2013 World Mountain Running Championships
The 2013 World Mountain Running Championships were held on 8 September in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland.It was the 29th edition of the championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA).A total of 329 runners from 39 nations were present at the start of the races.[1] The men's course was 13.56 km long with an incline of 1,630 m.[2] The women's and junior men's course had a distance of 9.1 km with an ascent of 1,090 m.[3][4] The junior women's race was 4.6 km in length with a climb of 550 m.[5] Each of the races had an individual and team race element Ten nations reached the medal table, Italy being the most successful country with three gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze.Turkey won one silver and two bronze, Slovenia one silver and Austria, Russia and Ireland with one bronze medal each.