3 Zinnen Alpine Run before World Cup premiere

The list of top favorites for a triumph at the 22nd South Tyrol Drei Zinnen Alpine Run is long. Starting with the current World Cup overall leader Andrew Douglas. The 32-year-old Scot has won 3 of the 5 stages of the WMRA circuit held so far this season. Douglas won the Maxi Race in Annecy in France, the Broken Arrow Skyrace in Squaw Valley in the USA, and the Snowdon International Mountain Race in Wales and of course wants to shine from the highest podium on the winner's podium in South Tyrol.

The Dematteis twins from the Varaita Valley in Piedmont also have this goal. Bernard, captain of the Italian national team, is a three-time European champion (2018, 2014 and 2013), won 8 Italian championship titles and also has a World Cup silver medal (2015) in his trophy cabinet. Martin was crowned European champion in 2016, is a three-time Italian champion and won bronze at the World Championships once (2011). From the Italian camp, Francesco Puppi is also one of the favorites, having finished second in the overall World Cup last year. Luca Cagnati took second place in the Dreizinnenlauf in 2, which is also good for a top result. Hannes Perkmann from Sarn, a top mountain runner from South Tyrol, is also at the start, who knows the South Tyrol Drei Zinnen Alpine Run very well and has already climbed onto the podium three times.

Africa's mountain running elite is aiming for victory You can also expect a lot from the strong African mountain runners. The overall World Cup winner from 2018 – Geoffrey Gikuni Ndungu from Kenya – will be there. His competitor Petro Mamu knows what it feels like to cross the finish line at the Three Peaks in first place. The 1 world champion from Eritrea won the South Tyrol Drei Zinnen Alpine Run in 2012 and 2014. Mamu's compatriot Abraham Filimon won the third World Cup stage this season - the Großglockner Mountain Run in Austria - and is also one of the close ones at the penultimate stop in Sexten Favorite circle. Robert Panim Surum, however, still has a score to settle with the mountain running event in Sexten: Last year the Kenyan did not get past 2016th place. World-class field for women too The women's competition in the South Tyrol Drei Zinnen Alpine Run 2019 is also very strong. Sarah McCormack leads the field here. The 33-year-old Irishwoman is currently ahead in the overall rankings and will definitely want to expand her top position with a top result in the South Tyrolean Dolomites. The British Sarah Tunstall, who won the Großglockner Mountain Run, which is part of the World Cup, also comes to Sexten with great expectations.

The Swiss Victoria Kreuzer, the winner of the South Tyrol Drei Zinnen Alpine Run 2014, is registered. The local fans are excited to see Agnes Tschurtschenthaler. The Sesto local hero is making her comeback after her maternity break. The 37-year-old's best result in her home race is a second place from 2. At that time, Tschurtschenthaler's fall prevented the third victory of a South Tyrolean woman. She narrowly had to admit defeat to Antonella Confortola.

The current course records are held by Petro Mamu (1:22.44/Eritrea) and Michelle Maier (1:42.34/Germany).

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