Orienteering
On 24.7.2002, two Swedish rock’n’roll legends played in Skövde, centre stage of the O-ringen 5-days. The Park World Tour in nearby Karlsborg, a few hours earlier, attracted a few more.
In which order would you have picked the four first controls on the fortress course?
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Matthias Müller snapped the victory on 15.11.2008 in the PWT race moving along the streets and grapevine filled ridges of Lonigo. Going home with a bottle of sparkling handed by the local winery.
The race in Lonigo, like many others taken place in Italy, was organized in collaboration with PWT Italy. Along the years, PWT has had and worked with many collaborators. You can find also them and their stories in Made for loving it. Also a perfect Christmas present!
Perth city centre on 11.9.2010 saw some modern sprint orienteering action, the courses zigzagging in the very heart of the city centre. But afterwards, it was time for a more traditional approach, starting with bagpipes during the flower ceremony and ending on Scottish folk dances in the prize giving banquet.
Sprint orienteering has come a long way for what it is today. How did it evolve? Read the whole story, the history of sprint orienteering as a discipline, in Made for loving it. Also a perfect Christmas present!
The national Olympic Committee president and principal of the Sport Institute of Finland, Tapani Ilkka, awarded Hanne Staff, Simone Luder and Liisa Anttila in Vierumäki on 14.6.2002. …
… Which male medallist did he get to congratulate only in the evening banquet, when Pasi Ikonen, Jani Lakanen and Marius Bjugan had lost what they first got around their necks?
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Beijing Olympic Park, on 23.10.2010, provided the athletes with fast paced action, 2000+ local students competing for their own championships, and an arena production which amazed the athletes back in 2010. After, the race festivities changed, quite literally, into a street food session.
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Petr Losman admires his Park World Tour gold medal.
Which building did he and the other competitors get to navigate through in Prostějov, Czech Republic on 12.5.2002?
Check out routes and maps from more than a hundred races in Made for loving it. Also a perfect Christmas present!
25.10.2010, Bei Gong Forest Park, a varied middle distance WRE race in an exotic Chinese terrain gave a good reason for big smiles, even more so for those on the podium.
Smiles to embrace, smiles to remember, many in Made for loving it.
Svajūnas Ambrazas enjoyed the forest-park mix in Čechy pod Kosířem, Czech Republic on 11.5.2002. Searching the slopes of a 442 metres hill and finishing next to a chateau, the veteran found himself a Park World Tour medallist.
What was the value of Svajūnas’ first PWT medal? And when had he run his first PWT race? Explore what glitters and lots more in Made for loving it. Also a perfect Christmas present!
The mapping continued in Mauritius with the arrival of Petr Hranicka, international mapper.
Together with Roman, and with the unshakable help of John Domah of Orienteering M, the map works continued to Domain de Lagrave, fully supported by Mr Gilbert, the owner.
This is such an interesting area for orienteering. Are you ready to compete here? We are finalizing the preliminary info of Mauritius 3 days, next year in November 😎
Stay tuned!
Many historical sites have set the venue for PWT races throughout the years. The Summer Palace in Beijing is definitely one of them, being the stage for the race on 27.10.2010. On the sunny Danish double day victories in both classes went to Denmark with an additional double victory among the women by Ida Bobach and Emma Klingenberg.
Browse the pages of Made for loving it to find out about other historical sites along with the maps.