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Adriel Young

34 YO
Captain
Australia/Sweden (Mölnlycke)
Merits
→ 2009 Coolangatta Gold
→ 2010 Coolangatta Gold
→ 2013 Ironman World Championships, Kona, Hawaii
→ 2014 Ironman World Championships, Kona, Hawaii
→ 2015 Norseman Ironman, Eidfjord, Norway
→ 2016 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place mixed)
→ 2017 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place mixed)
→ 2018 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (3rd place men)
→ 2021 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place men/course record holder)
Merits
→ 2009 Coolangatta Gold
→ 2010 Coolangatta Gold
→ 2013 Ironman World Championships, Kona, Hawaii
→ 2014 Ironman World Championships, Kona, Hawaii
→ 2015 Norseman Ironman, Eidfjord, Norway
→ 2016 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place mixed)
→ 2017 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place mixed)
→ 2018 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (3rd place men)
→ 2021 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place men/course record holder)

Q&A

– Why do you want to participate in One Water Race?

I am doing this more of a challenge to see what I am capable of, I also couldn’t say no when asked to join the athletes I look up to.

– Have you taken a similar challenge before?

No this will really be a new challenge for me in distance and time, I’m both nervous and excited for the adventure.

– What are your strengths?

My head, I guess I’m stubborn. But also I love to give everything for my team.

– What are your weaknesses?

Inexperience, never raced something as long as this. Not sure my body will hold up over the distance. I race best over 2-3hrs so that is going to be my biggest weakness.

– What will be your biggest challenge?

The distance and the unknown, this is a challenge that is hard to prepare for to know how the body and mind will respond with lack of sleep and such a long distance

– Have you been to the Stockholm archipelago?

Yes, I haven’t seen so much apart from the ÖtillÖ course 4 times. The rest is unknown territory for me. But not something I’m worried about as I have 2 experienced guides showing me the way.

– What do you know/think about the terrain?

From what I’ve heard it’s tougher than I expected. The parts I have been to have mostly trails, paths, roads however the parts of the archipelago we will be navigating here are going to be untamed and uncharted.

– What are you most looking forward to?

Racing with Kristin and Daniel and share this adventure together.

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I really, really hope it's choppy. Windy. Strong currents. The harder, the better, because as swimmers, that's how we excel."

Misty Becerra, Team 1 USA

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"If you go into the One Water Race, afraid you're "If you go into the One Water Race, afraid you're going to fail. If you go into it, respecting nature, respecting the archipelago, respecting the water, respecting the land, respecting the people and the other teams, then you have a chance to be like water, and flow and solve problems together as a team"

Timothy Gorbold, Team 3 USA

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Unknown terrain. Unplanned obstacles. Unexpected tests of will. Our teams will face them all in the  #ultimateproofofhumancapacity

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”My role is to plan the route and always make su ”My role is to plan the route and always make sure that the team are taking the fastest way towards Landsort"

Rickard Norlin, Team 2 Sweden

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Teamwork. Resilience. Drive. In the Stockholm arch Teamwork. Resilience. Drive. In the Stockholm archipelago, you’ll need to have it all. #ultimateproofofhumancapacity

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"I'm most worried about going this long. I've neve "I'm most worried about going this long. I've never done anything where you have to sleep during a race. That's something I'm really worried about and I think about a lot, like how am I going to react to not sleeping out there?"

Adriel Young, Team 4 Sweden/Australia

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Unknown terrain. Unplanned obstacles. Unexpected tests of will. Our teams will face them all in the  #ultimateproofofhumancapacity

#OWRace #onewater #onewaterrace #onewaterfoundation #fortheoceans #stockholmarchipelago #briggentrekronor #headswimming #maurten#krakenswimrun #weareswimrun #extremesports
Each team must work together to make it through th Each team must work together to make it through the challenge of doing this race non-stop. Day and night. #ultimateproofofhumancapacity

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"I think it's fantastic for the One Water Race to "I think it's fantastic for the One Water Race to have a mixed gender team, because we want to show that women and men can both compete in this team and both be very strong teammates together."

Lara Sloan, Team 7 USA

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Unknown terrain. Unplanned obstacles. Unexpected tests of will. Our teams will face them all in the  #ultimateproofofhumancapacity

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