Barclaycard World Freerunning Championships

The Barclaycard World Freerunning Championships take place on Wednesday 3rd September and are sure to be one of the hottest urban sports events of the autumn calendar. With 20 of the best freerunners from all over the world taking part, the World Freerunning Championships are set to be a hard fought contest with plenty of amazing moves.

Freerunning has been around for some time, but has only really hit the mainstream within the last couple of years. Originally from France, where it's called parcours or parkour, freerunning has now reached the heady heights of having its very own Barclaycard World Freerunning Championships, where the best of the best compete for the title.

Based on the principle of getting around the urban streets in the straightest and most smooth fashion, freerunning sees all kinds of unusual and atheltic manouevres combined to create an efficient and unrestricted path for the runner across walls, benches, railings and anything else that might prove an unavoidable block to your average pedestrian. Supremely elegant and requiring serious skill, freerunning is a truly urban sport, inspired by the urban environment and landscape.

Celebrating the art of parcours and the artistry of some of the world's best freerunners, the Barclaycard World Freerunning Championships is a chance to see these urban masters at work. All of the athletes taking part in the championships are required to perform their best moves to the accompaniment of their own soundtrack, to show off their twists, turns and leaps to their best advantage.

In an unusual twist to the standard way of judging, the judges in the Barclaycard World Freerunning Championships will be the contestants themselves. Marking their athletic skill, creativity, complexity and general flow, the freerunners will be at the mercy of their fellow contenders as they attempt to make their freerunning routine the best in the competition.

If you would like to book tickets for the Barclaycard World Freerunning Championships, click the Buy Tickets button or call 0870 4000 601.

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