European Championship medallists win Legend Rogaining in Ropaži
Legend Rogaining, the popular event and the largest team or solo orienteering competition in the Baltic States, took place in Ropaži on 30 May, visiting this municipality near Riga for the first time. The event was organised by XEvents with support from Ropaži Municipality and Intervals.lv. European Championship medallists Zigmunds Bībers and Alberts Jasāns (Laid mums tur laimē diet) won the longest, INTERVALS.LV 6h course once again.
Original publication date: 31.05.2026
The new Legend Rogaining season opened in Ķīpsala on 21 March with 800 participants. On the last Saturday in May, the series continued in Ropaži, offering 650 participants an unfamiliar area to explore. The event centre was at Ropaži Secondary School, while the course covered forests, marshes and trails on both sides of the Lielā Jugla River, where layers of history coexist with the nature and tranquillity of the modern Ropaži area.
In the INTERVALS.LV 6h course, major championship medallists Bībers and Jasāns confirmed their status as favourites with another convincing victory and 188 points, a score similar to their March performance. Jānis Ķemers and Valdis Čunka (Riga adventure team) delivered another strong performance, finishing second with 163 points. In a close contest for third, Einārs Masteiko and Jānis Višķers (Onkuļi) beat Jurijs Dorofejevs and Armands Kūkajs (Divi gepardi) on time after both teams scored 159 points. The best mixed and women's teams completed the top six: Sandis Zukulis and Elīna Petrovska (Duets Elīna), and Madara Apsalone and Aleksandra Fjodorova (Ampēriņš).
Valters Veiss and Pāvels Ņevodņičenko (Wellman) won the IMPRO 4h course with 115 points and also topped the TVNET+ corporate challenge. Maksims and Ilze Leščinski scored 110 points to win the mixed category and finish second overall. This time they beat the first-round winners in their category, Eduards Pāķis and Sniedze Brakovska (Ādaži city), who completed the overall podium.
Vladas Kutiavians and Jānis Zeltiņš (Redshift team) won the TVNET+ 2h course with 56 points. Despite finishing over the time limit again, orienteers Salvis and Ilona Daģis (Dejavu) collected enough points to win the mixed category once more. Kalvis Brūns and Imants Kaktabulis (Route 86), winners at Spring Rogaining in late March, finished third this time. Aiga Kalniņa and Līga Vībure (AK 35+) were again the best women's team, finishing sixth overall with 44 points.
In the ALEXELA 3h MTBO course, Mārtiņš Linde — a European Championship top-20 finisher and last year's World Masters champion — won again with 170 points. Dina Zobena remained unbeaten in the women's competition. There were new winners in Magnesium Solo Rogaining: with Oskars Cimermanis and Daina Saltuma absent, Jānis Dūka and Dace Zumberga took first place.
Results and further information are available at rogainings.lv.