The Vertical Kilometer World Circuit is an annual international circuit of vertical kilometer (a skyrunning discipline) born in 2017 as a spin-off of Skyrunner World Series.

[1] The Vertical World Circuit announced the 2017 VWC calendar featuring ten races, including a new venue: Osaka.

The winners of the first edition were the Norwegian Stian Angermund and the Spanish Laura Orgué.

[2] The circuit consists of 17 races that are held from May to October.

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