Asian Championships of Ski Mountaineering
Asian Championships of Ski Mountaineering as multinational ski mountaineering competitions for participants of the Asian continent have been held since 2007.
The 2007 Asian Championship was organized by the Japan Mountaineering Association (JMA), and was sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC).[1][2]
The second edition followed in China two years later, in 2009, after the Asia Ski Mountaineering Federation (ASMF) was born.[3] It was officially sanctioned by the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF), which emerged from the ISMC in 2008. At this edition a vertical race and a relay race were added. So that the few female ski mountaineers could also participate in the relay race event, the teams were mixed with one female and three male racers.[4]
The third edition, which was the second ISMF sanctioned Asian Championship, was carried out by the Korea Alpine Federation, South Korea, just in 2012, because the World Championship, which was originally planned for 2012 was moved to 2011.
Asian championships
- I 2007 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Tsugaike Kōgen Ski Resort, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, 31 March to 1 April 2007
- II 2009 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Beidahu, Jilin, China, 10 to 13 February 2009
- III 2012 Asian Championship of Ski Mountaineering, Yongpyong Ski Resort, Gangwon Province, South Korea, February 18 to 19, 2012
References
- ↑ 1st Asian Championships, Skimountaineering.org, March 31, 2007.
- ↑ First Asian Championship of ISMC Ski, Union of Asian Alpine Associations (UAAA).
- ↑ 2nd Asian Championships, Skimountaineering.org.
- ↑ Les 2° Championnats d’Asie se sont terminés par une nouvelle victoire du Japon dans l’épreuve de relais (CHI) (French), Skimountaineering.org, February 13, 2009.