 43 Nations will be present at the WMRA Congress on 4th September: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Rep., Eritrea, France, Great Britain, Guinea Equatorial, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mongolia, Mexico, F.Y.R. of Macedonia, Montenegro, Monaco, Nigeria, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, U.S.A., Venezuela and hosting Country Slovenia.
Important is the official presence - for the first time - of Albania, Greece, Hungary, Japan, Mongolia, Nigeria and Sweden, also if Greece, Mongolia and Nigeria have not sent any athletes but only official to see more about the most important mountain running event in the year.
Peter Kukovica, President of Athletic Slovenian Federation (AZS), together Boris Mikluz, AZS Director, Dusan Papez, LOC President, and Anton Tone Smolnikar, Mayor of Kamnik City, are all very happy to host the 26th World Mountain Running Championships 2011, also because about 360 athletes coming from all the world will run on the beautiful venue of Velika Planina, fourthly kilometres from Ljubljana, Slovenia Capital.
Thank volunteers and sponsor the Championships will be certainly a fantastic success!
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 Korbielow hosted the 10th WMRA/WMA Master World Mountain Running Championships 2010, held in Poland on last 28th August for the second time, after the first official edition of this Championships, in Ustron on 2001.
Czech Team won the medal table with a total of 12 medals: 8 gold (6 individual plus two team), 2 (2 team) silver and 2 (2 individual) bronze. Second was Germany with a total of 15 medals: 7 gold (4 individual +3 team), 5 (5 individual) silver and 3 bronze (1 individual +2 team), whilst third was Italy with a total of 13 medals: 5 (2 individual +3 team) gold, 7 (6 individual +1 team) silver and 1 (1 individual) bronze. Other six Countries won gold medals: Slovakia (2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze), Poland (1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze), Ireland (1 gold and 1 silver), Scotland, Slovenia and Hungary (with 1 gold each). England obtained 2 medals (1 silver and 1 bronze), like Ukraine (2 bronze). Finally one bronze each won Austria, Netherland, New Zealand, Switzerland and USA.
So in total 16 Countries (of the 26 present) climbed on the podium of the 10th WMRA/WMA Master World Mountain Running Championships 2010.
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 On next Saturday 28th August 2010, in Korbielow Poland will be held the 10th WMRA/WMA Master World Mountain Running Championships.
At the start there will be more then 500 athletes coming from 26 nations from all the world (not only European runners but also American, Colombian, Venezuelan, Australian, New Zealenders and so on).
On the beautiful track of Pilsko Mountain, Mirosław Dziergas, LOC President, with Stefan Kalinowski, LOC Vice President, Andrzej Puchacz, LOC General Secretary, and all LOC staff, are sure that there will be a great mountain running event, following suggest of WMRA Delegate, Wolfgang Munzel.
WMRA President, Bruno Gozzelino (ITA), and WMA Vice President, Brian Keaveney (CAN - Chairman of WMA Not Stadia Committee) will attend to the event, together representatives of PZLA, Edward Stawiarz (PZLA Council Member and former Olympic runner).
Many Local Authorities will support the Championships starting from Mizia Władysław, Mayor of Jeleśnia Community, and Zieliński Andrzej, Governor of Żywiec County, and also private sponsors gave their great assistance to the event.
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