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Elisabeth wins the FL-Junior
Elisabeth Kristensen won both the Finnmarksløpet Junior and thus also received the title as Norwegian champion when she crossed the finish line in Alta on Sunday morning at 1.40pm. Elisabeth was met by a large group of family, friends and the audience who were present who shared the joy of the great achievement of completing…
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The Juniors and 600s are out!
At last all the dog sled teams are out in Finnmarksløpet 2024! This year’s race is the 43rd edition of the Finnmarksløpet. On Saturday 09 March, 6 juniors and 68 participants in the 600 class started from the finish line in the main street in Alta. This start, too, went like clockwork. With a few…
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Watch livestreaming here
Here you can follow the Finnmarksløpet live from the start of FL-Junior and FL-600 from 12.30! They are off from Alta at 13.00! NRK NRK will broadcast live from the start of FL-Junior and FL-600! This is the link to the live broadcast (it activates at 12.30): https://www.nrk.no/finnmarkslopet/folg-starten-pa-600-km-klassen-her-1.16797110?fbclid=IwAR15lURoeWOooNKDntUlj5TCb5jnbkOePQJzcx7VIOgW1m2FuWjRy-jHnyY Until then and throughout the race, you…
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The race is on!
Finnmarksløpet 2024 is finally on! This years race is the 43rd edition of the Finnmarksløpet. The start from Alta went like clockwork, and an estimated 3,000 happy people turned up to cheer the drivers and dogs on in the warm weather. The dog teams went out like pearls on a string without any kinks, but…
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Registration and info for 2024
As always, we publish changes for next year’s race just before registration opens. In this article, we will present information and changes for Finnmarksløpet 2024. Registration will be opens from 15th September at 18.00. Finnmarksløpet starts in week 10. The rules surrounding the registration itself have not been changed. For the senior classes, it is possible to sign…
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Clever Move at Critical Race Moment Gave Victory
Petter Karlsson and his strong-running Alaskan huskies today took the clearest victory ever in the FL-1200 Finnmark Race and with that, they secured the World Championship gold medal for long distance sleddog racing. That happened after a clever move on-trail at the Ifjord Mountain when 250 kilometers remained of the race. The Swedish children’s song…
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– A Miracle Story
It is not a given that it shall be possible to send more than 1,000 dogs across reindeer herding areas like the Finnmark Race does. Sami President Silje Muotka points to the good dialogue and good interactions as decisive for suceeding. Good dialoge decisive -It really is a miracle story, the fact that we have…
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Dogsled, ATV and World Champion Medal
Norwegian and Finnish national anthems, broad smiles and great atmosphere marked the atmosphere downtown Alta Wednesday afternoon as the award ceremony for the World Championship medals was held there. World Champion in the FL-600 RNB, Matti Salmi from Finland, was the first person to enter the podium, cheered on by a massive appolause from the…
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Argues that W.Ch. title will go to Kristensen or Karlsson
At the time of writing, Steinar Kristensen is first on the train in the FL-1200 race. We have asked expert commentator Trond Ørslien about his analysis of the lead pack when 800 out of 1200 kilometers are covered. – It has been a long time since the FL-1200 race competition was as open as it…
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Finnish Victory in the RNB Class
The World Champion title in the FL-600 RNB Class (pure-breed dogs) went to Finland. Matti Salmi ran one of the 14 participating RNB teams to a sovereign victory in the RNB class. The smiling Finn finished a rock solid race with his Siberian huskies and finished as #6 in the overall FL-600 race. – It…