2017 Love Orienteering·Jiangsu Orienteering Tour
—Nanjing Xuanwu Lake Station
4Month29morning2017The Love Orienteering · Jiangsu Orienteering Tour—Nanjing Xuanwu Lake Station started at the Sun Palace in Nanjing Xuanwu LakeSALOMONRunning Flagship Store, officially sounding the starting whistle. This event was organized by Jiangsu Ziyeye Yunshang Sports Development Co., Ltd., ihosted by Yunshang Outdoor Sports Club, and guided by the Jiangsu Provincial Sports Federation and the Jiangsu Radio and Orienteering Sports Association.
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Orienteering originated in Northern Europe. Participants use a compass and a detailed, accurate orienteering map to find their way through a series of checkpoints (control points) in the order marked on the map, choosing the best route for themselves to reach the finish line. The participant with the shortest time wins. It is commonly known as“a treasure hunt.”.
Orienteering is internationally referred to as “marathon + chess.”,It is a fashionable outdoor sport that combines sports tourism, leisure fitness, and youth education.,It is attracting more and more participants and enthusiasts around the worldand is a new post-marathon consumer upgrade experience..This event also attractedparticipants from various places who set off in batches at the sound of the starting whistle, competing along the Xuanwu Lake lakeside track.The organizing committee specially commissioned professional cartographers to create the orienteering maps and set up control point routes and other elements according to orienteering competition standards, aiming to provide all participants with a professional event service.
It is reported that this event includedFamily Group and Friends Group,Professional Group, andOutdoor Club/Running Team/University clubsLeague teamsfourcategories, each with attractive prizes; participants who complete the course will also enjoy exciting activities such as finish-line photo opportunities and a buffet party, aiming to create a humanized and service-oriented event.
This event received strong support from numerous enterprises and media outlets, contributing significantly to its successful execution.
Post-race interviews with participants revealed high satisfaction with the professionalism of the competition and the humanized services provided. More fun than a marathon!” Ultimately, the Southeast Orienteering Association Team One demonstrated their expertise to claim first place with a time of1:41:45, stating that they thoroughly enjoyed the race and hoped the organizing committee would continue to grow in professionalism, offering them more space and platform to apply their skills. Meanwhile, participants from the Zhenjiang Cultural Tourism Club, who traveled specially from Zhenjiang to Xuanwu Lake, described the event as a huge surprise. As a team new to orienteering, they found the maps quite challenging. But as sports enthusiasts, they said they most enjoyed the process of competing—placing was not as important. They expressed their eagerness to compete again when given the chance, aiming to give their best performance.
