October 14th, 2024
ÖTILLÖ SWIMRUN Cannes 2024
Great ÖTILLÖ Season Finale in Cannes!
GREAT ÖTILLÖ SEASON FINALE IN CANNES
| ÖTILLÖ WORLD SERIES CANNES – OCTOBER 12TH ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Cannes made for a beautiful season-ending event for the European ÖTILLÖ season. Around 750 participants from 32 nations participated in the three race distances World Series, Sprint and Experience. The field in the long-course World Series distance was very strong: reigning Swimrun World Champion Matthieu Poullain started with multiple World and European Champion Triathlete Arthur Serrières. Reigning mixed World Champions Fredrik and Lorraine Axegård were on the start line as well as former World Champions Kristin Larsson and Helena Sivertsson. The weather conditions were excellent for the racers: calm and dry with air and water temperatures of around 20 degrees. The racecourse in Cannes is beautiful yet challenging: the athletes had to complete a total race distance of 42 km with 34 km of partly very technical trail running and 8 km of swimming. The start field was also the biggest in a World Series Event in 2024: 88 teams and 80 solo racers completed 11 running sections and 11 swim sections in the World Series distance. In the mens’ category, the French team of Arnaud de Lustrac and Jérome Gueguen, who had already won ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Engadin earlier this year, set off at a furious pace on the islands of Sainte Marguerite and Saint Honorat, achieving a lead of several minutes over the following teams of Matthieu Poullain (FRA) and Arthur Serrières (FRA) and the French /Swedish team of David Pesquet & Lars Ekman, by the time they reached Cap de la Croisette after the long swim back to the mainland. They maintained that lead all the way to the finish line and won in an overall time of 4:14:42. Watch the full interview with Arnaud de Lustrac and Jérome Gueguen on ÖTILLÖ’s Facebook channel. In the mixed category, the French duo of Thomas Deffains and Johanne Laizeau started very fast and had a two-minute lead over the reigning World Champions Fredrik (SWE) and Lorraine Axegård (SWE) after the first swim along the island of Sainte Marguerite. The lead increased steadily over the following mixed teams and in the end Thomas Deffains and Johanne Laizeau won in 4:37:42, eleven minutes ahead of the also very strong teams of Florian Schäfer (FRA) & Lydie Waucquier (FRA) in second place and Pierre de Lustrac (FRA) and Mélisande Muller (FRA) in third place, completing an all-French podium in the mixed category. In the women’s category, Kristin Larsson (SWE) and Helena Sivertsson (SWE) lead the field ahead of Ulrika Eriksson (SWE) and Hanna Skårbratt (SWE), who were fighting hard throughout the second half of the race to close the gap. In the end, Kristin Larsson and Helena Sivertsson prevailed and won with a lead of 7 minutes over Ulrika Eriksson & Hanna Skårbratt and the French duo of Valerie Bourgis & Marion Puech. Watch the full interview with Kristin Larsson and Helena Sivertsson on ÖTILLÖ’s Facebook channel. In the solo category, former Swimrun World Champion Alexander Berggren from Sweden dominated the race from the start and won 14 minutes ahead of Fabien Besançon from France. Caroline Lopez (FRA) won the women’s race in an overall time of 5:04:01 ahead of Mathilde Parisi, also from France. |
| RACE RESULTS ÖTILLÖ Cannes World Series results: MEN 1. Arnaud de Lustrac (FRA) & Jérome Gueguen – Kebab League: 4:14:42 2. Matthieu Poullain (FRA) & Arthur Serrieres (FRA) – Arthur & Matt by ARK: 4:21:56 2 3. Lars Ekman (SWE) & David Pesquet (FRA) – Lars & David: 4:25:07 MIXED 1. Thomas Deffains (FRA) & Johanne Laizeau (FRA) – Jomato: 4:37:42 2. Florian Schäfer (FRA) & Lydie Waucquier (FRA) – Team SCHÄFER Coaching: 4:48:52 3. Pierre de Lustrac (FRA) & Mélisande Muller (FRA) – KebabLeague: 4:50:16 WOMEN 1. Kristin Larsson (SWE) & Helena Sivertsson (SWE) – Kraken Swimrun: 4:59:31 2. Ulrika Eriksson (SWE) & Hanna Skårbratt (SWE) – Twin Moms: 5:06:20 3. Bourgis Valerie (FRA) & Marion Puech (FRA) – Les Cop’s Val & Marion: 5:32:54 SOLO MEN 1. Alexander Berggren (SWE): 4:18:27 2. Fabien Besançon (FRA): 4:32:23 3. Guillaume Poullain (FRA): 4:35:20 SOLO WOMEN 1. Caroline Lopez (FRA): 5:04:01 2. Mathilde Parisi (FRA): 5:19:48 3. Maria Sandström (SWE): 5:37:38 Another 400 athletes raced in the shorter distance ÖTILLÖ Sprint and ÖTILLÖ Experience races, completing a beautiful day of Swimrun at the Côte d’Azur. Find the complete results here |
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| ABOUT ÖTILLÖ AND SWIMRUN Swimrun is an endurance sports where you alternate trail-running and open-water swimming on a marked course. ÖTILLÖ is the leading brand and the origin of the sport. ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship (ÖTILLÖ meaning island to island in Swedish) is the original swimrun race, renowned as one of the toughest one-day races in the world. |
| ÖTILLÖ SWIMRUN WORLD SERIES ÖTILLÖ World Series Cannes is part of the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series and a qualifier to ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship in the Swedish archipelago. In 2024, there are the following qualifying races to ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship 2025: – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Utö, Sweden, 08 June – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Engadin, Switzerland, 29 June – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Whistler, Canada, 07 July – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Gothenburg, Sweden, 03 August – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Casco Bay, USA, 11 August – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Mackinac, USA, 25 August – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Orcas Island, USA, 15 September – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Cannes, France, 14 October – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Austin, USA, 03 Novmeber At each World Series event an EXPERIENCE & SPRINT race is also organized. |
| ÖTILLÖ, THE SWIMRUN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – 19th edition on September 1st, 2025 – 160 teams from all over the world – 70 km over and between 24 islands in the Stockholm Archipelago – Renowned as one of the toughest one-day races in the world |