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Wörthersee Swim 2018

Your best alpine swimming adventure

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15-16 Sept.
2018

Lake Wörthersee, Austria
17 km, 9 km, 3 km

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WHAT'S THE CHALLENGE?

A great opportunity to combine a serious challenge with everyday comfort and a luxurious cultural program.

- Stunning location - Wörthersee lake, "Alpine Nice", the most popular lake in Austria and one of the main resorts of the German-speaking world.

- A unique water body where clean clear water from the Alpine glaciers warms up to a comfortable temperature of 20-22 degrees.

- The swim includes 17 km track through the whole ‑ lake, this is the longest mass start in Austria!
- Satellite distances (9 km and 3 km) in the best traditions of X-Waters are also from point A to point B. No swimming in rounds!

- Excellent geographical location and infrastructure: already three hours after the swim you can listen to Mozart at the Vienna Opera or enjoy a gondola tour in the big canal in Venice.

- Special guest at the X-Waters Wörthersee Swim 2018 will be Martin Strel - "Big River Man"

Swim fantastisch!
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Wörthersee Swim distances:
17 km: distance from one end of the lake‑ to the other, the starting point is the beach in Velden, the finish is on the beach in Klagenfurt, same place where all other distances are finished.
9 km: the starting point is from the beach in Pörtschach, the finish is on the beach in Klagenfurt
3 km: start in Krumpendorf, finish in Klagenfurt

AUSTRIAN PEARL

Wörthersee lake‑ is one of the pearls of Austria that attracts tourists with its enchanting panorama, hospitable beaches, magnificence of the Alpine peaks and the serene calm of clean water. The lake is located at an altitude of 485 meters in the heart of the Carinthian‑ region which borders on Italy and Slovenia. The climate here is warm, very mild, almost Mediterranean. In September, water generally remains warmed up to 20-24 C, depending on the year.

Convenient infrastructure and beautiful landscapes have made Wörthersee the most popular holiday destination in Austria and Germany. Life here is rich with sports activities, festivals and active recreation. The lake is surrounded by eight resort towns, each has something interesting to look at. They are typical Austrian, well-groomed and cozy, while each has its own character. The most famous are Velden and Klagenfurt. The main distance of 17 km is located just between them. Do not forget to look around while you are swimming!
Wörthersee lake‑ is one of the pearls of Austria that attracts tourists with its enchanting panorama, hospitable beaches, magnificence of the Alpine peaks and the serene calm of clean water. The lake is located at an altitude of 485 meters in the heart of the Carinthian‑ region which borders on Italy and Slovenia. The climate here is warm, very mild, almost Mediterranean. In September, water generally remains warmed up to 20-24 C, depending on the year.

Convenient infrastructure and beautiful landscapes have made Wörthersee the most popular holiday destination in Austria and Germany. Life here is rich with sports activities, festivals and active recreation. The lake is surrounded by eight resort towns, each has something interesting to look at. They are typical Austrian, well-groomed and cozy, while each has its own character. The most famous are Velden and Klagenfurt. The main distance of 17 km is located just between them. Do not forget to look around while you are swimming!

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Wörthersee Swim IS YOU!

MARTIN STREL
big river man
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Hi! I'm Martin, Martin Strel from Slovenia. The man who swam the Amazon. I would like to greet all the swimmers and I'm really looking forward to see you at the Worthersee Swim in September.

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ANDREW KAVUN
MOSCOW
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Director General, IRONSTAR

Very warm impressions of the swim and organization. X-WATERS, you have a great future with this attitude to you work!!! I do recommend to everyone! Keep it up!
IRINA MITINA
NIZHNY NOVGOROD
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I've had just three starts with # xwaters for now: 1 km at Volga Swim 2016, 3 km at STADA Volga Swim 2017 and a shortened mile at Seliger Swim 2017. But I'm not going to stop. It was the first crossing of the Volga when my passion for swimming really began. I liked swimming before, but as it turned out, it was quite another swim. And here, too, I was helped by the inspirer of the project #xwaters Alexander Bazanov, swimming coach in combination. I learned the first basics of crawl at his seminar, for which I would like to thank him specially. I'm planning to improve my results at to join all the swims of #xwaters series!
VADIM KOKOREV
MOSCOW
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Why swim? Why not just go to the bar?! Dozens of these and similar questions I hear every day. And you just try. Touch these emotions. Try this challenge on yourself. Who knows, maybe then you find the answer?.. ;)
Martin Kuchenmeister
Graz
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Ice Swimmer, Executive Director, International Biathlon Union

I participated at the first Arctic Swim (another swimming race by X-Waters) in August 2017 I expected an adventure and I got a really impressive Open water competition at Gods forgotten land. With a really beautiful nature and a wonderful sea. with a watertemperature of about 8° it was perfect to have an amazing neoprenswim in cold water in the mid of summer. It was a really great experience in the family of X-waters.
Paolo Chiarino
Milan
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Ice Swimmer, the participant of the winter swimming
World Cup and extreme international races.

