Vansbro Tjejsim

Vansbro Tjejsim

Tjejsim is the swimming leg of En Svensk Klassiker Tjej/Korta, the women’s and short version of the Swedish classic. It is open from age 10. The organiser runs a competition class and a recreational start, and the race is swum on the Friday, the evening before the 3,000 m fills the river.

The whole 1,000 metres are swum in Västerdalälven, the river the main race finishes in. The organiser does not publish more of the line than that on the race page, so the clearest guide to the course is the map on the swimmer’s own broadcast. For a first open-water race it is a manageable distance, and for many swimmers it is the step towards Halvsim or the full 3,000 m.

A thousand metres pass quickly, and the people waiting on the bank have little time to spot the right cap. If the swimmer shares her Livebib link, family and friends open it in a browser, with no app and no account, and see the position on the course line, the distance covered and a finish estimate that updates during the swim. When the phone’s signal from the water drops, the position is carried forward and marked as estimated, never shown as measured. She decides who gets the link.