Reaching out to the Millions
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DOCUMENTATION Impressions and Facts of the Park World Tour 1999 www.pwt.org Reaching out to the millions On the eve of the Park World Tour final, on a boat cruise hosted by the Nordic Consuls, in the lights of the classic Bund, the Shanghai Education Director Sun Quan Xing starts to speak. - Orienteering is a challenging sport, which promotes both physical and mental health. It is suitable for all ages. We have now decided that it will be included in the education for all our 2,5 million students, from kindergartens to universities. Unforgettable experiences The next day, the beautiful Botanic Garden in Shanghai is filled with young people - enthusiastic students, eagerly waiting to see the World Champions - and to try the course for themselves. Colourful balloons raise towards the skies, flowers and fanfare fill the air, with the orienteering stars in focus. - One of my best orienteering experiences ever, says multi-World Champion and Park World Tour initiator Jörgen Mårtensson, completing his last race of a 22 year career in the international world elite. Mårtensson, now strongly working for the orienteering development in China, shakes hands with Sun Quan Xing, while the new Park World Tour Champions, Gunilla Svärd and Allan Mogensen step into the spotlight. Surrounded by TV cameras and admiring students asking for their autographs, the orienteers feel like rock stars completing their World Tour in the most magnificent atmosphere. From the forest to the fortress This year, the excitement of orienteering has amazed the crowds in five big cities in Europe and three Asian metropols. A total of 131 athletes from 23 countries have found their way in the fortress of Akershus in Oslo, past the historic university in Glasgow and through the huge Showa Kinen Park in Tokyo - proving that this sport can be practised everywhere. More than five hours of Park World Tour action has been broadcast on TV, with pictures in more than 125 countries. In China, a weekly series presents the sport to 60 million viewers. With Shanghai introducing orienteering on the school scheme for 2,5 million students - and Beijing applying for the 2008 Olympic Games - another important step is taken towards making orienteering part of the Olympic programme. Anders Vestergård Park World Tour President STAGE 1 • MARCH 26 Farum Stage 1 Official Results Women Red, white 1 Heather Monro GBR 16.41,5 2 Gunilla Svärd SWE 17.00,3 and dynamite! 3 Johanna Asklöf FIN 17.06,5 4 Sabrina Meister-Fesseler SUI 17.11,2 Surprised passengers in the train from Farum 5 Lucie Böhm AUT 17.16,4 to Copenhagen catch a glimpse of a red and 6 Katarina Borg SWE 17.16,8 white flash passing outside. 7 Elisabeth Ingvaldsen NOR 17.17,6 8 Dorte Dahl DEN 17.36,1 9 Brigitte Wolf SUI 17.37,8 Carsten Jørgensen, the world´s fastest orienteer, is running 10 Reeta Kolkkala FIN 17.43,4 for gold in the first Park World Tour race of the season 11 Jana Cieslarova CZE 17.49,0 - the Tour premiere on Danish ground. 12 Eija Koskivaara FIN 17.51,7 Jørgensen dashes through the cheering home crowds, 13 Maria Sandström SWE 17.54,7 to beat veteran Jörgen Mårtensson with seven seconds. 14 Ellen Moen NOR 18.00,2 Supporters, journalists and enthusiastic spectators also 15 Katarina Allberg SWE 18.00,7 celebrate the third place of "home town boy" Allan 16 Birgitte N. Husebye NOR 18.04,4 Mogensen, while Heather Monro of Great Britain climbs 17 Maria Spasiuk UKR 18.13,0 the winners podium among the women, clearly faster 18 Karin Schmalfeld GER 18.29,1 than Gunilla Svärd and Johanna Asklöf. 