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UOA PROFESSORS EXCEL AT THE 2018 CORTINA SKYRACE AND THE NORTH FACE® LAVAREDO ULTRA TRAIL PATH

    Athletes and sport enthusiasts from all over the world—60 countries and 3.500 athletes, sport enthusiasts and fans—went to Italy for the North Face® Lavaredo Ultra Trail Path,  the Cortina Skyrace and the Cortina Trail events. Representing Greece, Professors Konstantinos Bountolos and Ioannis Bayios — both vice deans of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Physical Education and Sport Science— participated and excelled in the first two events: Bountolos in the Cortina Skyrace (20km /1.000 m D+ https://www.ultratrail.it/en/cortina-skyrace-path.html) and Bayios in the North Face® Lavaredo Ultra Trail Path (120 km / 5.800 m+): https://ultratrail.it/en/

       Ioannis Bayios crossed the finish line in 23 hrs, 3 min and 49 sec, way before the 30 hour time limit, in the North Face® Lavaredo Ultra Trail Path, at which 1.500 participants including trail running champions along with amateur and renowned athletes raced on foot  (results in official site: https://ultratrail.it/en/).  The North Face® Lavaredo Ultra Trail starts from the center of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Corso Italia, namely the Dolomites: the Cristallo, the Tofane, Cinque Torri, and the Tre Cime (https://www.ultratrail.it/en/video-2018.html)

     The day before, in the Cortina Skyrace (Dolomites–Italy)held June 21, 2018, Konstantinos Bountolos reached the finish line in 3 hrs, 24 min and 11 sec. The Cortina Skyrace, allowing a max. of 400participants,departs and arrives from the center of Cortina. This sport event offers participants opportunity to discover the entire Ampezzo valley from high altitudes all along its twenty kilometers. Fork Zumeles is the highest point of the route and the runners while climbing confront steep rocky slopes but can enjoy the fantastic view of Cortina and the mountains that surround it: Cristallo, Tofane, Cinque Torri, up to Pelmo, Civetta and Marmolada (See: https://www.letsdothis.com/e/cortina-skyrace-33470 )