Editions
SkyRace characteristics: 34 km and 2700 m climbing. [1]
| Year | Date | Men's winner | Women's winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 26 June |  Tadei Pivk | Elisa Desco |
| 2017 | 18 June | Tadei Pivk |  Maite Maiora |
The Livigno SkyMarathon is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2016. It runs every year in Livigno (Italy) in June and is valid for the Skyrunner World Series. [1]
SkyRace characteristics: 34 km and 2700 m climbing. [1]
| Year | Date | Men's winner | Women's winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 26 June | Tadei Pivk | Elisa Desco |
| 2017 | 18 June | Tadei Pivk | Maite Maiora |
Angela Mudge is a Scottish champion hill runner and skyrunner. Despite being born with birth defects in both legs, and finding track athletics not to her liking, she discovered her sport while a postgraduate student in Scotland in the mid-1990s, and developed rapidly.
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