2008 World Mountain Running Trophy

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2008 World Mountain Running Trophy
Organisers WMRA
Edition24th
Dates14 September
Host city Crans-Montana, Switzerland
LevelSenior and Junior
Events8
2007
2009

The 2008 World Mountain Running Championships was the 24th edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association. [1]

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References

  1. "World Trophy (1985-2008)/World Championships (2009 on)". wmra.ch. Retrieved 12 March 2020.