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<p>Little Tibet presents the most iconic route on the planet, with extreme altitude differences and breathtaking scenery, for a challenge to human limits.<br><!--more--></p>
<p>Livigno, 29/07/2024 - For some things, really, the name is enough. It is enough to whisper ‘Icon’ in the ear of anyone who has ever participated in a single edition, as an athlete or as a spectator, it makes no difference, to send shivers of excitement and adrenalin down the spine, because no track in the world can compete with that proposed by ICON Xtreme Triathlon: <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">the most extreme race on the planet</span>.<br><br><br>A moment of soul-searching, and not just a challenge to human limits, for the most challenging and iconic triathlon in the entire world. Included among the appointments of XTRI, the circuit that, between the Norseman and the Himalayan, the Fodaxman and the Canadaman, encompasses all the most important courses in the World, in a season-long tour of the globe, ICON reaches <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">unique heights in terms of spectacularity</span> and technical difficulty.</p>
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<p>It starts before sunrise, with the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">3.8 kilometre swim</span> to be completed in the darkness of Livigno's lake, which is highly suggestive and illuminated ad hoc with torches and bonfires with an exquisitely ancestral flavour. A difficult start, which in past years has been tackled with water temperatures ranging from 14 to 18 degrees. This was followed by <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">the cycling fraction, with 195 kilometres of hard work</span>, to be experienced by crossing some of the most important passes in the history of modern cycling: true monuments of two wheels, such as the Bernina, the Foscagno and the 48, unforgettable hairpin bends of the Stelvio. A feat with a total of 5000 metres of altitude difference. And finally, to complete the work, another 3000 metres of altitude difference, this time to be diluted in the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">42 kilometres of final marathon</span>, which, with the extremely tough arrival at the Carosello 3000, the perfect summary of the hardness of the entire race, puts the icing on the cake to a course without equal. An extremely spectacular final stretch, where the first arrivals are expected around 6pm, and which can be witnessed by taking the cable car up.</p>
<p><br>A challenge to human limits, as much physical as psychological and spiritual, always greatly appreciated by participants, and to be experienced immersed in the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">beauty of Livigno's geography and culture</span>, which brings together in a single event all the best of what the territory and its history have to offer. Truly an appointment not to be missed, to be able to enjoy from a privileged vantage point the efforts of some of the most highly trained athletes in the world, who travel the planet in search of emotions of such sporting and personal impact. But also an opportunity to support and be inspired by the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">desire to confront the extreme</span> of those who have been looking at this competition all their lives. A drive towards greatness and towards confronting one's own limits through sport, which also very accurately describes the deeper nature of Livigno, the perfect setting for an event of this magnitude.</p>
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<p>The appointment is set for <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Friday 6 September</span>, the date on which the athletes and their support teams will arrive after a couple of days of familiarisation with the route and the lake of Livigno, in order to enter physically and mentally into the ICON mood. The start is set at the lake at 5.00 a.m., in a highly spectacular and evocative context, which has always been one of the points recommended to the public to fully understand the essence of the race itself. An event that, year after year, manages to inspire thousands of people, thanks to the strength of its messages and the extraordinariness of its course: what it takes to crown all the ICONs that cross the finishing line, because really, sometimes, the name is enough.</p>{{ include_custom_fonts({"Livigno":["Regular","Medium","Light","Bold Italic","Bold","Black","Thin","Medium Italic"]}) }}</span>
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Little Tibet presents the most iconic route on the planet, with extreme altitude differences and breathtaking scenery, for a challenge to human limits.
Livigno, 29/07/2024 - For some things, really, the name is enough. It is enough to whisper ‘Icon’ in the ear of anyone who has ever participated in a single edition, as an athlete or as a spectator, it makes no difference, to send shivers of excitement and adrenalin down the spine, because no track in the world can compete with that proposed by ICON Xtreme Triathlon: the most extreme race on the planet.
A moment of soul-searching, and not just a challenge to human limits, for the most challenging and iconic triathlon in the entire world. Included among the appointments of XTRI, the circuit that, between the Norseman and the Himalayan, the Fodaxman and the Canadaman, encompasses all the most important courses in the World, in a season-long tour of the globe, ICON reaches unique heights in terms of spectacularity and technical difficulty.
It starts before sunrise, with the 3.8 kilometre swim to be completed in the darkness of Livigno's lake, which is highly suggestive and illuminated ad hoc with torches and bonfires with an exquisitely ancestral flavour. A difficult start, which in past years has been tackled with water temperatures ranging from 14 to 18 degrees. This was followed by the cycling fraction, with 195 kilometres of hard work, to be experienced by crossing some of the most important passes in the history of modern cycling: true monuments of two wheels, such as the Bernina, the Foscagno and the 48, unforgettable hairpin bends of the Stelvio. A feat with a total of 5000 metres of altitude difference. And finally, to complete the work, another 3000 metres of altitude difference, this time to be diluted in the 42 kilometres of final marathon, which, with the extremely tough arrival at the Carosello 3000, the perfect summary of the hardness of the entire race, puts the icing on the cake to a course without equal. An extremely spectacular final stretch, where the first arrivals are expected around 6pm, and which can be witnessed by taking the cable car up.
A challenge to human limits, as much physical as psychological and spiritual, always greatly appreciated by participants, and to be experienced immersed in the beauty of Livigno's geography and culture, which brings together in a single event all the best of what the territory and its history have to offer. Truly an appointment not to be missed, to be able to enjoy from a privileged vantage point the efforts of some of the most highly trained athletes in the world, who travel the planet in search of emotions of such sporting and personal impact. But also an opportunity to support and be inspired by the desire to confront the extreme of those who have been looking at this competition all their lives. A drive towards greatness and towards confronting one's own limits through sport, which also very accurately describes the deeper nature of Livigno, the perfect setting for an event of this magnitude.
The appointment is set for Friday 6 September, the date on which the athletes and their support teams will arrive after a couple of days of familiarisation with the route and the lake of Livigno, in order to enter physically and mentally into the ICON mood. The start is set at the lake at 5.00 a.m., in a highly spectacular and evocative context, which has always been one of the points recommended to the public to fully understand the essence of the race itself. An event that, year after year, manages to inspire thousands of people, thanks to the strength of its messages and the extraordinariness of its course: what it takes to crown all the ICONs that cross the finishing line, because really, sometimes, the name is enough.
