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Records smashed in Milan’s Allianz Vertical Run – second stop of the VWC

Winners Lobodzinski and Walsham take the first Allianz Vertical Run in the VWC. ©AllianzWith the world’s top athletes congregating in Milan for the second stage of the Vertical World Circuit®, jaw-dropping performances were in order. The second edition of the Allianz VERTICAL RUN held on Sunday, April 14, saw some 500 athletes from 22 countries […]

World’s top athletes head for Milan – second leg of the 2019 VWC

With less than a week separating the launch of the 2019 Vertical World Circuit® in Seoul, the second stage of the tour heads for Milan, Italy, where the Allianz VERTICAL RUN will be held on April 14, attracting some of the world’s best athletes from no less than 22 countries. With just enough time to […]

Records fly at 2019 VWC launch in Seoul

The glittering line-up promised at the 2019 Vertical World Circuit® launch in Seoul outshone expectations with the first two men summiting under record time. The third edition of the Lotte World Tower International Sky Run saw a record 1,600 competitors take part today in the fifth tallest building in the world and the highest race […]

Star line-up set for VWC launch in Seoul

Launching the 2019 Vertical World Circuit® will be a glittering star line-up of elite athletes at the Lotte World Tower International Sky Run on April 6 in Seoul, South Korea. Lotte World Tower is the world’s fifth tallest building and the circuit’s highest race – topping out at 555m above street level with a lung-busting […]

Hong Kong’s triumphant VWC Grand Finale

After eight races in some of the world’s most iconic skyscrapers, the 2018 Vertical World Circuit® closed triumphantly with the Grand Finale up Hong Kong’s tallest building today. Close on 2,000 runners from a record 38 countries participated in the SHKP Vertical Run for Charity: Race to Hong Kong ICC where 2,120 steps and 82 […]

Walsham & Lobodzinski climb to victory up Korea’s tallest building

The conditions were perfect for the second edition of the Lotte World Tower International Sky Run on Sunday, May 13. 1,500 local and overseas participants took to the stairs to climb South Korea’s tallest building, LOTTE WORLD TOWER. They faced the challenge of climbing up 500 metres to the building’s observation deck making it the […]

VWC heads for new heights in Seoul

The highest skyscraper race ever held will take place in South Korea’s tallest building, LOTTE WORLD TOWER, in Seoul on April 23 as an Official Vertical World Circuit Exhibition Race, sanctioned by the International Skyrunning Federation. Top ranked runners, as well as current and past world champions, will be joined by hundreds of participants up […]

Triumphant launch at Dubai Holding SkyRun

The first stage of the 2017 Vertical World Circuit kicked off with the Dubai Holding SkyRun today, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with a record field and records smashed. For the second year running, VWC elite runners ascended the 1,334 steps and 52 floors of the Jumeirah Emirates Towers and true to form, the reigning […]

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