Photo: Irina Kurmanaeva

The competition started at 9 am, and after 43 min first athletes crossed the finish line. Vitaly Chernov (Red Fox team) became the first (43'14''06).





Eugene Markov and Alexey Pognuyev ran to the finish line two minutes later with results 45'01''05 and 45'48''02 accordingly.




Leaders among women are famous Russian skyrunners: Elena Kravchenko (Red Fox team), Oksana Stefanishina (inov-8 Team Russia) and Nadezhda Korolyatina.


Results of the Vertical Kilometer® - Mt. Elbrus, 2450-3450 m

Men:
1. Vitaly Chernov (Russia) #RedFoxTeam - 43:14
2. Eugene Markov (Russia) - 45:01
3. Alexey Pagnuyev (Russia) - 45:48





Women:
1. Elena Kravchenko (Russia) #RedFoxTeam - 53:15
2. Oksana Stefanishina (Russia) inov-8 Team Russia - 56:01
3. Zhanna Vokuyeva (Russia) - 57:56

Preliminary results are here.