WSA Dryland World Championships 2023

30/12/2023

Some German media obviously just can't get enough of our mud-packs (pun fully intended) 😁
Posted Dec 30th - three weeks after the event...

World Sleddog Association / VDSV - Verband Deutscher Schlittenhundesportvereine / SSCT e.V. / Mühlberg (Drei Gleichen) / Gemeinde Drei Gleichen / Drei Gleichen Golf / Hotel & Restaurant Taubennest / Icepaw - Mit der Kraft aus dem Meer

15/12/2023

Watch how our Ukrainian 🇺🇦 friend Kostiantyn Skipor looks back on his Mühlberg experience....🙂

World Sleddog Association / VDSV - Verband Deutscher Schlittenhundesportvereine / SSCT e.V. / Mühlberg (Drei Gleichen) / Gemeinde Drei Gleichen / Drei Gleichen Golf / Icepaw - Mit der Kraft aus dem Meer

Наше с Эриком первое участие в ЧМ. Четвертое место в классе Скутер с одной собакой - отличный результат как для меня в возрасте винтажного газогенератора ;)

11/12/2023

Day one after the World Championships.
Time for us to recover a little and clean up the last things on the race site.

We hope that you and your dogs have all had a good trip home (well - except for Team Sweden 🇸🇪; but we'll even find a solution for this 👍🏻).
Once again: It has been a great pleasure having you all here; and we have very much enjoyed providing you the best experience possible under the given circumstances.

We all know how eager you are to preserve your memories. Maybe some pictures can help in this...😉
We have had a number of photographers on site who took pictures of you and the racing action in all its muddy glory 😁.

Here are the links to their offerings:

- Adventurearts; Anne on her home ground, so to speak 😉, and being a true supporter of our event as a helping hand, too (some of you may have met her in her orange-brown coverall at the Vet Check...). A photographer with a rather unique look to it:
https://www.pictrs.com/m/adventurearts/8130083/wsa-dryland-wm-muehlberg?l=de

- Jeanette Grottendiek by Dog Paparazzi - a long time and well-known follower of the sled dog sports circuit in Germany:
https://www.pictrs.com/m/dog-paparazzi/7452415/wsa-world-championship-muehlberg-2023?l=de

- Tierische Augenblicke by Stefan Grube A rather new face among the photographers at sled dog race; also showcasing a special look:
https://www.pictrs.com/m/tierische-augenblicke/9559954/wsa-wm-2023-muehlberg?l=de

- Lumikki Pictures; Susanne from Switzerland was the first international photographer we had at a dryland race at our club:
https://www.pictrs.com/m/lumikki-pictures/8156260/wsa-dryland-world-championship-muehlberg?l=de

Enjoy! We're sure there's something to everone's liking! 📷

10/12/2023

As more teams are coming in, so are the results.

6-dog rig RNB1:
🥇Marcin Szlek (🇵🇱)
🥈William Givers (🇫🇷)
🥉Olivia Piacentini-Filoni (🇮🇹)

6-dog rig RNB2:
🥇Miroslaw Waskowski (🇵🇱)
🥈Nicolo Vergani (🇮🇹)
🥉Tomasz Radlowski (🇵🇱)

4-dog rig RNB1:
🥇Philippe Hoffer (🇫🇷)
🥈Anthony Chevalley (🇫🇷)
🥉Valentina Durio (🇮🇹)

4-dog rig RNB2:
🥇Matt Hodgson (🇬🇧)
🥈Rolf Ewald (🇩🇪)
🥉Alexandre Bizien (🇫🇷)

Scooter/bike junior:
🥇Alicia Devos (🇫🇷)
🥈Filip Behlert (🇵🇱)
🥉

Canicross junior:
🥇Selma Teichmann (🇩🇪)
🥈Ewann Egret-Gueguin (🇫🇷)
🥉Henrik Laier (🇩🇪)

Scooter senior men RNB1:
🥇Hardi Riis (🇪🇪)
🥈Markus Pfarrkircher (🇩🇪)
🥉Maxime Taerwe (🇧🇪)

Scooter senior women RNB1:
🥇Maria Esmeral (🇧🇪)
🥈Mylene Faroldi (🇫🇷)
🥉Nina Capello (🇩🇪)

Bikejöring senior woman RNB1:
🥇Michaela Belzarova (🇸🇰)
🥈Veronica Strand (🇳🇴)
🥉Vickie Pullin (🇬🇧)

Bikejöring veteran men RNB1:
🥇Ludovic Brasseur (🇧🇪)
🥈Kaspars Krievs (🇱🇻)
🥉Roman Reistetter (🇸🇰)

Bikejöring veteran women RNB1:
🥇Virginie Brice (🇧🇪)
🥈Sabrina Ritter (🇩🇪)
🥉Violaine Grau (🇨🇭)

Bikejöring senior men RNB1:
🥇Miroslaw Banas (🇵🇱)
🥈Mathias Klatt (🇩🇪)
🥉David Rochat (🇨🇭)

Canicross men RNB1:
🥇Jason Lerud (🇫🇷)
🥈Roderick Maqua (🇧🇪)
🥉Mike Mazeau (🇫🇷)

Canicross women RNB1:
🥇Sophie Sadler (🇫🇷)
🥈Oksana Stolz (🇩🇪)
🥉Daniela Niermann (🇩🇪)

Team Relay:
🥇🇫🇷
🥈🇧🇪
🥉🇵🇱

Congratulations to the new World Champions and medal winners!!

