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When Team Gymcity (Poland) and Team Nordisk (Denmark) crossed the finish line at the Adventure Racing World Championship in Paraguay they placed 9th and 10th after 5 and a half days of tough racing. With their finishes the ARWC 2022 top 10 was made up of 9 different countries; New …

The top five teams at the Adventure Racing World Championship in Paraguay come from New Zealand, Sweden, Brazil, Estonia and the Czech Republic and their placings are no surprise, given the experience of the teams.  Experience is everything in expedition adventure racing, you have to earn the right to be …

Team Avaya crossed the finish line of the 2022 Adventure Racing World Championship at 18.48 in the town of Tobati this evening to reclaim the title they last won on Reunion Island in 2018.  The Kiwi team are World Champions in the toughest endurance sport of them all once again, …

Transitions 4 and 5 at the Adventure Racing World Championships are in the same place, at the ‘La Rosada Museum’, which is beside the remains of an iron foundry that plays a significant role in the history of Paraguay. It’s a place that may play a significant role in this …

Day 3 at the Adventure Racing World Championship began with a bang.  Thunder heralded big electrical storms, which lit up the night skies, and soon torrential rain was falling.  It continued all through the night and much of the day, with frequent intense downpours drenching the racers, raising the river …

The opening trek of the 2022 Adventure Racing World Championship has delivered some amazing scenery for the teams to enjoy, and at the same time tested them to their limits and beyond. The leading teams completed the 122km stage on the afternoon of day 2 of the race and they …

Team Avaya were the first team to complete the long opening trek at Expedicion Guarani, the 2022 Adventure Racing World Championship.  The 122 km trekking stage had taken the Kiwi team just under 28 hours, which was ahead of the expected race schedule and they approached the first transition after …

At midday, in the small town of Jose Fassardi in central Paraguay, the 2022 Adventure Racing World Championship began.  When the start gun fired, fifty-three teams set off to race a 550km course, racing non-stop over the next 7 days and nights.  They will trek, ride, climb and paddle, staying …

There is extensive media coverage of the 2022 Adventure Racing World Championship and live online tracking so you can follow all of your favourite teams and keep up with the race news. The place to follow the tracking is https://raceplay.se/event?eventid=86 and this is now live. You can choose which maps …

John Karlsson – Swedish Armed Forces Adventure Team – Captain Coming as title defenders feels special and is a task of pride and responsibility. We have had a good year behind us and a warm summer in Sweden. Of course we feel the pressure and are nervous.  We have always …