ÖTILLÖ SWIMRUN Gothenburg 2024

DOMINANT PERFORMANCE BY ADRIEL YOUNG AND OSCAR OLSSON

ÖTILLÖ WORLD SERIES GOTHENBURG – AUGUST 3RD The Gothenburg Archipelago presented itself at its best for this year’s ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Gothenburg. The weather conditions were calm and very sunny with warm air temperatures and a water temperature of around 20 degrees. The race course was very challenging: the athletes had to complete a total race distance of 39 km with 31.8 km of very technical trail running and 7.3 km of swimming. 29 running sections and 28 swim sections meant a lot of transitions for the racers. More than 700 athletes from 33 nations participated in the three distances World Series, Sprint and Experience. It was the largest number of participants in an ÖTILLÖ race in Sweden. After a few years of absence from Swimrun racing, former ÖTILLÖ World Champion Oscar Olsson raced together with Adriel Young to win the World Series race in very dominant fashion, eleven minutes ahead of the French duo Matthieu Poullain and Alexandre Dumoulin. Statement Adriel Young: “We had a good day. The first swim we had a group of just four of us and then we just had a good run on those technical runs. We did our own race and it worked in the end. We had a few sections where we wanted to push where it was really technical running.” Statement Oscar Olsson: “It felt good to be back. It was a little rusty because we did not do any training sessons together recently but all the races we have done before made it all work well in the end. It was actually ten years ago since I won for the first time on this course so it felt good to be back after three years out.” In the mixed category Amanda Nilsson and Hugo Tormento, arguably the two best female and male swimrunners in the world at the moment, teamed up for the first time in a race before they will start together in this year’s ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship. They showed a solid performance, finishing eleven minutes ahead of Fredrik and Lorraine Axegård from Sweden. Emma and Mattias Isberg (both SWE) completed the podium. Ulrika Eriksson and Hanna Skårbratt (both SWE) continued their winning streak on their home course with a strong performance, 20 minutes ahead of Anna Larsson and Eva Rongård. It was Ulrika’s and Hanna’s third consecutive win at ÖTILLÖ Gothenburg. Marina Andersson and Johan Skårbratt (both SWE) won the female and male categories in the solo race. The next race of the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series 2024 will be held in Casco Bay, USA on August 11th.

RACE RESULTS MEN 1. Adriel Young (AUS) & Oscar Olsson (SWE) – Team ARK: 4:19:53 2. Matthieu Poullain (FRA) & Alexandre Dumoulin (FRA) – Team Alex & Matt: 4:30:38 3. Alexander Berggren (SWE) & Viktor Törneke (SWE) – Team ARK: 4:48:59 MIXED 1. Hugo Tormento (FRA) & Amanda Nilsson (SWE) – Team ARK Swimrun: 4:41:30 2. Fredrik Axegård (SWE) & Lorraine Axegård (SWE) – Team FLAX: 4:52:15 3. Emma Isberg (SWE) & Mattias Isberg (SWE) – Team Gyllene Dolmen: 5:16:01 WOMEN 1. Ulrika Eriksson (SWE) & Hanna Skårbratt (SWE) – Team Hanna o Ullis: 5:19:54 2. Anna Larsson (SWE) & Eva Rongård (SWE) – Team Apex: 5:39:00 3. Johanna Sörgardt (SWE) & Matilda Allroth (SWE) – Team Styrsö Ladies: 5:42:55 SOLO MEN 1. Johan Skårbratt (SWE): 4:44:51 2. Sampo Hyppolä (FIN): 4:52:47 3. Daniel Adams-Ray (SWE): 4:54:36 SOLO WOMEN 1. Marina Andersson (SWE): 5:41:24 2. Terese Østeraas (NOR): 5:53:21 3. Francesca Capitoli (ITA): 5:59:57 Find the official race 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 Gothenburg 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 – 18th edition on September 2nd, 2024 – 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