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  6 years ago

  Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2018 in numbers – registration for 2019 opens on Sunday

  For the ninth year in a row, over fifty thousand participants managed to complete their Winter Week race. This year 52,912 (counting all five Stafettvasan participants) reached the finish in Mora. Put together, they skied over three million kilometres. 3,928 participants aborted their races, and in total there were 66,700 registered participants, counting the 745 children in Barnens Vasalopp.

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  6 years ago

  Enervit becomes Vasaloppet's fifth Main Sponsor

  Enervit pulls ahead by becoming a main sponsor for Vasaloppet. The company, founded in Italy, creates nutrition for athletes and has collaborated with Vasaloppet since 2009. From August 2018 they will be one of five main sponsors. "We're very happy that Enervit wishes to develop their work with us and become a main sponsor. For Vasaloppet this brings great opportunities to raise international awareness of our brand and our year-round activities," says Eva-Lena Frick, CEO for Vasaloppet.

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  6 years ago

  Andreas Nygaard and Lina Korsgren won Vasaloppet 2018

  Vasaloppet 2018 offered exciting upheavals in both the men's and women's class. Norwegian Andreas Nygaard spurted his way to victory ahead of Swedish surprise Bob Impola in the men's class, and Lina Korsgren ended up winning the women's class almost five minutes ahead of Astrid Öyre Slind.

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  6 years ago

  Facts, statistics, news and trivia for the 94th Vasaloppet

  The 94th Vasaloppet will start in Sälen on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at 08:00. The 15,800 start places were fully booked in under five minutes, when released two weeks after last year's race. In total around 65,000 participants have registered for the ten races in Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2018. This is the 41st year that Vasaloppet will be broadcast live on Swedish Television. Here is some background information for the world's biggest cross-country ski race.

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  6 years ago

  Whole or half Nattvasan, and delayed start in Stafettvasan

  LATEST NEWS ABOUT NATTVASAN: The race will start, as planned, in Sälen at 20:00 tonight. Weather forecast is that it will be minus 20 degrees at the starting area but it will slowly get warmer during the race. All seven official checkpoints will serve warm beverages and there will be buses on site if you need to warm yourself. Make sure to bring extra batteries, keep them close to your body, and make sure you have warm beverages in your rucksack. And stay safe, make sure that you and your partner stay warm during the race. Bring extra and warm clothes.

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  6 years ago

  Latest updates before Vasaloppet 2018

  Visma Ski Classics Event 8, Vasaloppet is the world´s biggest and one of the most prestigious events and it is now getting very close to the start of this Swedish classic. The upcoming Sunday, the 4th of March at CET 08:00 about 16000 skiers starts their 90 km long journey from Sälen to Mora.

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  6 years ago

  The start of the Ungdomsvasan postponed

  Due to the cold, the start of the Ungdomsvasan will be postponed.

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  6 years ago

  Katerina Smutná won the 30th Tjejvasan

  An exciting spurt on the final stretch in Mora decided the winner of the 30th anniversary Tjejvasan. Czech Katerina Smutná fought her way past Britta Johansson Norgren and took her first Tjejvasan victory.

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  6 years ago

  Information about registration and alterations Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2018

  It's high time to register for Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2018. Over 61,000 are already registered but there are still plenty of places available for those who want to ski in a race (or several). You can register online at vasaloppet.se up until Tuesday, February 20, at midnight. After that, registering on location is the only option!

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  6 years ago

  We are ready!

  By Vasaloppet's CEO Eva-Lena Frick: It's Saturday morning, time for a winter premiere. One that's been delayed far too long due to broken bones and troubled knees. Conditions have been excellent this whole winter. Masses of snow and nice, cold weather. Firm, fine ski tracks run through the arena from Sälen to Mora.