19 Vroni König-Salmi SUI 18.40,7 20 Giedre Voveriene LTU 18.48,6 Spectators: 2000 21 Kirsi Tiira FIN 18.58,8 22 Anna Garin ESP 19.00,5 23 Barbara Baczek POL 19.21,7 TV coverage in total: 33 minutes 24 Agnes Simon ROM 20.06,9 • Danmarks Radio/TV 1 (30 minutes summary, 161 000 viewers) 25 Zhang Aixia CHN 28.56,0 • TV 2 (news report) Maria Høyer DEN DSQ Newspaper coverage: Official Results Men 10-20 articles in all main newspapers, including 1 Carsten Jørgensen DEN 14.00,3 • Jyllandsposten 2Jörgen Mårtensson SWE 14.07,7 • BT 3 Allan Mogensen DEN 14.17,5 4 Svajunas Ambrazas LTU 14.19,2 5 Jimmy Birklin SWE 14.19,3 6 Odin Tellesbø NOR 14.23,3 7 Rudolf Ropek CZE 14.24,4 8 Thomas H. Nielsen DEN 14.29,2 9 Grant Bluett AUS 14.37,8 10 Kjetil Bjørlo NOR 14.41,4 11 Carlo Rigoni ITA 14.45,3 12 Petter Thoresen NOR 14.54,9 13 Michal Jedlicka CZE 15.00,2 14 Daniel Giger SUI 15.00,6 15 Mikael Boström SWE 15.01,2 16 Johan Näsman SWE 15.03,4 17 Jani Lakanen FIN 15.14,7 18 Juha Peltola FIN 15.15,5 19 Gabor Domonyik HUN 15.20,6 20 Robert Banach POL 15.27,1 21 Chris Terkelsen DEN 15.35,8 22 Stepen Palmer GBR 15.41,6 23 Erik Aibast EST 16.12,9 24 Liu Shucheng CHN 18.10,1 Valentin Novikov RUS DSQ Yuri Omeltchenko UKR DNF STAGE 2 • APRIL 23 Stockholm Stage 2 Official Results Women On top of the world 1 Maria Sandström SWE 18:36,4 No fear for the bears, growling in their cave 2 Hanne Staff NOR 18:36,5 3 Johanna Asklöf FIN 18:40.0 half-way around the course. No fear for the 4 Liisa Anttila FIN 18:43,0 world stars, suddenly placed in the great 5 Lucie Böhm AUT 18:50,7 outdoor museum of Skansen, in the middle 6 Heather Monro GBR 18:53,7 7 Vroni König-Salmi SUI 19:06,4 of Stockholm: 8 Reeta Kolkkala FIN 19:06,6 9 Eija Koskivaara FIN 19:07,2 Maria Sandström is unstoppable this sunny day, finding 10 Elisabeth Ingvaldsen NOR 19:07,8 the controls smoother than anyone else. Rushing onto 11 Dorte Dahl DEN 19:13,1 the stage, well-known all over Sweden from concerts 12 Karolina Arewång SWE 19:13,5 and TV shows, she scores a time only one tenth of a 13 Birgitte N. Husebye NOR 19:13,7 second faster than World Champion Hanne Staff. 14 Sabrina Meister-Fesseler SUI 19:21,0 Sandström jumps towards the skies, as Rudolf Ropek, 15 Katarina Allberg SWE 19:34,0 chased by a Trans World Sport TV team runs towards 16 Katarina Borg SWE 19:36,0 his tenth victory in the four year Park World 17 Jana Cieslarova CZE 19:48,7 Tour history. A terrific venue for a park race, says Odin 18 Gunilla Svärd SWE 20:15,2 Tellesbø of Norway, bronze medallist among the men, 19 Barbara Baczek POL 20:17,1 right behind his compatriote Kjetil Bjørlo. 20 Brigitte Wolf SUI 20:43,2 21 Tracy Bluett AUS 20:46,8 Spectators: 3000 22 Külli Kaljus EST 20:59,0 23 Giedre Voveriene LTU 21:08,9 TV coverage in total: 32 minutes 24 Irina Mikhalko RUS 25:54,4 25 Tang Wanhui CHN 28:29,0 • Swedish Television/TV 1 (5 minutes summary) Maria Spasiuk UKR DSQ • Trans World Sport (7 minutes special report) • China Education TV (20 minutes special summary) Official Results Men Radio coverage in total: 30 minutes 1 Rudolf Ropek CZE 15:14,0 • Swedish Radio P 4 (live reports) 2 Kjetil Bjørlo NOR 15:37,6 • Radio Uppland 3 Odin Tellesbø NOR 15:41,2 • Radio Sörmland 4 Yuri Omeltchenko UKR 15:43,7 5Bjørnar Valstad NOR 15:44,0 Newspaper coverage: 6 Grant Bluett AUS 15:57,2 7 Alain Berger SUI 15:59,7 Articles in 25 Swedish newspapers, including 8 Mikael Boström FIN 16:04,0 • Dagens Nyheter 9Jörgen Mårtensson SWE 16:04,5 • Svenska Dagbladet 10 Michal Jedlicka CZE 16:13,5 • Aftonbladet 11 Petter Thoresen NOR 16:15,8 • Expressen 12 Janne Salmi FIN 16:17,7 • Ericsson´s world wide magazine "Kontakten" 13 Juha Peltola FIN 16:22,1 14 Henrik Tryggesson SWE 16:27,6 15 Allan Mogensen DEN 16:29,3 16 Carsten Jørgensen DEN 16:30,2 17 Svajunas Ambrazas LTU 16:33,3 18 Peter Jacobsson SWE 16:33,9 19 Fredrik Löwegren SWE 16:41,0 20 Valentin Novikov RUS 16:43,9 21 Robert Banach POL 16:53,6 22 Carlo Rigoni ITA 17:03,9 23 Erik Aibast EST 18:52,8 24 Jon Duncan GBR 19:19,8 25 Liu Bo CHN 30:34,5 Jimmy Birklin SWE DNF STAGE 3 • JUNE 11 Turku Stage 3 Official Results Women Rock around the river 1 Gunilla Svärd SWE 18:04,1 The orienteers replace the rock bands, entering the stage 2 Lucie Böhm AUT 18:05,9 of Finland´s biggest city festival in Turku this hot afternoon 3 Reeta Kolkkala FIN 18:16,3 in June. The riverside in the ancient city is crowded with 3 Johanna Asklöf FIN 18:16,3 people - enjoying the show. 5 Hanne Staff NOR 18:17,6 From the restaurant boat "Black Rudolf" the VIP guests 6 Vroni König-Salmi SUI 18:45,9 watch Rudolf Ropek looking for the right route up the 7 Katarina Borg SWE 19:04,9 nearby hill. Jörgen Mårtensson - experiencing one of 8 Jana Cieslarova CZE 19:14,4 the trickiest park courses ever - threats the Czech 9 Brigitte Wolf SUI 19:16,5 Champion up close, but is beaten by one second.