Vansbrosimningen
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Vansbrosimningen or Vansbrosimmet is an annual open water swimming competition held in July in Vansbro, Dalarna, Sweden since 1950. The distance is 3,000 m, first 2,000 m downstream in Vanån then 1,000 m upstream in Västerdal River. It is part of En svensk klassiker, the "Swedish Classic" which also includes crosscountry skiing (Vasaloppet, 90 kilometers), biking (Vätternrundan, 300 kilometers) and running (Lidingöloppet, 30 kilometers).
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Vansbro Municipality
- Location
- Vansbro
- Sport
- competitive swimming
- Image
- Vansbro2010 start.jpg
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- start time
- 1950-01-01
- Commons category
- Vansbrosimningen
- inception
- 1950-01-01
- month of the year
- July
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Vansbrosimningen or Vansbrosimmet is an annual open water swimming competition held in July in Vansbro, Dalarna, Sweden since 1950. The distance is 3,000 m, first 2,000 m downstream in Vanån then 1,000 m upstream in Västerdal River. It is part of En svensk klassiker, the "Swedish Classic" which also includes crosscountry skiing (Vasaloppet, 90 kilometers), biking (Vätternrundan, 300 kilometers) and running (Lidingöloppet, 30 kilometers).
==Winners==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vansbrosimningen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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