Vertical Kilometre news.
In the Vertical Kilometre race at Fully, Switzerland (generally considered the fastest VK course in the world) last Saturday, the women's race was won as usual by Christel Dewalle; and as usual, she set a new women's world record for the VK. She lowered her last year's world record of 34m12s by nearly half a minute, to 33m43s, and was more than 5 minutes clear of the second-placed woman. The men's race was won by Henri Aymonod in 29m56s; although the men's world record is 28m53s, sub-30m times are still very rare.
The previous Saturday, the women's race at the Chiavenna-Lagunc VK was won by a certain Scout Adkin.
And two weeks before that, another fast women's time of 34m30s was set by Axelle Mollaret at the Grand Serre VK (the steepest in the world: only 1.81km horizontal distance).