Do you assume you will have what it takes to be a skyrunning star of tomorrow?

The Skyrunner World Sequence has launched a worldwide seek for new elite athletes to be a part of the 2024 sequence. The appliance is open to each sponsored and unsponsored runners, and is a good alternative to launch the profession of as but undiscovered expertise.

Clementine Geoffray, 2023 Skyrunner World Sequence winner, successful the 2023 Gorbeai Suzien Skyrace. Photograph: Brian Sharp

Athlete supervisor and head of operations for the Skyrunner World Sequence, Seana Forbes, mentioned:

“We imagine there’s a lot skyrunning expertise on the market that has but to be found. As a result of we all know it may be daunting or unclear find out how to enter the Skyrunner World Sequence as an elite with no sponsor or somebody you recognize on the within, for 2024, we determined to do one thing somewhat completely different and make an internet software obtainable for anybody to fill out in the event that they imagine they’ve what it takes to be an elite athlete. We wish to give everybody an equal probability.”

The advantages for athletes chosen for this system will embody elevated publicity and a spread of different helps. Forbes advised iRunFar, “With the elite program we initially provide extra publicity to the elite area, which is nice for athletes with out sponsors or simply beginning their elite profession. As an elite, athletes may also obtain completely different ranges of assist to participate — this ranges from free entries to free entry and lodging and in some circumstances additionally journey assist.”

Antonio Martínez celebrating after changing into the 2023 Skyrunner World Sequence winner. Photograph: Antton Guaresti

The appliance is open to female and male athletes aged 18 and above, of all nationalities. These making use of will need to have a excessive degree of expertise with operating on technical terrain.

Final month, the Skyrunner World Sequence introduced their new circuit for 2024, a 20-plus race calendar which takes in three continents, exploring the perfect of technical mountain operating the world over.

Aspiring skyrunning stars higher act quick, as functions will shut on Friday December 1, 2023.