UTMB: 111 nationalities represented at Chamonix this season

On January 9th at 10am, more than 32 000 runners from all over the world were waiting impatiently for the results to be published on the UTMB^® website.

More than 100 nations represented at Chamonix:

South Africa – Albania – Algeria – Germany – Andorra – England – Saudi Arabia – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria – Bangladesh – Belgium – Benin – Belarus – Bolivia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Botswana – Brazil – Brunei – Bulgaria – Cambodia – Canada – Chile – China – Colombia – Costa Rica – Croatia – Cyprus – Denmark – Ecuador – Egypt – Estonia – Finland – France – Gabon – Scotland – South Korea – Spain – United Arab Emirates – United States – Gambia – Ghana – Greece – Guatemala – Hong Kong – Hungary – Iceland – India – Indonesia – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kazakhstan – Kosovo – Kuwait – Latvia – Lebanon – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Macao – Macedonia – Malaysia – Malta – Mauritius – Mexico – Moldova – Monaco – Montenegro – Morocco – Namibia – Nepal – New Zealand – Nicaragua – Niger – Norway – Northern Ireland – Oman – Panama – Paraguay – Netherlands – Wales – Pakistan – Peru – Philippines – Poland – Puerto Rico – Portugal – Qatar – Dominican Republic – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – San Marino – El Salvador – Serbia – Singapore – Slovakia – Slovenia – Sweden – Switzerland – Swaziland – Taiwan – Tanzania – Thailand – Tunisia – Turkey – Ukraine – Uruguay – Venezuela – Vietnam – Zimbabwe

Top contenders from Asia:

According to ITRA performance index

Women’s #3: Mia Yao
UTMB^® – 791* – CN

Women’s #18: Yangchun u
OCC – 758* – CN

According to ITRA performance index

Men’s #16: Erenjia Jia
OCC – 895* – China

Men’s #17: Jiasheng Shen
CCC^® – 895* – China

This year, for each of the races and despite the qualifying points requested, the lottery was very stringent:

• UTMB^® less than 1 in 6 chances of being selected (415% sold out – 9 546 applicants)
• CCC^® less than 1 in 5 chances of being selected (522% sold out – 9 922 applicants)
• TDS^® less than 8 in 10 chances of being selected (158% sold out – 2 529 applicants)
• OCC less than 1 in 8 chances of being selected (724% sold out – 8 685 applicants)
• PTL^® registration upon presentation of a file (156% sold out – 468 applicants)
• MCC84% sold out – 837 applicants so it is still possible to register for volunteers, local runners, partners and members of the organization.
• YCC59% sold out – 178 applicants, so it is still possible to register for this race dedicated to younger athletes.

That is 32 169 applicants vs 25 678 in 2019

The 20 best represented delegations: