HVAR, CROATIA, APRIL 2018
The beautiful island of Hvar in Croatia hosts the first race of the 2018 ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series with close to 120 teams from 20 nations on the start line. Sunday, April 8th is race day.
Some of the best teams in the world will chase the coveted GOLDEN BIB and take on the challenge of winning six ÖTILLÖ races in a row and the prize purse of 33 000€ per category.
These teams together with an additional hundred teams will be challenged by this stunning course where the pairs will run along beautiful trails and do epic ocean swims.
More information on ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Hvar: http://otilloswimrun.com/races/hvar/
The island of Hvar, accessible off the Croatian coast from Split, is an incredible swimrun location and the perfect opening race for the swimrun season.
The sea is crystal clear, the water temperature on race day will be around 15°C and, on a sunny day, air temperatures can climb to 20°C.
The 40,4 km race course is challenging, with almost 31,6 km of trail running, including some good vertical climbs and descents, as well as magical run along the central ridge of the island. Racers need to be good swimmers to handle the 9 different swim sections totalling 8 800 metres, where the longest swim is a brutal 2 950 metres!
Add on some Roman ruins, beautiful architecture, blooming wild flowers, the smell of rosemary, and wonderful people, and this course makes for a great setting.
Mats Skott, Race Director of the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series and one of the Founders of the sport says: After a long winter in Sweden it is so nice to start the season in a warm, friendly place like Hvar where you realize why this sport is such a great thing. The camraderie, the sense of discovering new places and the challenge of Hvar makes this the perfect location.
Some of swimrun’s top teams will be taking on the challenge in Hvar. Swimrun world champions and winners of ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series will be on the start line, as well as athletes from all over the world, some are veterans of swimrun and some are totally new to the sport, but eager to find out why so many people are so hooked to the unique experience of racing in swimrun.
On Saturday, April 7th we will host a shorter, more accessible race which we call ÖTILLÖ Sprint Hvar. The name eludes to the distance and not to the speed.
We have more than 55 teams signed up for a beautiful taste of ÖTILLÖ Swimrun and they will complete a 12,5 km course where 9,9 km are running and 2,6 km are swimming over five sections.
See more info here www.otilloswimrun.com/races/hvar/
Fast facts ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Hvar 2018
- Hvar, Croatia
- Total race distance: 40,4 km
- Trail running: 31,6 km
- Swimming: 8,8 km
- Swim sections: 9
- Longest swim: 2 950 m
- Longest run: 13 600 m
- Teams of two; for safety reasons and for the unique experience
- 120 registered teams
- 20 Nationalities
- Winners ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Hvar 2017:
Men/Overall: Lennart Moberg & Daniel Hansson (SWE), Swedish Armed Forces, 5:55:08
Mixed: 1. Annika Ericsson & Stefano Prestinoni (SWE), Team Swimshop.se, 6:10:57
Women:Diane Sadik (SUI) and Charlotte Eriksson (SWE), Team Swimrunshop.com, 7:37:41
ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Hvar is part of the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series and a qualifier to the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Championship in the Swedish archipelago.
The ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series is heading for its third season with a minimum of six qualifier races for the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Championship.
One exciting, new event is seeing its birth in the autumn of 2018;
ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series 2018
Six qualifying races to ÖTILLÖ:
- ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Hvar, Croatia, 8 April 2018
- ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Utö, Sweden, 20 May 2018
- ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Isles of Scilly, UK, 10 June 2018
- ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Engadin, Switzerland, 8 July 2018
- ÖTILLÖ Swimrun 1000 Lakes, Germany, 30 Sept 2018 (qualifier to ÖTILLÖ 2019)
- ÖTILLÖ Swimrun XX – event to be officially confirmed, Autumn 2018 (qualifier to ÖTILLÖ 2019) First edition!
At each World Series event a sprint race is organised the previous day.
ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship
- 13th edition on 3 September 2018
- 75 km over and between 26 islands in the Stockholm Archipelago
- Renowned as one of the toughest one-day races in the world
- www.otilloswimrun.com
About Swimrun and ÖTILLÖ
Swimrun is one of the fastest growing endurance sports in the world where you alternate trail running and open water swimming on a marked course. There is no time to lose – you run in your wetsuit and swim in your shoes!
It is a unique sport and experience as you always race with a partner and the race course is out in wild nature.
The ÖTILLÖ 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 Hvar is the latest addition to the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series.
Media Contacts
ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series
Hannes Hofer
+41 79 818 98 28
media.requests@otilloswimrun.com
ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Championship
Josefine Ås
+33 6 79 04 23 46
pr@otilloswimrun.com
