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French Sprint Championships WRE

Saturday 24 Octobre 2026

Saint-Etienne

Event Director: Rémi BAUDOT

Delegate: Eric BRASSART

IOF Event adviser: Philippe POGU

Referees: Benjamin CLEMENT-AGONI and Emilie BACKSCHEIDER

Course setters: Corentin ROUX and Andy JACOUD

Course controllers: Bruno and Valérie HABERKORN

Map: Saint Étienne Centre-Ville 2025-26

Map maker: Corentin Roux

Scale: 1/4000 – Contour Intervals: 2,5 m

Terrain: urban area with parks, road and tram line crossings, and residential housing areas

Program

Morning

Qualification for W/M18-20 and W/M21-35, followed by the French Championships for W/M14, W/M16, W/M40-45, W/M50-55, W/M60-65, W/M70-75 and W/M80+.

A quarantine is in place for these categories.

Open races from 11:00.

Afternoon

Finals for W/M18-20 and W/M21-35 for those qualified under the criteria below, with start order in reverse of the qualification results.

Only the W/M21-35 finals count for the WRE.

Embargoed areas

Access to the areas outlined in red is forbidden (the Jardin des Plantes park and the park of the Musée d'Art et d'Industrie).

Access to the area outlined in yellow is allowed provided you carry no map. Running or testing route choices there is forbidden.

The permitted route for crossing the embargoed area (in green) consists of Cours Fauriel, Cours Gustave Nadaud and Rue Etienne Mimard from number 18 onwards.

Accès à la zone de course

By train: arrive at Saint-Étienne Châteaucreux station, then bus (to be specified in Bulletin 2).

By car: via the A47 motorway, further details to come.

Qualification for the final

W/M21-35 final (registered as a WRE):

The top 30 runners of French nationality who qualified to enter the French Sprint Championships. Only these runners are eligible for the title and medals.
Foreign runners holding an FFCO licence who qualified to enter the French Sprint Championships and who place equal to or better than the 30th French runner qualified under point 1.
Foreign runners entered for the WRE only (not qualified for the French Sprint Championships) who place equal to or better than the 30th French runner qualified under point 1.

W/M18-20 final:

The top 25 runners of French nationality who qualified to enter the French Sprint Championships. Only these runners are eligible for the title and medals.
Foreign runners holding an FFCO licence who qualified to enter the French Sprint Championships and who place equal to or better than the 25th French runner qualified under point 1.