Orienteering
Renate Fauner got to sense the skills and speed of the world elite in one of her home land’s most well-known cities. Thousands of tourists, flocking Piazza San Marco and the surrounding streets was an additional obstacle in the Park World Tour final in Venice, Italy, 11.10.1997.
What happened to the leading man ten controls before the finish? Made for loving it lets you know.
In 2018, PWT toured in China twice. The latter tour was in accordance with the Guangdong Historical Road Orienteering Championship, which was concluded on 20.12.2018 in Paitan. A giant waterfall set the scene for the venue.
Czech Denisa Kosova, getting the champion’s check, was perhaps the happiest lady that day.
The organizers had also made runner cards presenting the athletes. You can see how they looked in Made for loving it.
Chris Terkelsen had a good trip up the 256 steps to the Schloßberg and all the way to the finish in Graz, Austria 10.10.1997. The previous evening, the Park World Tour racers had climbed the stage on the main square in a live TV broadcast – as part of an event that raised the standards for international orienteering.
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Not Miami, but Rizhao, China provided the beach atmosphere on 19.10.2019 as the PWT race took place around Rizhao Beach Resort. The terrain was a real mixture and the visual reality could be a bit different than the first image in your head, as perhaps can be seen on the face of Maija Sianoja.
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Katarina Borg and Dorte Dahl chose the straight route to control 15 on a speedy course in central Budapest 8.10.1997. The Hungarian organisers had one speaker at the start and finish next to the Heroes Square, and another one announcing what happened at the water crossing – as well as live commentary online.
How many school kids tried the course after the Park World Tour? Find this and more pleasure in Made for loving it.
The PWT race in Chongqing on 2.11.2019 was a special one. Set inside a museum area – also literally – the athletes not only decided the ranking order with a chasing start one-man-relay final but also got to orienteer indoors.
How was the indoor area mapped? Can you put the control above to the map? Dive in to Made for loving it to solve the puzzle.
A unique experience awaited the Park World Tour orienteers in historical Český Krumlov, Czech Republic, and its 13th century castle on 7.10.1997. The first of four races in five days took them through colonnades and narrow cobblestone streets, crossing the Vltava river and the castle park.
In which room of the castle did the athletes gather the night before the race? Join them in Made for loving it.
Beijing Garden Expo Park, 5.11.2019, start and finish under a very tall temple, one you could see from all parts of the terrain, warm weather and sunshine, different tactics to get into the picture below. Somebody even relied on compass, and with success.
The temple in all its glory as well as the course that provided a GPS flower – you can find them in Made for loving it.
Thousands of people filled Laxå, Sweden, for a giant fair on 2.8.1997. Mapmaker and course setter Tage Hammer got some of them into the forest, watching a surprise on the Park World Tour course.
What happened between controls 6 and 10? Get the full map – and 120 more – in Made for loving it.
These athletes had a lot of reason for their happy smiles. Not only they did amazingly well in the race but also got to experience orienteering in yet a new interesting map in Beijing, in a venue that was opened just for the PWT athletes on 8.11.2019.
What was special about the venue and the terrain? Read it in Made for loving it, along with some comments on how to do well in this kind of terrain.