Elite orienteers from around the world will join local enthusiasts to
test their endurance and intelligence next month at the 2018 Beijing
Orienteering Week in Langfang, North China's Hebei province.To get more
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This
year's event has attracted 50 top orienteering athletes, including 2018
world junior champion Colin Kolbe of Germany and female European
Championships winner Karolin Olsson of Sweden. They will come from about
30 countries and regions to compete in five races - four sprints and
one mid-range race - with Chinese runners from Oct 20-29 at the Linqigu
Forest Hot Spring Resort, 50 km southeast of Beijing.
Orienteering
week was established in 2016 by Beijing-based company Learnjoy Sports,
and some of its races have been included in the Park World Tour's (PWT)
China series.
Originating from navigation training exercises for
military officers, orienteering has developed into a group of sports
that requires navigational skills using maps and a compass, physical
endurance and teamwork to move from one point to another as quickly as
possible in wild terrain.
In addition to the PWT China series'
elite group, the 3rd Beijing Orienteering Week also will include the
China Orienteering Open, which features different age classes from 10 to
65 to encourage more people from the general public to participate in
the fun outdoor adventure.
The event is aimed at pulling together
a great orienteering carnival with races, sports tourism promotions and
local culture experience, organizers said.
"We hope BOW can be a
truly global orienteering carnival, such as the classic Oringen, Swiss O
Week and Fin 5 Days," said Tan Xiaoping, the event's director.
Organizing
partners include the Beijing Orienteering Association, Linqigu Forest
Hot Spring Resort of Langfang and the Outdoor Leisure Sports Association
of Funhill.
Jaroslav Kacmarcik, the president of PWT said he
hoped that orienteering week will become one of the highest-level
orienteering events in the world.
The Wall