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2018 Vertical Kilometer® World Circuit champions Rémi Bonnet and Christel Dewalle ©VKWC

VK finals close with new records. Bonnet and Dewalle are champions

Winners and champions were crowned and records smashed at the final of the 2018 Vertical World Circuit in Limone, Italy, Friday, October 12. The last of the 12-race tour saw a tight fight between ...

New world record holder, Axelle Mollaret makes it look easy at Verticale du Grand Serre. ©MRSWS

It’s records all round at Verticale du Grand Serre

A new VK world record was set today together with two new course records at Verticale du Grand Serre, France, the steepest and shortest race on the 2018 Vertical Kilometer® World Circuit, ...

VK Chando winner and record holder Rémi Bonnet with winner Christel Dewalle. ©VKWC

Dewalle and Bonnet winners at Chando VK – with a record

Switzerland’s Rémi Bonnet crushed the men’s record at Les KM de Chando on home ground today. The women’s winner was once again Christel Dewalle from France, who closed just 11” short of ...

Norway dominates Blåmann VK on home ground

For the second year in a row Norwegian runners took the victory on home ground in the Vertical Kilometer® World Circuit’s ninth stage at Blåmann VK, in Tromsø, Norway. This time it was Eirik ...

Martin Anthamatten, winner for the second year in a row. ©Daniele Molineris / Red Bull Content Pool

Anthamatten and Kreuzer take Red Bull K3 by the horns

At the world’s only triple VK in Italy’s Susa valley yesterday, the victory was all-Swiss with real-life couple Martin Anthamatten and Victoria Kreuzer taking the win. The race was the eighth ...

Davide Magnini, Dolomyths Run VK winner. ©PegasoMedia

Magnini and Kreutzer take DoloMyths VK

The historical VK in the Dolomites this year changed their name to DoloMyths Run Vertical Kilometer®, but the epic race remains the same, a magnet for top runners from around the world. The ...

Face de Bellevarde – Mollaret crushes the record. Gachet takes third win

Friday’s sixth leg of the Vertical Kilometer® World Circuit was once again hosted in Val d’Isère, France, where some of the world’s top specialists climbed the lung-busting ascent up the ...

Olympus Vertical winners, Lina El Kott from Sweden and Ferran Teixido from Andorra. ©Guillem Casanova

Teixido and El Kott triumph at the first Olympus Vertical

Greece welcomed the Vertical Kilometer® World Circuit with the first Olympus Vertical. Andorran VK specialist Ferran Teixido and Swedish skyrunner Lina El Kott won the first edition of the ...

Winner and new record holder Ruth Croft. ©Joao M. Faria

Santana VK – it’s a record for Croft and victory for local Gouveia

The fourth leg of the 2018 Vertical Kilometer® World Circuit took place on the island of Madeira, Portugal, June 1, with the Santana Vertical Kilometer® where a new women’s record was set by ...

Bonnet and Dewalle storm Zegama VK

The often precarious weather conditions in Zegama again set the mood for the third leg of the 2018 Vertical Kilometer® World Circuit, the Zegama-Aizkorri Vertical Kilometer® on May 25 in the ...