ÖTILLÖ World Series Cannes

The Top Teams Battle to the End in a Tough Race

Press Release / 18.10.2021

A perfect day set the stage for a very tough race for the front of the pack. This fourth edition of the ÖTILLÖ Swim Run Cannes saw the Swedish/ French duo - Hugo Tormento (FRA) & Max Andersson (SWE) - Team ARK Swimrun France -  pull away early to take the win in the World Series race after leading from the first hour, their winning time was 4:31:45.  Winning ahead of the Mixed team of Victor Dahl & Desirée Andersson, who had a fantastic race! Victor & Desirée finished just ahead of the second mens team.

In the Mens category the podium teams were quite spread out.

The mixed category saw the World Champions take the start. They also pulled away with a fantastic win coming second overall. Victor Dahl & Desirée Andersson (SWE) - Team Envol - won with a time of 4:56:19. This was 10 minutes ahead of Team Envol Switzerland - Alexis Charrier (FRA) & Sabina Rapelli (SUI) who also came second at the World Championship in September. In third place Pierre-Louis Senechal & Angèle Duhem (FRA) finished 30 minutes behind the mixed winners.

The womens category saw the World Champions take the start. They also pulled away with a great win after a very tight race with the second team. Kristin Larsson & Helena Sivertsson (SWE) - ARK Swimrun - won with a time of 5:25:28. Only a minute and a half ahead of the second team Johanna Paulsson & Anna Hellström (SWE) - Team Envol Primalcoaching. They were so pleased at the finish line to have a tight race, pushing each other hard.

In third place - Team ARK Souls Addnature - Helen Wikmar & Evelina Järvinen (SWE) finished eight minutes after the winning womens team.

The races at ÖTILLÖ Swimrun Cannes had close to 500 racers representing a total of 24 nationalities participating in the three different formats over the weekend.