To give a global vision of who the world’s top athletes are, the ISF has devised a ranking system based on a number of variables including the number of élite athletes present at each event

Marino Giacometti, ISF President, after the 2012 retrospect in the feature, “Looking back. Moving forward”, we publish an extract from a recent interview in two parts by the Spanish website, www.carreraspormontana.com on the near and long term future of skyrunning

Every two years the European Skyrunning Championships are celebrated and 2013 is no exception.  The big news is the inclusion for the first time of the ultra distance.  The venue is all-Italian with the Vertical Kilometer® and SkyRace® in Canazei, Dolomites on July 19 and 21, while the Ultra will take place just six days later in the nearby Veneto Region

Nine new entries, two brand new races, a US final and the much anticipated new format – that’s what’s in store for the 2013 Skyrunner® World Series which celebrates ten years with some of the best and most exciting races across the world

Looking back over the 2012 skyrunning season, it was, to say the least, an intensive year. It was a year of major transition from the past format of main races and trials, to the introduction of the Ultra distance and separate circuits

Italy’s Urban Zemmer triumphs in today’s Vertical Kilometer^® Series final in Spain and adds the world champion title to his recent world record

As anticipated, the indomitable king of skyrunning, Kilian Jornet, adds the Ultra champion title to his recent fourth Skyrunner^® World Series champion title to close a season which has enthralled and inspired all of us

The final of the Skyrunner® Ultra Series raises the curtains on the 72 k Course des Templiers in Millau, France on October 28 with a larger-than-life start-line that has become the hallmark of skyrunning events

Both the men’s and women’s world records in the Vertical Kilometer^® tumbled yesterday in the fourth Vertical Series race in Fully, Switzerland

Killian Jornet is skyrunning king for the fourth time round while Sweden’s super-strong, ever-smiling Emelie Forsberg sits on the throne for the first time