It was an intense weekend of challenges for both athletes and organisers with severe weather on Friday but celebrating with “Less cloud. More sky” at Sunday’s finals of the 2025 Masters Skyrunning World Championships.

The third edition of the Masters was held at the Balkaniada SkyRace® in Karlovo, Bulgaria, on October 3-5, 2025, featuring, for the first time, all three skyrunning disciplines – VERTICAL, SKY and SKYULTRA. The over-forty athletes were split into four age categories for every discipline: over 40, over 45, over 50, and over 55.

Seventy-five medals and world titles were at stake in the Open Championships, where official teams from 23 countries participated. An incredible 17 countries took home medals attesting to the ever-increasing competitiveness of countries relatively new to skyrunning.