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  9 years ago

  World stars to Ultravasan 2016

  Ultravasan will run for the third time on Saturday August 20, 2016. As in the first two successful years there will be many elite world-class runners making their way to Dalarna. Swedish 100 km world champion Jonas Buud, who won the men's competition in Ultravasan 90 in both 2014 and 2015, will return to show his mettle once more. The ladies side looks highly interesting, the biggest star being world champion Ellie Greenwood from the UK.

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  10 years ago

  Vasaloppet and Nattvasan 2017 fully booked

  When Vasaloppet opened registration for eight of the ten ski races in Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2017 this Sunday morning, two of the races were fully booked immediately. The new couples race Nattvasan was fully booked in 1.5 minutes while Vasaloppet was full after 4 minutes. Over 33,000 participants had registered for the Winter Week 2017 after one hour.

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  10 years ago

  Stafettvasan developments in 2017

  Registration for the 2017 Winter Week opens on March 20 at 09:00. Here is some extra information for those interested in Stafettvasan, since things will work differently next year.

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  10 years ago

  Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2016 in numbers — registration for 2017 opens on March 20

  For the seventh year in a row, more than fifty thousand participants managed to complete their Winter Week races, and this year the total was 55,435 (including all Stafettvasan sections). Only 2,128 participants broke off their races, which is about half as many as last year. There were a total of 68,024 registered participants.

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  10 years ago

  Nattvasan 2017 – 90 K in moonlight

  Vasaloppet now introduces the major initiative Nattvasan 2017, a 90 kilometre ski adventure between Sälen and Mora in the middle of the night. This freestyle race runs as a couples competition with teams of two. The first Nattvasan will take place on Friday March 3, 2017, at 20:00 in the evening. Registration opens on Sunday March 20, 2016.

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  10 years ago

  John Kristian Dahl and Katerina Smutná won Vasaloppet 2016

  Vasaloppet 2016 was decided with exciting final spurts in both the men's and ladies' class. Norwegian John Kristian Dahl won one of the largest group spurts in Vasaloppet history and took his second victory ahead of his compatriot Stian Hoelgaard. Czech/Austrian Katerina Smutná won the ladies' class two seconds ahead of Britta Johansson Norgren.

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  10 years ago

  Facts, statistics, trivia and news for the 92nd Vasaloppet

  It has been 495 years since Gustav Vasa's adventures in Dalarna, and the 92nd Vasaloppet since the beginning in 1922 will start in Sälen on Sunday March 6, 2016, at 08:00. As usual Vasaloppet has collected and compiled interesting historic facts and trivia as well as current news for the race on Sunday.

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  10 years ago

  Britta Johansson Norgren won Tjejvasan 2016

  Britta Johansson Norgren, Sollefteå Skidor IF, won Tjejvasan 2016 ahead of Katerina Smutná, Austria, and Julia Svan, Vansbro AIK SK. Over the past three years Britta has come in fourth, second and fourth place in Tjejvasan, but today was her first victory in the world's biggest ski race only for women. "I value this victory very highly," said Britta.

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  10 years ago

  Ski trails ready – with a change on the first slope

  90 km of ski trails stand ready to be used by 66,000 participants over the next two weeks and, judging by the weather forecasts, the conditions will be the best we've seen in several years. The races starting in Sälen will have a new minor improvement on the first slope.

• 10 years ago

  Welcome to Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2016

  It's not long before you'll be standing on the starting line, depending on which race you're participating in. Only the fine-tuning remains. Hope everything is progressing smoothly according to your plan. It is with great joy that we warmly welcome you and another 65,000 skiers to Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2016!