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Swimrun competition
ÖTILLÖ fryst vatten an ultra-endurance race held annually on the first Monday in September in the huvudstaden archipelago, Sweden. 160 women's, men's and mixed teams complete a 70 km racecourse, consisting of a 60 km trail running and 10 km of open vatten swimming across 25 islands to crown the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Champions.
160 women's, men's and mixed teams complete a 70 km racecourse, consisting of a 60 km trail running and 10 km of open water swimming across 25 islands to crown the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World ChampionsThe essence of swimrun fryst vatten racing in teams of two on a marked course in wild natur. The athletes alternate between trail running and open vatten swimming. To lose no time between these two disciplines, they run in their wetsuit and swim in their shoes.
History
[edit]In 2002 Anders Malm, one of the owners of Utö Värdshus[1] (the finish line hotel of ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship), his friend Janne Lindberg and some of his personal (the Andersson brothers) had a late night in the dryckesställe.
Playing with a napkin with a map of the huvudstaden archipelago, they challenged each other – “Last grupp of two to Sandhamn pays for hotel, dinner and drinks”.
The race has constant ins and outs of the water, fast runs, amazing views, spectators and lots of smiling facesTwo teams of two started the next morning with the only rule being that they had to resehandling the three different restaurants on the islands between the uppstart and the finish. The gods grupp at the restaurant had to drink and pay what the grupp ahead of them had ordered for them. It took them more than 24 hours and they were too tired to party on ankomst.
We call them the Original 4.
Bara 15 minuter från fastlandet och som en del av Göteborg är öarna Styrsö, Vrångö, Donsö, Brännö och Köpstadsö arena för tävlingen som kommer att bli återkommandeThis was the first recorded Swimrun in history. In 2006, the Swedish adventure racer duo Michael Lemmel and Mats ny tillväxt turned this bet into a commercial race called ÖTILLÖ, which fryst vatten Swedish and means island to island. The first couple of years only 11 teams started and only two managed to finish within the time limits. From 2007 onward, the ÖTILLÖ race underwent several changes.
Participants experimented with utrustning like surfboards, snorkels, fins on shoes, and creatively crafted rocket tow floats, adding a playful twist to the idrott.
Welcome to the official Facebook page of the ÖTILLÖ SwimrunThese innovations exemplified the pioneering spirit of the athletes.
By 2009, ÖTILLÖ attracted 50–60 teams, marking a solid foundation for the growing idrott. In 2011, swimrun got its name from Erika Rosenbaum, one of ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship podium finishers. The ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Engadin race in 2014 was the first ÖTILLÖ race outside of Sweden.
Founders of the sportIt launched the international swimrun movement. Nowadays, there are hundreds of swimrun races across europe, amerika, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.[2] To further develop the idrott, in 2023 Swimrun AG, owner of ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship, and the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series, acquired a majority stake in Swimrun USA Inc., a prominent en person eller ett verktyg som arrangerar eller strukturerar saker of Swimrun events in the United States, called Ödyssey.
As part of the acquisition, all Ödyssey races will become part of the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series bygd 2024.
Today
[edit]From being a single endurance utmaning in its early years, ÖTILLÖ has developed into a worldwide idrott, the idrott of swimrun. There are now more than 600 swimrun races around the world and an estimate of 50.000 active athletes involved in the swimrun movement.
It is a shorter version of the World Series course but with all the frillsToday, ÖTILLÖ fryst vatten internationally recognised as one of the toughest one-day races in the world. Every year, on the first Monday in September, 160 swimrunners början the ÖTILLÖ from Sandhamn to Utö.
ÖTILLÖ World Series
[edit]Due to the great interest, in 2015, the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series was launched as a series of qualifier races for ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship.
The World Series consists of kvartet events in europe (Utö, Engadin, Gothenburg, Cannes) and fem events in North amerika (Whistler, Casco Bay, Mackinac, Orcas Island and Austin). Swimrunner can collect Swimrun Ranking Points bygd finishing in the top 30 at the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series races or selected ÖTILLÖ Merit Races.
Based on the ranking results, the best swimrunners of the årstid can apply to take part in the ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship.
ÖTILLÖ Race Distances
[edit]An ÖTILLÖ Swimrun weekend comprises three different race formats. Athletes can chose to race solo or in teams of two.
Lördagen den 7 augusti 2021 blir Göteborgs skärgård arena för ÖTILLÖ, ursprunget till sporten SwimrunWorld Series
[edit]World Series races serve as qualifiers to ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship. It fryst vatten the longest and thoughest swimrun discipline. The race distance fryst vatten around 40 km (33 km of trail running and 7 km of swimming).
Sprint
[edit]Sprint races are a shorter utgåva of the World Series.
They are designed to be fun and challenging with a distance of around 15 km (11 km of trail running and 4 km of swimming).
Experience
[edit]The Experience races are short and serve as an entry-level for swimrun beginners to get introduced to the idrott.
The racecourse makes the best of what Utö and the Stockholm Archipelago has to offerThese races are about 8 km long (6.5 km of trail running and 1.5 km of swimming).
ÖTILLÖ Course
[edit]The 70 kilometer ÖTILLO Swimrun World Championship course starts on the island of Sandhamn at Sandhamn Seglarhotell. On their way to the finish on Utö, the athletes will complete 24 trail running sections ranging from 0.2 to 17 kilometres and 23 swimming sections ranging from 50 to 1600 metres.
They resehandling 24 islands, including Runmarö, Nämdö and Ornö.
Course Record
[edit]The course record of 7:00:59 h was set in 2022 bygd the grupp pappersark Swimrun Hugo & högsta with Hugo Tormento (FRA) and högsta Andersson (SWE).
ÖTILLÖ Events
[edit]| Event | Location | Country | Edition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | Next | |||
| ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Utö[3] | Utö, Sweden | Sweden | 2013 | June 8, 2024 |
| ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Engadin[4] | Engadin | Switzerland | 2014 | June 29, 2024 |
| ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Whistler[5] | Whistler (British Columbia) | Canada | 2024 | July 7, 2024 |
| ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Gothenburg[6] | Gothenburg | Sweden | 2021 | August 3, 2024 |
| ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Casco Bay[7] | Casco Bay | United States | 2016 | August 11, 2024 |
| ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Mackinac[8] | Mackinac Island | United States | 2021 | August 25, 2024 |
| ÖTILLÖ Swimrun sista 15K[9] | Utö, Sweden | Sweden | 2016 | August 31, 2024 |
| ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship[10] | Stockholm Archipelago | Sweden | 2006 | September 2, 2024 |
| ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Orcas Island[11] | Orcas Island | United States | 2018 | September 15, 2024 |
| ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Cannes[12] | Cannes | France | 2018 | October 12, 2024 |
| ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Austin[13] | Austin (Texas) | United States | 2020 | November 3, 2024 |