World Sleddog Association / VDSV - Verband Deutscher Schlittenhundesportvereine / SSCT e.V. / Mühlberg (Drei Gleichen) / Gemeinde Drei Gleichen / Drei Gleichen Golf / Icepaw - Mit der Kraft aus dem Meer /

10/12/2023

First final results are in the box!

2-dog scooter RNB1:
🥇Vickie Pulli (🇬🇧)
🥈Jeremy Lemonnier (🇫🇷)
🥉Remy Brogniez (🇧🇪)

2-dog scooter RNB2:
🥇Alex Couwenberg (🇱🇺)
🥈Jacek Robak (🇵🇱)
🥉Kim Godfrey (🇬🇧)

8-dog rig:
🥇Jürgen Stolz (🇩🇪)
🥈Maros Litvaj (🇸🇰)
🥉Fabrizio Filoni (🇮🇹)

Congratulation to the new World Champions and medal winners!!

World Sleddog Association / VDSV - Verband Deutscher Schlittenhundesportvereine / SSCT e.V. / Mühlberg (Drei Gleichen) / Gemeinde Drei Gleichen / Drei Gleichen Golf / Icepaw - Mit der Kraft aus dem Meer /

10/12/2023

Some more TV coverage (starts at approx. 05:20 min.)

09/12/2023

Pix, pix, pix....
It has been a great day with all of you.
Your fairness and comradery on and off the trail has been impressive.
It has been great to see how all of you took on the challenges the trail has to offer under these special circumstances without complaining. We are really proud of you all!

You really deserved the Musher's Dinner and Party (many thanks to Hotel & Restaurant Taubennest for their excellent catering 🥗🍛🍻🤩)!

Plus Gocha Kita has finally received her prize for the victory in our name-our-mascot competition!
Her suggestion "Anaruk" has won the vote here on Facebook - which earned her a surprise package from our main sponsor Icepaw - Mit der Kraft aus dem Meer.

Most pics 📷 by Jacob Schröter/Freistaat Thüringen

World Sleddog Association / VDSV - Verband Deutscher Schlittenhundesportvereine / SSCT e.V. / Mühlberg (Drei Gleichen) / Gemeinde Drei Gleichen / Drei Gleichen Golf

09/12/2023

Our race in the words of the Prime Minister himself....🙂

„Hier merkt man, wie die ganze Region mitfiebert und wie sie Freude daran hat. Man sieht, dass wir als Thüringer hier in Mühlberg gute Gastgeber sind. Es macht einfach Spaß, zu sehen, dass wir in solchen Sportarten, die man so direkt den Thüringern nicht zuordnen würde, mit Mühlberg mittlerweile einen großen Ankerort im Sportkalender haben. Mühlberg ist ein idealer Ort und ich bin froh, dass hier alle zusammen an einem Strang ziehen, dass der Golfclub sein Gelände auch mit zur Verfügung stellt, bis hin zum Karneval Club, der hier gerade am Backen von Waffeln ist, sind alle dabei und ich finde, das macht es aus. Das ist wirklich eine große Familie. Herzlichen Dank! Allen TeilnehmerInnen viel Erfolg!“

Ministerpräsident Bodo Ramelow in einem Interview auf der Bühne anlässlich seines Besuchs bei der Schlittenhunde Dryland Weltmeisterschaft 2023 des Weltschlittenhundeverbandes WSA ( WSA Dryland World Championships 2023 ) Nachdem er die Rennen des ersten Tages mitverfolgt hatte, bot sich für den Ministerpräsidenten die Gelegenheit zur Mitfahrt auf einem Hundegespann.
Mehr Infos zur Weltmeisterschaft gibt es auf der Webseite des ausrichtenden Vereins Schlittenhunde-Sportclub Thüringen e.V. https://muehlberg2023.de

09/12/2023

We are very proud that the Prime Minister of the Free State of Thuringia, Mr. Bodo Ramelow, is not only the official patron for our event but has also given us the honor of visiting us today on race day one.

And he came not only to watch but also tried his first round as a passenger on the 9-dog rig of Norbert Ramseier/SUI - despite the mud which left a rather un-representative pattern on his trousers and boots 😉

Afterwards, we took the chance to introduce him to some members of the Polish team who come from Malopolska, the Polish partner region of Thuringia.

World Sleddog Association / VDSV - Verband Deutscher Schlittenhundesportvereine / SSCT e.V. / Mühlberg (Drei Gleichen) / Gemeinde Drei Gleichen / Landkreis Gotha / Drei Gleichen Golf / Freistaat Thüringen / Bodo Ramelow

09/12/2023

The race is in full swing.
First heat in all categories, today.
Conditions are challenging (mostly for the washing machines back home 😉), but well manageable.
Feedback from competitors generally favorable.

World Sleddog Association / VDSV - Verband Deutscher Schlittenhundesportvereine / SSCT e.V. / Mühlberg (Drei Gleichen) / Drei Gleichen Golf / Hotel & Restaurant Taubennest / Icepaw - Mit der Kraft aus dem Meer

09/12/2023

The race is on!

Follow your favorite mushers on our live-timing page!

WSA World Champs 2023 Mühlberg/GER, 2023-12-08-2023-12-10, Mühlberg