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Vasaloppet’s winter week has this year attracted more registered entries than ever before. The old registration record, 63,142 from last year, is now broken. So far 63,200 participants have registered. Three of the races, KortVasan, Öppet Spår Sunday and StafettVasan, have also noted new registration records. HalvVasan and Öppet Spår Monday are also well on the way to new record numbers. 

This is the sixth consecutive year that Vasaloppet’s winter week has set a new entry registration record. The races attracted 63,142 entries in 2012, 59,130 in 2011, 57,560 in 2010, 48,184 in 2009 and 47,636 in 2008.

Vasaloppet’s sports manager, Tommy Höglund, has this to say about these figures:
“When we look back on this development of Vasalopp arrangements over the last few years, it is really quite incredible. In 2007 winter was very late in coming and we had a dip in registrations. Now we have fantastic figures and we’re riding high on the training, health and fitness wave. People need a goal for all their training and so they place an entry for a race.”   

“Apart from this entry registration record, I also believe that we are going to have a participant record as well since it’s been an extremely good winter; participants have registered entries very early and therefore have a longer time for all their training and preparations,” adds Tommy Höglund.

Just now there about 5,000 start places left for those who wish to take part in the winter week, and it is still possible to choose a race with distances between 3 to 90 kilometres – UngdomsVasan 3/5/7/9 km, KortVasan 30 km, HalvVasan 45 km and Öppet Spår Monday 90 km. Note that online registration must be done at the latest 10 February 2013.

“We’re rigging up right now for the all time biggest Vasaloppet winter week – we’ll be boiling up more blueberry soup than ever before!” concludes Tommy Höglund.

Footnote: Vasaloppet’s summer week 2013 has already 14,500 registered entries, which means that Vasaloppet’s total entry numbers have just about doubled in only six years!  

FACTS/ Number of registered participants to Vasaloppet’s winter week in the 2000s:

2013: 63,200 so far… (Ceiling 68,400)
2012: 63,142
2011: 59,130
2010: 57,560
2009: 48,184
2008: 47,636
2007: 44,329
2006: 46,810
2005: 46,187
2004: 46,029
2003: 43,136
2002: 41,142
2001: 36,659
2000: 41,574


Coming arrangements in Vasalopps Arena:

Vasaloppets winter week 2013:
Friday 22 Feb: KortVasan, 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Saturday 23 Feb: TjejVasan, 30 km. Start Oxberg. (FULL 30/10/2012).
Sunday 24 Feb:  UngdomsVasan, 3/5/7/9 km. Start Ski Stadium Mora.
Sunday 24 Feb: Öppet Spår, 90 km. Start Sälen. (FULL 10/01/2013)
Monday 25 Feb: Öppet Spår, 90 km. Start Sälen.
Tuesday 26 Feb: HalvVasan, 45 km. Start Oxberg.
Friday 1 March: StafettVasan, 9–24 km, relay for five person teams. (FULL 5/9/2012). Start Sälen.
Sunday 3 March: Vasaloppet, 90 km. (FULL 15/3/2012). Start Sälen.

Vasaloppet in the summer 2013:
Friday 16 Aug: CykelVasan 30, 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Friday 16 Aug: UngdomsCykelVasan, 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Friday 16 Aug: CykelVasan 45, 45 km. Start Oxberg.
Saturday 17 Aug: CykelVasan 90, 95 km. Start Sälen (FULL 19/9/2012)
Saturday 24 Aug: VasaStafetten, 4.5–15.1 km relay running race for 10 person teams. Start Sälen.