🔴 LIVE Ski Mountaineering World Championships! | Olympic Qualifier | Sprint Race

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From 3 to 8 March, six quotas will be up for grabs at the 13th edition of the championships in Switzerland

This biennial competition will see 400 athletes from 25 countries compete across three individual events (individual race, vertical race, sprint race) and two team events (mixed relay and team event) for a total of five sets of medals.

This will be the last major event before the sport makes its Olympic debut at Milano Cortina 2026, just under a year away.

The championships will also serve as a direct qualifier for the upcoming Winter Olympics, with quotas* available in each of the three Olympic events on the programme: four (two men and two women) in the mixed relay, two in the women’s sprint, and two in the men’s sprint.

Sprint Race: The sprint race is a short-format event consisting of a skin section, a booting section, and a clearly marked gate descent. As the title implies, this is a very fast race, and is based on completing the total course in approximately three minutes for the fastest racers. The total ascent and descent is about 100m, with athletes starting and finishing in almost the same point.

* As National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games, athletes' participation at the Milano Cortina Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Milano Cortina 2026.

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