Ultravasan

Ultravasan
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)August
Frequencyannual
Location(s)Dalarna
CountrySweden
Inaugurated2014 (2014)
Organised byVasaloppet

Ultravasan is an annual ultramarathon and trail run in Sweden, which was hosted for the first time in 2014 following the route of the ski race Vasaloppet. The 90 km race is the largest ultramarathon race in Sweden, and attracts more participants than the 45 km event.[1]

The race is arranged on two distances:

  • Ultravasan 90: Start in Sälen and finish in Mora, following the same trail as Vasaloppet. The race was originally 90 km, but after some modifications in 2023, the course is now 92 km.
  • Ultravasan 45: Start in Oxberg and finish in Mora, following the second half of the Vasaloppet trail. The course is around 45 km in distance.[2]

The races are part of the Vasaloppet Summer Week, along with the bike races CykelVasan and the shorter running races TrailVasan.[3]

In 2024, Norwegian former crosscountry skier Laila Kveli won Ultravasan 90 and became the first athlete to win both the skiing race and the running race.[4]

Past winners

Winners and official times. Course records with green background.[5]

Winners of Ultravasan 90
Year Country Men Time Country Women Time
2014  Sweden Jonas Buud 6:02:03  Great Britain Holly Rush 7:09:04
2015  Sweden Jonas Buud 5:45:08   Switzerland Jasmin Nunige 7:02:35
2016  Norway Jarle Risa 6:11:49   Switzerland Jasmin Nunige 6:54:32
2017  Sweden Elov Olsson 6:07:37  Sweden Ida Nilsson 6:51:26
2018  Sweden Fritjof Fagerlund 6:01:56  Russia Alexandra Morozova 6:43:55
2019  USA Jim Walmsley 5:47:28  Russia Alexandra Morozova 7:11:07
2021  France Sébastien Spehler 6:09:45  Russia Alexandra Morozova 6:48:36
2022  Sweden Viktor Stenqvist 6:19:07  Sweden Anna Hellström 7:40:51
2023  Sweden Olle Meijer 6:46:13  Sweden Ida Nilsson 7:23:52
2024  Sweden Olle Meijer 6:15:18  Norway Laila Kveli 7:18:23
Winners of Ultravasan 45
Year Country Men Time Country Women Time
2014  Russia Roman Ryapolov 2:49:47  Sweden Gloria Vinstedt 3:28:13
2015  Sweden Fritjof Fagerlund 2:45:30  France Caroline Dubois 3:13:22
2016  Russia Roman Ryapolov 2:41:47  Sweden Lisa Ring 3:04:18
2017  Sweden Erik Ahnfält 2:40:28  Great Britain Joasia Zakrzewski 3:06:12
2018  Sweden David Nilsson 2:39:33  Sweden Lisa Ring 3:03:00
2019  Sweden Fredrik Eriksson 2:49:21  Sweden Sofia Byhlinder 3:09:40
2021  Sweden Kristofer Låås 2:41:04  Sweden Liselotte Hellsten 3.05.38
2022  Sweden Jesper Lundberg 2:34:29  Sweden Barbro Näsström 3.02.47
2023  Sweden Kristofer Låås 2:39:47  Sweden Erica Lech 3.02.09
2024  Sweden Jesper Lundberg 2:35:52  Sweden Malin Starfelt 2.55.18

References

  1. ^ "About Ultravasan 90". Vasaloppet Week. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. ^ "About Ultravasan 45". Vasaloppet Week. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Vasaloppet's Summer Week". Vasaloppet in English. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Olle Meijer and Laila Kveli won Ultravasan 90 2024". Vasaloppet in English. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Vasaloppet Results". Mika timing. Retrieved 24 October 2024.