Innsbruckathlon 2021: Sightseeing with a difference!
Sport, fun and party in Innsbruck city center: 1.050 participants did n't miss this extraordinary event.
At precisely 2:00 PM, climbing ace and Olympic bronze medalist Jakob Schubert fired the starting pistol for the 14nd Innsbruckathlon. Strength, skill, speed, and endurance were required to reach the finish line. Numerous professionals, amateurs, and celebrities once again took on the challenge of Austria's toughest sightseeing tour on September 4th – among them snowboard stars Benjamin Karl, Sabine Schöffmann, and Alex Payer, as well as two-time Olympic champion and three-time world champion in luge doubles, Andreas Linger.
CompanyCode Managing Director and organizer Andreas Mauerhofer is delighted with the successful event: “After almost two years without events, it’s an even better feeling for my team and me to be living our passion again: inspiring people with extraordinary events. We never lost sight of our goal and embraced the challenges of the past few months – and today we were rewarded with happy faces. We’re already looking forward to the finale of the ‘beat the city’ series in Graz in 2021 (September 10th and 11.09th).”
Climbing ace Jakob Schubert is also enthusiastic: "I'm not much of a runner, but the obstacles look so spectacular that it motivates me to be part of this cool event next year." Innsbruckathlon winner 2021 Rudi Brunner shares this opinion : " The obstacles are very intense, but doable. A big compliment to the organizers – I'll probably be back."
More obstacles than ever before
Swinging, jumping, or climbing: A total of 25 obstacles were placed along the ten-kilometer running course in the heart of Innsbruck's city center. One of the most spectacular was the brand-new Under Armour Bagjump obstacle, where participants had to jump from a height of 4,5 meters onto an oversized jump bag. This obstacle was designed specifically for the new series partnership between "beat the city" and the US sports brand Under Armour. But classics like the "Giga Sport Monkeyland," the "Therese Mölk Bio-Blockade," and the "Raiffeisen Challenge" obstacles, as well as the "Tyrolean Wall," once again thrilled participants and spectators alike.
They made it onto the podium
With an incredible time of 49:47 minutes, Rudi Brunner was the first to conquer the city. Nina Hotter was the fastest woman to complete the action-packed obstacle run: she crossed the finish line after 01:05:01 hour , leaving her competitors almost four minutes behind.
The toughest athletes competed in the ULTRA category: they completed the Innsbruckathlon twice. A total of two men mastered this athletic challenge. Rene Sereinig secured first place (2:07:07 hours).
Tirolis Junior Innsbruckathlon
At the kids' version of the "beat the city" series – the Tirolis Junior Innsbruckathlon – which took place the previous day, around 150 children and teenagers aged 8 to 15 demonstrated their abilities: The juniors completed a two-kilometer obstacle course that demanded courage, strength, and endurance. On their way to the finish line, they had to overcome 10 challenging hurdles : from a mud-filled container and a seven-meter-long tunnel to a 3,5-meter-high inflatable wall. Fun and teamwork were the main focus.
The guests of honor of the 2nd Innsbruckathlon
Besides numerous spectators along the route, many prominent figures from politics, business, and sports thoroughly enjoyed the unique sporting spectacle. Among them were Romuald Niescher, head of the city's sports department; Josef Beke, Consul General of Hungary in Innsbruck ; climbing ace and Olympic bronze medalist Jakob Schubert, accompanied by Christine Hofer, head of marketing at Raiffeisen; Harald Murauer (Managing Director of BMM Sports and Under Armour representative for Austria) ; Herbert Mandl (Head of the Ski Austria Academy and Managing Director of Bergisel GmbH); Andreas Linger , two-time Olympic champion and three-time world champion in doubles luge; and snowboard stars Benjamin Karl , Sabine Schöffmann , and Alex Payer.
"EARLY BIRD ticket" for "beat the city" series 2022
If you're ambitious, you can still secure an "Early Bird" ticket for the "beat the city" series 2022 until the end of September. These include the Linzathlon (May 21), the E-Grazathlon (June 11) and the Innsbruckathlon (June 25).
