A punch under the grapevine

Emil Svensk was the fastest man in what turned out to be a triple victory for Sweden in the yards of Qianyuan Chateau winery on 23.10.2018. Here Emil punching the last control under the grapevine.

Photo: Tuomas Kari

Karolin Ohlsson further provided to the Swedish success with a 2nd place in the women’s race.

Photo: Tuomas Kari

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Cool on the hill

An oasis in central Västerås, Sweden, the Djäkneberget hill drew thousands of people to the Park World Tour on 1.5.1998. At control 12, a memorial stone, the audience got as close as they could to art, history and international sport, with Edgaras Voveris already heading for the next one.

Photo: Erik Borg

Who played at the banquet, and for how many guests? Made for loving it tells you more.

First ever for Germany

Colin Kolbe became the first ever German PWT winner on 25.10.2018 in Beijing Garden Expo Park, another area covering several orienteering map sheets. Small stairs didn’t bother his map reading too much.

Photo: Beijing O Week

What did Colin think about his historical race? Read it in Made for loving it.

World class ambassadors

Amidst a week of unique experiences, 42 orienteers climb the Great Wall for a training run. They have introduced their sport to students, journalists and ambassadors in the Chinese capital, heading for the Ming Tombs 15.3.1998. There, they will delight university representatives from all over the land with another race – and a lucky lottery winner with a mobile phone.

Photo: Thommy Nyhlén
Photo: Erik Borg

Which national Olympic Committee member hosted the banquet? Check the possibilities in Made for loving it.

Olympic? Forest? Park?

These three words are combined in the Olympic Forest Park of Beijing, which is a huge area covering also several orienteering map sheets. On 26.10.2018 the PWT runners got to experience the hillier part of the park. Anja Arbter punching in one of the controls set in the middle of a steep slope.

Photo: Beijing O Week

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First on the tour

Hundreds of eager students queued up to learn more about a new sport on 14.3.1998. After the first international orienteering race in Beijing, China, Jenni Adams, Odin Tellesbø and the other Park World Tour athletes took the new beginners around the course at Tshinghua University.

Photo: Erik Borg

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Cabin fewer

27.10.2018, PWT International Orienteering Park, Linqigu orienteering town in Langfang, China, saw the ending of one highly successful orienteering career as Jonas Leandersson finished his last season of international orienteering (at least to date – he still seems to be in great shape).

Photo: Beijing O Week

The official video from the 2018 Beijing O Week / PWT China tour:

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Waking up the park

Relaxing citizens, tai-chi practitioners and boy scouts of Hong Kong got surprising company on 7.3.1998, when runners in colourful dresses appeared in the lung of the peninsula. Karin Schmalfeld did a focussed race in Kowloon Park.

Photo: Erik Borg

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Live from Yanzhou Island

The Guangdong Historical Road Orienteering Championship 2018, organized by PWT collaborator De-Best Company, kicked off on 16.12.2018 with spectacular festivities and most importantly, hugely challenging sprint courses. The best on those courses you can see in the picture below.

But how did they end up in the podium; See the recording from the live broadcast on YouTube:

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Asian excitement

Vickie Wong Wai Ching, one of Hong Kong’s most merited national team orienteers, welcomed the world’s best to the Asian premiere of the Park World Tour. The race at Hong Kong Sports Institute 6.3.1998 was one of the fastest ever in the PWT history.

Photo & design: Erik Borg/Sepp Hartinger

What was the pace per kilometre of the winning woman and man? Catch the clues in the 25 years anniversary book Made for loving it.