27th World Mountain Running Championships in Albania

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27th World Mountain Running Championships in Albania

1/24/2011


For the first time in Albanians sports history there will be an international event which will occur this fall. The world championship of mountain running will visit Albania and this won't be enough! It also will take place in Albania, in the capital city Tirana, the 27th World Mountain Running Championships. Event date will be September 11th 2011.

It was Tuesday, 22nd June 2010, in Tirana, in the presence of Sergey Bubka (IAAF Vice President, IOC member and President of Council Ukrainian Olympic Committee), Bruno Gozzelino (WMRA President), Gjergji Ruli (President of the Albanian Athletic Federation) and Nikolin Dionisi (General Secretary of AAF) when Albania officially announced its interest for sending the application in way to organize the 27th World Mountain Running Championships on September 11th 2011 in the capital city of Albania in Tirana.

Bamir Topi (Albania’s President), Prof. Dr. Sali Berisha (Albania’s Prime Minister), Mr. Agim Fagu (President of Albanian National Olympic Committee) and Mr. Stavri Bello (General Secretary of Albanian National Olympic Committee) supported this declaration of interest, ensuring full support for the nomination in every respect.
At the organizational and technical level, the 27th World Mountain Running Championships in 2011 will take place in the capital Tirana, running in the National Park starting and finishing in the national stadium “Qemal Stafa” of Tirana. The city also offers other possible solutions for tracks.

The meeting in Albania was made possible thanks to the IAAF General Secretary Pierre Weiss, who is always extremely cooperative with the WMRA for the development of the discipline of mountain running. After the visit to Tirana, the WMRA is now awaiting the official application by AAF, which would certainly be an important application.




With a tip of th Frosina hat to Father Arthur E. Liolin who originally posted this interesting development in Albania's sports history!