Cross SM 2026
The task wasn’t only to document the race. At the same time, images had to be selected, edited and delivered in real time, especially portraits of the newly crowned Swiss champions, which had to go online immediately after the results.
We worked as a small media team: one person focusing on video, one handling live posting and editing, and me fully on photography. That setup made a huge difference. It allowed each of us to focus, while still working closely together throughout the day.
The day quickly turned into a constant cycle:
shooting, running, selecting, editing, delivering and then back out onto the course.
Between positions, I covered nearly 12 kilometers, with a fastest split of 2:34 min/km all while carrying two cameras.
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In March 2026, I had the opportunity to photograph the Swiss Cross-Country Championships at the Adrian Lehmann Cross.
It had been a while since I last attended a cross event, and it felt good to be back. Familiar faces, early-season energy, athletes testing their form.
But this time, I wasn’t standing on the start line.
I was moving around the course with two cameras, fully focused on capturing the race, not just the performance, but the emotion around it.
I focused mostly were emotions. Not just the race itself, but everything around it:
the tension before the start, the effort on the climbs, the reactions at the finish line.
Cross-country has a rawness to it that’s hard to replicate anywhere else.
Mud, uneven terrain, changing rhythm, it forces athletes to show something real.
And honestly, that’s exactly what makes cross-country so special to me.
I used to race cross myself during my junior years. The mud, the hills, the intensity, it’s a different kind of running. Being back in that environment, this time with a camera, felt like coming full circle.