Orienteering
Hans Mårtensson, Ola Gustafsson, Gåvert Wååg and the other Park World Tour crew members were overwhelmed by the gift they got in Gothenburg, Sweden, 15.8.1998: New headgear from the top orienteers, thanking them for an amazing season.
What was a dominating element of the final at amusement park Liseberg? Find your flow in Made for loving it.
No time to stop for bananas – Yannick Michiels flying out from the banana forest to enter the Yanzhou Island village, and ultimately taking a victory in the race on 13.12.2017.
PWT congratulates Yannick for his recent EOC silver medal, his first in international orienteering championships.
Want to know how does a banana forest look on map? The answer is in Made for loving it.
The fashion models invited to entertain the orienteers in Olomouc 13.8.1998 suddenly found Katarina Borg, Hanne Staff & the gang in their dresses, taking over the catwalk. Jörgen Mårtensson, in a Winnie the Pooh tie, thanked the Czech Olympic Committee president Milan Jirasek with a Park World Tour standard.
Where did the race start, finish and banquet take place? Made for loving it shows it all.
Øystein Kvaal Østerbø, one of the most merited runners in PWT history, took one more victory on 15.12.2017 in the forests of Xiqiao Mountain in Foshan. Here holding the biggest prize cheque together with the women’s winner Laura Ramstein.
How many PWT races has Øystein won? And Laura? Who has the most wins and points? Check the facts in Made for loving it.
With respect, Yuri Omeltchenko turned his eyes to the Planai mountain on 11.8.1998. The Austrian ski capital Schladming hosted the Park World Tour, also taking the runners down the World Championships downhill course.
Who did Yuri share the Schladming victory with? Find more than 240 winners in Made for loving it.
A double effort was required on 17.12.2017 in Guangdong Historical Road Orienteering Championships, not just with two races but two which demanded constant focus.
Check the intriguing maps from Guangzhou’s Huangpu Ancient Port and Haizhu Wetland Park in Made for loving it.
Lucie Böhm (now Rothauer), timekeeper Bjarte Dyngjeland, Katarina Allberg (now Smith), Karolina Arewång (now Arewång Højsgaard) and Juha Peltola enjoyed Assisi, Italy and the Park World Tour 8.8.1998.
Where did the course go? Get it – and 120 more – in Made for loving it.
21.10.2018 marked the beginning and the first race of Beijing O week 2018. Before the race, Tereza Janosikova, Øystein Kvaal Østerbø, and Maxime Rauturier, invited by the locals, tried some tai chi to wake up their muscles.
Made for loving it tells the rest of the day.
The map has hardly dried after the thunder and rain that hit Suomenlinna on Helsinki day 12.6.1998. The Finnish fortress island opened its gates for the Park World Tour orienteers – and keen followers on ramparts and cliffs.
How many of the controls were closer than 25 metres from the sea? Find them all in Made for loving it.
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.
Karolin Ohlsson further provided to the Swedish success with a 2nd place in the women’s race.
Can you guess what was provided for the podium runners? Find out more in Made for Loving it.