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It is now halftime in Vasaloppet’s winter week 2013 and the total number of registered entries for the whole week will be around 66,000. This is a new record and a good four percent more than last year. In all the six races so far, new records have been set – new entry registration records, new actual start record numbers, and new records for those that reached their finish. In the six first races of the week, all of 35,029 skiers have reached the Mora finish. On Friday it is time for the relay StafettVasan and on Sunday, “the big one”, Vasaloppet itself.

All of 85.6 percent of those that were registered for the first six races came to their starts, and only 3.4 percent of participants have broken off their race. After all the figures have been checked and summarised, the following collective statistics for the six first races are as below: 

FACTS/Vasaloppet’s winter week 2013 at halftime:

KortVasan 2013
Number of entries: 9744 (record)
Number at start: 7977 (record)
Number breaking off race: 98
Number who finished: 7879 (record)

TjejVasan 2013
Number of entries: 9784 (record)
Number at start: 8347 (record)
Number breaking off race: 144
Number who finished: 8203 (record)

UngdomsVasan 2013
Number of entries: 917 (record)
Number at start: 818 (record)
Number breaking off race: 4
Number who finished: 814 (record)

Öppet Spår Sunday 2013
Number of entries: 9980 (record)
Number at start: 8804 (record)
Number breaking off race: 594
Number who finished: 8210 (record)

Öppet Spår Monday 2013
Number of entries: 7268 (record)
Number at start: 6331 (record)
Number breaking off race: 349
Number who finished: 5982 (record)

HalvVasan 2013
Number of entries: 4684 (record)
Number at start: 3987 (record)
Number breaking off race: 46
Number who finished: 3941 (record)

Total finishes after six races: 35,029 skiers. Two fully booked races remain: StafettVasan on Friday and Vasaloppet on Sunday.  

FACTS/ Vasaloppet’s winter weeks’ development
Vasaloppet began in 1922. In 1979 there was the first Öppet Spår and TjejVasan had its première in 1988.  In 1997 KortVasan and HalvVasan were introduced, in 2002 SkejtVasan (for the time being resting), in 2003 StafettVasan and in 2008 UngdomsVasan.

FACTS/ Number of registered participants in Vasaloppet’s winter week since 1991
2013: 65,922 as at 27/2
2012: 63,142
2011: 59,130
2010: 57,560
2009: 48,181
2008: 47,636
2007: 46,693
2006: 48,882
2005: 47,843
2004: 47,265
2003: 43,952
2002: 41,142
2001: 36,659
2000: 41,574
1999: 39,816
1998: 37,507
1997: 36,769
1996: 33,502
1995: 29,928
1994: 28,806
1993: 23,055
1992: 21,130
1991: 19,696

We note
Almost 80,000 are registered to Vasaloppet’s collective races in 2013 (winter week + summer week). It is quite possible that the 85,000 entries boundary will be passed when all the summer registrations to CykelVasan and VasaStafetten have come in.


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Coming arrangements in Vasalopps Arena:

Vasaloppet’s winter week 2013:
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’s summer week 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.

Vasaloppet’s winter week 2014:
(ENTRY REGISTRATION OPENS 17/3 2013 AT 08.00)
Friday 21 Feb: KortVasan, 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Saturday 22 Feb: TjejVasan, 30 km. Start Oxberg.
Sunday 23 Feb: UngdomsVasan, 3/5/7/9 km. Start Ski Stadium Mora.
Sunday 23 Feb: Öppet Spår, 90 km. Start Sälen.
Monday 24 Feb: Öppet Spår, 90 km. Start Sälen.
Tuesday 25 Feb: HalvVasan, 45 km. Start Oxberg.
Friday 28 Feb: StafettVasan, 9–24 km, relay for five person teams. Start Sälen.
Sunday 2 March: Vasaloppet, 90 km. Start Sälen.