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  3 years ago

  Nation by nation – great interest again for Vasaloppet's Winter Week 2022

  For the first time in two years, Vasaloppet can arrange exercise races and competitions as usual again – and there is great interest in participating. Today, nearly two weeks after Sweden lifted its restrictions, almost 50,000 skiers are registered for one of twelve races in the Vasaloppet Winter Week 2022. At the same time, those who cannot get to Dalarna can still complete their race at home – in Sweden or around the world. It's also possible to register right up until the start for the races that are not fully booked. Here we will present some numbers from this year's registration statistics.

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  3 years ago

  Jubileumsvasan – long day's journey to the finish in Mora

  The temperature was one degree below freezing and the weather a little overcast when Jubileumsvasan started in Sälen at 07:04 on Saturday morning. It was then exactly 36,490 days and one hour since the start of the very first Vasaloppet on March 19, 1922. Jubileumsvasan is a tribute race to the pioneers who started and completed the first race 100 years ago. Ernst Alm was first across the finish line back in 1922 and Erik Wikström from Sjömarken in Västergötland was first to cross the finish in 2022. But many had a tough time out in the track.

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  3 years ago

  Programme ready for Jubileumsvasan – including route and participant guidelines

  On Saturday, February 12, 2022, Jubileumsvasan will run – a race in tribute to the pioneers who started and carried out the very first Vasaloppet in 1922. You can see Jubileumsvasan as a living museum or a unique opportunity to travel 100 years back in time. The goal is that everything, as far as possible, should reflect the Vasaloppet race that participants experienced in the early 1920s. A winner will be crowned in Jubileumsvasan but the whole race is more of a celebration than a competition. Vasaloppet will broadcast Jubileumsvasan live, free of charge, on the streaming service Vasaloppet.TV starting at 06:55 in the morning.  

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  3 years ago

  Presenting the Jubileumsvasan participants

  Vasaloppet is today publishing short introductions to each of the 139 Jubileumsvasan participants who will be an important part of Vasaloppet's 100-year history! Starting in Jubileumsvasan on Saturday, February 12, are, for example, five Vasaloppet winners, a Kranskulla, two Kransmas, an Italian baker, a firefighter, a professor working at CERN in Switzerland, a member of the Riksdag, an infection control doctor, a forest ranger, a coast guard, a secondary school teacher, a priest... Just like in regular Vasaloppet, the start list is a real cross-section of society.

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  3 years ago

  Vasaloppet's Kranskulla and Kransmas for the 100th anniversary year 2022 are Wilma Björkman and Edvin Nilsson

  A singing, sporty multitasker and a competitive slalom skier. Both with solid backgrounds as Vasaloppet functionaries. The 2022 Kranskulla and Kransmas, who are now taking on what's often refferred to as the most honourable Vasaloppet functionary work, are Wilma Björkman from IFK Mora SK and Edvin Nilsson from Sälens IF Alpina.

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  3 years ago

  Vasaloppet won the Grand Tourism Award 2021

  Vasaloppet has been named this year's winner of the Grand Tourism Award in Sweden. Johan Eriksson, CEO of Vasaloppet, was awarded the prize of 100,000 SEK on November 24th in Stockholm by the Foundation for the promotion of knowledge within tourism together with the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth. Vasaloppet's happy and visibly moved CEO said: "We're a whole town that have worked hard for this."

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  4 years ago

  Welcome to Vasaloppet 10 – skiing through the ages

  With the new race Vasaloppet 10, everyone can join and celebrate Vasaloppet's 100th anniversary this winter. Dress in training gear from a decade of your choosing, ski ten kilometres and help us create a colourful celebration of 100-year-old Vasaloppet!

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  4 years ago

  Vasaloppet course analysis by three-time winner Daniel Tynell

  Daniel Tynell won his three Vasaloppet victories in 2002, 2006, and 2009. Here he takes you through the whole race course, from Sälen to Mora.

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  4 years ago

  Visma Ski Classics Pro Tour Event Presentation: Vasaloppet

  Vasaloppet is not just the biggest long distance ski race in the world; it is also one of the biggest sport events. The brand has evolved into an institution with its annual summer and winter weeks with several events and activities.

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  4 years ago

  Jubileumsvasan 2022 broadcast live at Vasaloppet.TV

  Wooden skis are tarred, shoemakers hired to make bindings, military surplus stocks searched for clothes while woollen hats are knitted and wool trousers sewn. The 139 Jubileumsvasan participants have now sent in documentation of their equipment for the re-creation of the first Vasaloppet, which starts the celebration of the Vasaloppet's 100th anniversary. It can now be announced that this unique race will be broadcast live on Vasaloppet's own streaming platform, Vasaloppet.TV.