Squad · as of 19 August 2026 · qualifying closed

The fifteen

Qualifying ran from 16 August 2024 to 15 August 2026. Two of the fifteen got in by winning a qualifying race outright — a Silver Ticket. The other thirteen came off the At Large list, ranked by their best loop count in that window.

15 runners · swipe
Nima Javaheri01

Nima
Javaheri

Silver Ticket · Team Captain

Qualifying

59

Best

59

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Matteo Tenchio02

Matteo
Tenchio

At Large

Qualifying

58

Best

62

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Ismael Röthlisberger03

Ismael
Röthlisberger

At Large

Qualifying

40

Best

40

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Marc Schneider04

Marc
Schneider

At Large

Qualifying

40

Best

40

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Nicolas Lehmann05

Nicolas
Lehmann

At Large

Qualifying

38

Best

38

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Felix Stamm06

Felix
Stamm

Silver Ticket

Qualifying

37

Best

37

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Mona Winter07

Mona
Winter

At Large

Qualifying

35

Best

35

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Doron De Wolf08

Doron
De Wolf

At Large

Qualifying

33

Best

33

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Pierre Biege09

Pierre
Biege

At Large

Qualifying

33

Best

40

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Julian Schneckenburger10

Julian
Schneckenburger

At Large

Qualifying

32

Best

33

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Andrea Pestoni11

Andrea
Pestoni

At Large

Qualifying

32

Best

32

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Francois Gervaix12

Francois
Gervaix

At Large

Qualifying

30

Best

30

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Daniel Schwitter13

Daniel
Schwitter

At Large

Qualifying

30

Best

30

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Jörg Desteffani14

Jörg
Desteffani

At Large

Qualifying

30

Best

34

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Sebastian Kopp15

Sebastian
Kopp

At Large

Qualifying

30

Best

30

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All fifteen, as a list
PosNameHow they got inQualBestTeam championships
01Nima JavaheriTeam CaptainSilver Ticket59592022: 35 · 2024: 59
02Matteo TenchioAt Large58622024: 58
03Ismael RöthlisbergerAt Large4040first time
04Marc SchneiderAt Large40402024: 33
05Nicolas LehmannAt Large38382024: 38
06Felix StammSilver Ticket37372024: 32
07Mona WinterAt Large3535first time
08Doron De WolfAt Large3333first time
09Pierre BiegeAt Large3340first time
10Julian SchneckenburgerAt Large32332024: 31
11Andrea PestoniAt Large3232first time
12Francois GervaixAt Large3030first time
13Daniel SchwitterAt Large30302024: 30
14Jörg DesteffaniAt Large30342022: 34 · 2024: 30
15Sebastian KoppAt Large30302024: 24

Qual is the best loop count inside the qualifying window, 16 August 2024 to 15 August 2026 — that is what selects the team. Best is the runner’s career best; where it is higher, that race fell outside the window. Team championship loop counts from the 2020, 2022 and 2024 Swiss results.

Race organisation
Jan Bruhnsen

Race Director

Jan Bruhnsen

  • Organisation and infrastructure
  • Enforcing rules
  • Athlete safety
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Co-Race Director

Christian Pötzsch

  • Whatever Jan can't do
Carsten Drilling

Team Manager

Carsten Drilling

  • Masseur
  • Psychotherapist
  • Chef
  • Coach
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Nima Javaheri

Team Captain

Nima Javaheri

  • Motivational speaker
  • Arranges training
  • Runners support
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