium	Mount Jaworzyna

The championship was the main event of the traditional running festival in Krynica-Zdroj, in the framework of which races were held for everyone at various distances. The winners and prize-winners of the world championship were determined on a circular track 4.1 km long and a height difference of 219 meters. The arena of the competition was the Poprad National Park. The top point of the route was located on top of Mount Jaworzyna (1114 meters above sea level) of the Sondeck Beskydy Mountains . Juniors ran one lap, juniors and women - two, men - three ^{[1] [2]} .

The races took place in warm and sunny weather. 329 runners (137 men, 82 women, 68 juniors and 42 juniors) from 39 countries of the world came to the start. Each country could put up to 6 people in the men's race, up to 4 people in the women's and junior and up to 3 people among the juniors. The strongest in the team championship were determined by the sum of the places of the four best participants in men, the three best in women and juniors, the two best in juniors.

Among juniors up to 20 years, prizes were distributed in the final segment of the distance. The strongest was the American Amanda Ortiz , the second place was taken by Leah Einfalt from Slovenia, who climbed the podium of the World Cup for the third year in a row. During this time he won a full set of medals: gold, silver and bronze.

The junior race after the first round was led by Ramadan Karagez from Turkey. His pace was supported by the Italian of Ethiopian descent Necagenet Crippa . After the 6th kilometer, Crippa made an attempt to escape into the gap, which was successful. At the finish, his advantage over Karagez amounted to 15 seconds.

In the competition for women, after the first round, a trio of leaders from the British Emma Clayton , the Irish Sarah McCormack and the Turkish Burju Buyukbezgin formed . By the middle of the final round, only Clayton was able to maintain her position, while behind her the Italians Alice Gadzhi and Eliza Desco rose to the prize positions. A kilometer before the finish, the British advantage was 17 seconds, but he was not enough to contain the attacks of rivals. Haji was able to get ahead of the leader and became the world champion, Clayton won silver, Desco, who returned in 2013 after doping disqualification, received bronze for third place.

The pace in the men's race the entire first round was set by the 2011 world champion Max King . However, a leg injury did not allow the American to run at full strength, because of which he was forced to retire. On the second lap, runners from Uganda came forward. Unlike the 2011 championship , this time they calculated their strength, completely controlled the race and took the first four places at the finish. Philip Kiplimo won the gold medal, Jeffrey Kusuro won the silver medal , and Nathan Ayeko won the bronze medal . In the team championship, the Uganda team won with the lowest possible number of points (10) ^[3] .

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  Mount Jaworzyna

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  Poprad National Park