WMRA World Cup

WMRA World Cup
Tournament information
SportMountain running
LocationVaries
DatesMay or June–Early October
Established1999
FormatRace series
Current champion
Men: Patrick Kipngeno
Women: Joyce Njeru

The WMRA World Cup is an annual series of mountain running competitions organised by the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) that runs from around May to October.[1] Athletes are awarded points for each performance on the tour. Its predecessor was the Alpine Grand Prix, a 1997 formation including four European races in the Alps region.[2] It formally became the WMRA Grand Prix in 1999 and subsequently expanded to six races in 2001. It reverted to four races in 2007 and from 2008 onwards began to vary between five and seven races. The competition took its current title World Cup in 2014.[3][4]

  1. ^ Minshull, Phil (2014-10-04). Mayr and Mamo clinch 2014 WMRA World Cup with victories in Smarna Gora. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-24.
  2. ^ WMRA Mountain Running Grand Prix. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-24.
  3. ^ Teklay and Belotti looking to retain Grand Ballon titles in second leg of WMRA World Cup. IAAF (2014-06-13). Retrieved on 2015-03-24.
  4. ^ Mamo leads Eritrean sweep at WMRA Grand Prix in Saalfelden. IAAF (2013-09-16). Retrieved on 2015-03-24.