Russian athlete (skyrunner, trailrunner) Vitaly Shkel ran to the top of Kazbek in 4 hours 00 minutes 26 seconds. The total time with the descent took 6 hours 43 minutes 13 seconds. Distance – 34.4 km. The drop in height is 3557 m. The height of the mountain is -5 054 meters. So far, there is no evidence that someone ran to this summit bordering Georgia faster than a Russian athlete.
Only two weeks ago, he broke the world record, but slightly lost first place to another Russian, Evgeny Markov, in the speed race to Elbrus (5642 m).
Previously, the record belonged to the Pole Andrzej Bargiel, who reached the summit in 3 hours 23 minutes and 37 seconds, an achievement that no one could beat since August 2010.