"she was 17th overall and almost 34 minutes ahead of the second-place woman - she's been a world-class athlete in other sports nearly her entire life. At 33 years old, she's won world championship titles in six different sports, ranging from skyrunning to ski orienteering to snowrunning, and is currently tied for the most successful foot orienteer with 23 world titles, 11 of them won consecutively."
"The national team was spending two weeks high on the Stelvio glacier in preparation for a trip to the U.S. to try to qualify for the 2026 Olympic Games in Italy. While most athletes from the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships were back home relaxing after a season of racing, Alexandersson was doing 10- to 20-second intervals on skis to build speed for much shorter races."
Tove Alexandersson won the 2025 Trail World Championships Short Trail while wearing a large bandage from a recent fall that required stitches. She then joined the Swedish national team for two weeks on the Stelvio glacier in Bormio, Italy, training in ski mountaineering to prepare for U.S. qualification for the 2026 Olympic Games. She performed 10- to 20-second ski intervals to build speed for shorter races and accepted minimal recovery between sports. At 33 years old, she has world championship titles in six different sports and holds 23 foot orienteering world titles, 11 won consecutively.
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