"The Canadian team is excited for the race tomorrow. The wet conditions could play a factor in the race -- it has been raining at Passo del Tonale since the Canadian team arrived on Thursday. The temperature at the finish has been hovering below ten degrees and there was a sprinkling of fresh snow at the top of the course yesterday.

The senior men's course includes a difficult and technical descent in the first six kilometres, which will be especially challenging in the wet conditions. The top half of the course includes a short, but steep hill that goes up one a ski slopes.

A race report will follow as soon as the results are in.

In other news, Ed McCarthy was selected today for random drug testing by the organizers, which has introduced blood testing at the World Mountain Running Championships for the first time."

In addition to individual results, there is also a team competition. For men, the top 4 runners and for women the top 3 runners have their placings added together to form the overall team champions. The Italians will be attempting to defend their team championship from last year in both the women's and men's competition.

Start times for September 2:

09H40: Junior Women
09H45: Junior Men
10H30: Senior Women
11H00: Senior Men

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