July 10, 2006

Gigathlon 2006 24 hour - The adventure continues

The Gigathlon 24 hour adventure came to an end Saturday at midnight in Bern. 5,100 athletes completed 239 km, 4 km and 4400 vertical meters of cycling, swimming, inline skating and running.

The Team of 5 category saw the win taken by Team Swisspower Premium with Thomas Frischknecht, Florian Vogel, Caroline Steffen, Franziska Stampfli and Urs Dellsperger in 12:41:54. The Venga Couple, Daniel Keller and Andrea Gross, won the couple class in 14:44:20. 2006's Single Man winner was Roger Fischlin with a total time of 15:48:08, and the fastest Single Woman was Trix Zgraggen in 19:22:29.

Congratulations to all the athletes for their fantastic performances.

More info at www.gigathlon.ch