Vasaloppets winter week 2014, when the 90th Vasaloppet
will be decided is, as previously noted, attracting a record number of
registered entrants. With 66,800 entries registered now are, for the
first time ever, all the ski races fully booked. There are, however,
still places left for the younger, in UngdomsVasan and Barnens Vasalopp.
On Friday the number of entries to HalvVasan reached, for the first
time, the ceiling of 5,000 participants. And thus all races in
Vasaloppets winter week are fully booked and a total of 66,800 training
hungry skiers eagerly await the cold and some settled snow. Since Öppet
Spår was introduced in 1979 it has never before happened that all the
ski races were completely full. There are still places left for children
and youths, for those up to 16 years old in UngdomsVasan and, for
smaller children, in Barnens Vasalopp.
“This is a unique situation. Since Öppet Spår was introduced in the
70’s we have always been able to suggest to potential participants
other races in the winter week, but now this is it! We are naturally
pleased with this continued enormous interest but, of course, it is sad
that we cannot find places for all who want to take part. We will now
dedicate all our powers to ensure that this winter’s record arrangement
will also be the very best ever,” says Vasaloppet’s CEO Anders Selling.
One of Vasaloppets biggest objectives is to be an engine behind
physical exercise in sports, training and general public health. That
our arrangements are filled all the more earlier means that even more
have our races as their great aim behind a whole years training.
“We are proud to be able to engage in this way so many people and
contribute to the positive health effects that a race entry most often
involves. We know that our participants, on average, train some three
hours per week in the last months before their races and that, at the
same time, it has become more and more usual that training also becomes a
social activity. A little simple maths give a dizzying picture of
Vasaloppet as a popular national movement,” says CEO Anders Selling.
FACTS/When were the first races?
1922 Vasaloppet 1979 Öppet Spår 1988 TjejVasan 1997 KortVasan 1997 HalvVasan 2003 StafettVasan 2008 UngdomsVasan
Vasaloppets winter week 2014
Fri 21 Feb: KortVasan. 30 km. Start Oxberg. (10,000 entries. FULL 25/10/2013.)
Sat 22 Feb: TjejVasan. 30 km. Start Oxberg. (10,000 entries. FULL 12/9/2013.)
Sun 23 Feb: UngdomsVasan. 3, 5, 7 or 9 km. Start Mora ski stadium.
Sun 23 Feb: Öppet Spår Sunday. 90 km. Start Sälen. (10,000 entries. FULL 8/9/2013.)
Mon 24 Feb: Öppet Spår Monday. 90 km. Start Sälen. (8,000 entries. FULL 16/10/2013)
Tue 25 Feb: HalvVasan. 45 km. Start Oxberg. (5,000 entries. FULL 31/10/2013.)
Fri 28 Feb: StafettVasan. 24, 24, 14, 9 and 19 km. Start Sälen. (8,000 entries. FULL 17/3/2013)
Sun 2 March: Vasaloppet. 90 km. Start Sälen. (15,800 entries. FULL 17/3 2013.)
Sat 22 Feb: TjejVasan. 30 km. Start Oxberg. (10,000 entries. FULL 12/9/2013.)
Sun 23 Feb: UngdomsVasan. 3, 5, 7 or 9 km. Start Mora ski stadium.
Sun 23 Feb: Öppet Spår Sunday. 90 km. Start Sälen. (10,000 entries. FULL 8/9/2013.)
Mon 24 Feb: Öppet Spår Monday. 90 km. Start Sälen. (8,000 entries. FULL 16/10/2013)
Tue 25 Feb: HalvVasan. 45 km. Start Oxberg. (5,000 entries. FULL 31/10/2013.)
Fri 28 Feb: StafettVasan. 24, 24, 14, 9 and 19 km. Start Sälen. (8,000 entries. FULL 17/3/2013)
Sun 2 March: Vasaloppet. 90 km. Start Sälen. (15,800 entries. FULL 17/3 2013.)
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