2025 IAU 24-Hour World Championships Preview
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2025 IAU 24-Hour World Championships Preview
"Fixed-time ultrarunning fans, get ready! The 2025 IAU 24-Hour World Championships take place on Saturday, October 18, in Albi, France. The race starts at 10 a.m. local time and follows a 1.5-kilometer (0.93 miles) course looping in and around the Albi stadium. The Albi venue in southwest France is no stranger to hosting championships, having held the 2016 IAU 24-Hour European Championships and the 2019 IAU 24-Hour World Championships."
"With both 2023 champions - Aleksandr Sorokin (Lithuania) and Miho Nakata (Japan), who are also the world record holders - returning, the 15th edition of the generally biennial world championships promises a strong field in both the men's and women's races. And as long as weather conditions are favorable, the world records will likely be challenged. The current world records for the 24-hour distance are held by Sorokin, who ran 319.614k (198.599 miles) at the 2022 IAU 24-Hour European Championships in Italy,"
"and Miho Nakata (Japan), who ran 270.363k (167.996 miles) at the last edition of this event in 2023. In this article, we take a quick look at the history of this world championships and a deeper look at who we expect to be at the front of the women's and men's races. A full entrants list is also available."
The 2025 IAU 24-Hour World Championships will be held Saturday, October 18, in Albi, France, starting at 10 a.m. local time on a 1.5-kilometer loop around Albi stadium. Aleksandr Sorokin and Miho Nakata, the reigning 2023 champions and current world record holders, are entered and are expected to contend for new marks if weather is favorable. Sorokin's record is 319.614k (198.599 miles) from 2022; Nakata's record is 270.363k (167.996 miles) from 2023. The event records 397 entrants (222 men, 175 women) from 47 federations, up from 245 in 2023.
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