'Splashtacular' Stockholm swimrun stuns with three world records
Comments
The Swimrun World Championships through the Stockholm archipelago produced world records in all three categories this year.
A total of 238 competitors from 20 countries paired up to tackle the gruelling race, which consists of 65 kilometres of trail running and 10kms of open water swimming over and between 26 islands.
.
otillorace</a> Swimrun World Champs underway in Sweden. Read more about the rise of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/swimrun?src=hash">#swimrun</a>: <a href="https://t.co/RC4Z8C3Kzk">https://t.co/RC4Z8C3Kzk</a> <a href="https://t.co/giEAspyndn">pic.twitter.com/giEAspyndn</a></p>— inov-8 (inov_8) September 5, 2016
There were 50 changes, with swim lengths ranging from 100 and 1,780 metres and runs varying from 70 metres to 20ks.
Great photos of a record breaking Otillo swimrun World Champs. https://t.co/A8yQaCsH7f
otillorace</a> <a href="https://t.co/LMSLYj3TX5">pic.twitter.com/LMSLYj3TX5</a></p>— SleepMonsters (adventurenet) September 6, 2016
The Swedish Armed Forces team of Daniel Hansson and Lelle Moberg won the men’s race in 7 hours 59 minutes and 4 seconds.
Sweden’s Eva Nyström and Adriel Young of Australia, competing as a team for the first time, won the mixed race in 8 hours 49 minutes and 58 seconds.
In the women’s race, Kristin Larsson and Annika Eriksson of Sweden beat the previous record by more than an hour, clocking 9:32.03.