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The Boí Taüll resort will once again become this weekend, February 1st and 2nd, the official venue for two of the 2025 Ski Mountaineering World Cup events, Sprint and Mixed Relay. The competition is organized and approved by the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF). 2025 is a key year in the calendar of this sports discipline since it is a pre-Olympic year where athletes have the opportunity to score decisive points towards their qualification for the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Games, where ski mountaineering will be an Olympic event for the first time. The ISMF World Cup Skimo in Boí Taüll is one of the most outstanding events on the circuit and represents a fundamental moment on the road to the great Olympic event.

The Sports Minister, Berni Álvarez Merino, who presented the competition today together with the President of Ferrocarrils of the Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC), Carles Ruiz Novella, highlighted that the Mön Cup “is important for deterritorializing sporting events: that all of Catalonia can benefit from them under the parameters of sustainability, economic return and social return”. “From the Department of Sports we must bet on this type of event, together with Ferrocarrils because the mountain is a privileged place to host sporting events, always taking care of the territory from the point of view of sustainability. I am convinced that it will be a sporting success and we will celebrate good results from our representatives”, he added.

For the President of FGC “Boí Taüll is consolidating itself as a reference for hosting international competitions and it represents an important collective effort, from Ferrocarrils, the institutions of the Territory and the Generalitat itself to promote this type of event which what it does is increase the presence of the public and teams in a high-level competition”. He also highlighted the fact that there is “a very important presence of Catalan athletes with very high expectations of great results. Therefore, not only will it be a success for the public but we will also be accompanied by sporting successes”.

Televisió de Catalunya will broadcast the two days of competition live. On Saturday, the Sprint event will be held, which can be seen from 10:50 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on TV3 and the 3Cat platform. And on Sunday, the Mixed Relay event, from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., also on TV3 and the 3Cat platform. The production of the competition will be, once again, in the hands of Televisió de Catalunya. Thanks to the work done so far and the collaboration between Ferrocarrils and the Catalan Audiovisual Media Corporation, the signal will reach the whole world.

ISMF World Cup Skimo 2025: participants, figures and favourites

The participation in the 2025 Skimo World Cup at the Boí Taüll resort currently includes around 200 athletes from 28 countries around the world. In addition, it is expected that more than 50 people will be involved in terms of organization, and that more than 50 national team coaches will gather in the Boí Valley. In total, this privileged territory located in the middle of the Pyrenees will be the sports refuge for around 350 accredited people involved in this competition for a week.

Regarding the participating athletes, of the 11 who are part of the Spanish team, 8 are Catalan: Oriol Cardona, Marta Garcia, Ot Ferrer, Laia Sellés, Marc Ràdua, Biel Pujol, Gael Alvarez and Maria Costa. One of the medal candidates is Cardona, who just this weekend won the World Cup event held in Andorra, in the Mixed Relay category. In addition, she was also proclaimed winner in the first Sprint event of the World Cup and is the current European and World champion in the Sprint and Mixed Relay specialties. In last year’s World Cup she achieved third place in the Sprint event and in the Mixed Relay event. Marta Garcia, after achieving fourth place in the Sprint event last year, will demonstrate her possibilities and will try to place herself at the top of the classification in both events.

And in the U23 category, Ot Ferrer, who came first at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games, 6th at the last European Championship in the modality and 3rd in the last sprint event at the Shahdag World Cup, has many options to make the podium in the Sprint event. Also noteworthy is Maria Costa, winner of a gold medal in the Sprint event at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games and a silver in the U23 category at the European Championship held in Flaine-Chamonix last year, in addition to being in the absolute top 10 of the event.

Boí Taüll, an idyllic setting for ski mountaineering lovers

The Vall de Boí, located in a unique setting in the heart of Alta Ribagorça, has consolidated itself as an international reference thanks to being an example of synergy between sport and cultural heritage. With the Aigüestortes National Park and the Sant Maurici Lake as a great attraction, this place also stands out for the beauty of its mountains and valleys.