One day this summer I was surfing the internet and I found a web that was presenting a swimming race in the Barents Sea (another swimming race by X-Waters). Wow I said. I already been in the Polar circle for a swimming race but this one is even northern. I thought that it would have been a very nice race but very difficult to organize and for me very far to reach but I booked anyway. I immediately discovered a group of very professional organizer. From the beginning they were very helpful for the Visa procedure and I hadn't any problem in obtaining it in a very short period. As soon as I arrived in Murmansk I felt very comfortable because all the informations for the logistic part of the race were updated and I didn't had any problem in finding the bus to Teriberka on Saturday morning. All the accommodations were ready for everyone. The logistic part of the organization is very important for the athlete and when is managed so well by the organizer is really a great thing. Unfortunately many times you don't find this competence. The races were organized very well and I felt secure every moment of the swim. There were boats and always people watching at me. When you swim in cold water without a wet suit this is what you ask for. On my opinion everything was perfect and I can't find something to blame for but the best thing I found is the friendly spirit we had in the two days of the swims. We were all friends without any competitive feelings and from the organizer to the last swimmer the only thought was to have fun and relax. This is what I am searching on my swimming trip around the world. Thanks for your big job. see you next year. Volga river is waiting for me.
Erik Demczuk
Austria
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Ausdauerschwimmer aus Klagenfurt

Another swimming race by X-Waters: Ich habe dieses Jahr, am 15.07.2017 , am Wettbewerb „Wolga Swim“ in Nischni Novgorod teilgenommen. Ich darf mich mit diesem Schreiben bei Ihnen, als Organisatoren noch einmal sehr herzlich für die wirklich gute Organisation und den geregelten Ablauf Ihres Wettbewerbs bedanken. Ich denke, dass es bei einer Teilnehmerzahl von 1600 Personen eine herausragende Leistung ist, einen Wettbewerb dieser Art auf die Beine zu stellen und noch dazu zur Zufriedenheit aller! Ich war überrascht wie Ihr Team diese große Herausforderung mit Bravour gemeistert hat. Ich habe nun doch schon an mehreren Wettbewerben (Open Water, 24 Stunden Schwimmen) teilgenommen, aber selten so einen Sportsgeist, so eine Begeisterung bei spürbarem Kameradschaftsgefühl aller Sportler angetroffen.
TATIANA KOVALENKO
ST PETERSBURG
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When I am asked "why do you swim?", it is always difficult for me to answer quickly and clearly, it seemed to me that my words were unconvincing. Well, yes, I like water; well, yes, that's a sport and it's good for your back; well, yes, cool hangouts... More important is, to find an answer for myself: what moves me when there is only 20 hours in my dense schedule, and I fly to Nizhny Novgorod, straight from the airport rush to the start, pull the swimming suit on along the run, and fly back when all friends are still asleep; or why do you join those madmen who are swimming at the edge of the earth in the Arctic Ocean... And then it dawned on me: I really really like swimming and I love traveling and adventure! And for me now these words are enough to start planning the next season with X-Waters‑ because that's how I do what I love!

AGENDA / HOW TO GET THERE

September 15
Sandwirth Hotel, Pernhartgasse 9, 9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

12.00 – 17.00 - delivery of start packages.
17.00 - 19.00 – meeting with Martin Strel, legend of openwater swimming.
19.00 - 19.30 – pre-start briefing for English- and German-speaking participants.
19.30 – 19.45 – pre-start briefing for Russian-speaking participants.


September 16
Beach Strandbad Klagenfurt, 2, Metnitzstrand, 9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

Participants 17 km:

6:00: opening Strandbad Klagenfurt, continuation of the delivery of start packages
7:00: all participants gather at the ship landing stage Klagenfurt
7:15: departure to Velden
8:15: arrival in Velden - group photo
8:30: start in Velden / ship landing stage

Provision:
1. station: artificial island after 7.5 km: Iso drinks, bananas, chocolate, Energy gel (SPONSER Europe GmbH)

2. station: artificial island after 13,5 km: Iso drinks, bananas, chocolate, Energy gel (SPONSER Europe GmbH)

Strandbad Klagenfurt: from 14:00 till 17:00 catering
(penne with tomato sauce / Carinthian noodle, 1 cup of water)

Important: maximum time limit - 3 hours

Preliminary time limits: to Pörtschach - 3 hours 45 minutes, to Krumpendorf - 6 hours 30 minutes

Participants 9 km:

9:00: continuation of the delivery of start packages
10:00: all participants gather at the ship landing stage Klagenfurt
10:15: departure to Pörtschach
11:00: arrival in Pörtschach – group photo
11.15: start in Pörtschach / ship landing stage

Provision:

station: artificial island after 5,5 km: Iso drinks, bananas, chocolate, Energy gel (SPONSER Europe GmbH)

Strandbad Klagenfurt: from 14:00 till 17:00 catering
(penne with tomato sauce / Carinthian noodle, 1 cup of water)

Important: maximum time limit - 4 hours 30 minutes

Participants 3 km:

10:00: continuation of the delivery of start packages
12:00: all participants gather at the ship landing stage Klagenfurt
12:15: departure to Krumpendorf
12:30: arrival in Krumpendorf – group photo
13:00: start in Krumpendorf / ship landing stage

Provision:

Strandbad Klagenfurt: from 14:00 till 17:00 catering
(penne with tomato sauce / Carinthian noodle, 1 cup of water)

Important: maximum time limit - 2 hours

All participants:

17:00: award ceremony on the stage in the presence of the guests
19:00: official end of the event


HOW TO GET THERE

Klagenfurt is located at the European crossroads; you can get there using different options. The nearest major Austrian airport is‑ Salzburg (200 km), but ‑ Slovene Ljubljana (80 km) is even closer, a little further, but also within a few hours of driving‑ there is Vienna (300 km), Venice (280 km), Munich (350 km), and Bratislava (400 km). From Salzburg or Vienna it is very easy to get there by train or bus, and you can easily use a rented car.

Klagenfurt itself also has an airport and you can find some flights which would require connection in Vienna.

Connect: welcome@x-waters.com

Other swims in the series

August 9-10, 2025

September 13-14, 2025

The official hotel of Wörthersee Swim 2018 is Sandwirth hotel
There X-Waters will distribute start packages, hold briefing and organize an open meeting with the legend of open water Martin Strel on 15th of September. The hotel offers a discount for the most popular rooms when booking two nights or more with the promocode SWIM2018.

Hotel web site and booking: https://sandwirth.at

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