![]() The top ranked athletes lining up for this extraordinary event are reigning VWC champions: Piotr Lobodzinski from Poland and Suzy Walsham from Australia, joined by Australians, former world champion Mark Bourne and Darren Wilson, Alice McNamara and Cindy Reid, together with Emanuele Manzi from Italy and Yuri Yoshizumi from Japan.ĭavid Shin, ISF representative for Asia-Pacific, will be overseeing the race. With the best in the world competing, we’ll see on race day!” “ We predict the finishing times will be approximately 16’30” for first man and 19’ for first woman, but the length of the course plus the heat factor of running up the stairs inside the building will take their toll on everyone. To date, the maximum ascent speed registered in races between 50 and 80 floors high is over 2,000 metres per hour – more than three steps per second! It’s unlikely that this speed can be maintained for the 2,917 steps of the Lotte World Tower. Marino Giacometti, President of the International Skyrunning Federation which governs the sport, had this to say: “ We’re very excited to have the LOTTE WORLD TOWER INTERNATIONAL SKYRUN as an Exhibition Race on the Vertical World Circuit. The number of steps amount to 30% more than New York’s T2T Tower Climb which counts 2,226 steps and is currently the highest building on the 2017 Vertical World Circuit valid for ranking points. This severe test should not be taken lightly. Topping out at 555m, it is the fifth tallest in the world. Top ranked runners, including current and past world champions, will be joined by hundreds of participants up for the extreme challenge of ascending the 2,917 steps and 123 floors of the building in the fastest time possible. The “LOTTE WORLD TOWER INTERNATIONAL SKYRUN” is the country’s first and only international stair climbing race. The highest skyscraper race ever held will take place in South Korea’s tallest building, LOTTE WORLD TOWER, on April 23 as an Official Vertical World Circuit Exhibition race. The International Skyrunning Federation is pleased to announce an important addition to the 2017 Vertical World Circuit. ![]() Lotte World Tower, Seoul, site of the VWC Exhibition Race. ![]()
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