Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl
 Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl
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| venue |
Walchsee Austria
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| First run | 2010 |
| organizer | Challenge Family GmbH |
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| distance |
 1.9 km
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| track record | Men: 3:48:39 h, 2018 Sebastian Kienle Women: 4:18:11 h, 2018 Eva Wutti
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| Website | Official website |
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The Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl Challenge is a half-distance triathlon event (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21 km running). It has been held annually in late summer since 2010 in the municipality of Walchsee in Kaiserwinkl in Tyrol and is part of the Challenge Triathlon World Series .
history
The Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl Challenge was held for the first time in 2010.
At the premiere, 766 individual starters and 65 relays started. The Dutch Yvonne van Vlerken , who lived in Austria, and the Austrian Michael Weiss , who lived in the USA at the time, were able to win the first edition. In 2012 and 2014 the Austrian Triathlon Association held the state championships in the middle distance.
The Italian Giulio Molinari won the race three times in a row from 2014 to 2016. In 2016, the European Triathlon Union held the (ETU) European Championship on the middle distance here.
In 2017, the swimming and cycling routes had to be shortened due to the bad weather.
The last Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl took place on June 30, 2019. In addition to the triathlon, an aquabike race was held here for the first time (1.9 km swimming and 90 km cycling).
The Challenge St. Pölten, Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl and Challenge Davos will join forces in 2020 in what is known as the “Challenge the Alps”.
After 2016, Walchsee was again awarded the contract to host the ETU European Championships on the middle distance from June 25 to 28, 2020. In addition to the European Triathlon Championships, the European Aquabike Championships (swimming and cycling) should also be held here. However, the event originally planned in June 2020 had to be canceled in April due to the spread of the coronavirus .
Route
- The swimming distance of 1.9 km goes over a lap in Walchsee .
- The 90 km bike route leads from Walchsee to Kössen , where a circuit begins via Erpfendorf to Kirchdorf in Tirol . From there the ascent to Huberhöhe follows with an incline of up to 12 percent before the route leads back to Kössen via Schwendt. The circuit has to be completed twice and finally the bike route leads back to Walchsee.
- The running route over 21 km is a circuit around the Walchsee that has to be completed four times. The destination is back in Walchsee.
Results
(SR: course record)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.your-sports.com: Results Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl MW (2010)
- ↑ www.your-sports.com: Results Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl Staffeln (2010)
- ↑ Challenge Walchsee-Kaiserwinkl: Coronation for Weiss and Van Vlerken ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ GERMAN PODIUM IN WALCHSEE, SURPRISE IN MONTREAL, SHORTENED HEAT BATTLE IN NICE (July 1, 2019)
- ↑ Challenge Walchsee with the first aquabike competition (November 27, 2018)
- ↑ Challenge the Alps (February 13, 2020)
- ↑ Triathlon middle distance European Championship 2020 in Walchsee (May 30, 2019)
- ↑ ETU European Championship Middle Distance in Walchsee 2020 canceled (April 3, 2020)
