High scores close the City Legends season at the sixth round near Domina shopping centre

Original publication date: 09.11.2022

Despite the bitterly cold wind, more than 700 took part in the final stage
fans of rogaining, which included representatives of several sports, some of whom
also former or current members of the Latvian national team. Two competitors
in teams of up to four participants according to abilities and wishes, the organizers offered 2
hour “Domina”, 4 hour “Kokmuiža” and 6 hour “Garmin” rogaining distances,
as well as an individual 3-hour “MTB” and 2-hour “O-Run” Isostar rogaining run.
For children up to the age of 12, the usual walk and checkpoint were arranged
visiting about five kilometers long.
In the longest 6h Garmin distance, more than a hundred teams compete with Jasāns with
Bībers was visited for the fourth time in the season, meeting the time limit by a considerable margin
all the checkpoints and collected 200 points, thus naturally winning as well
in the overall standings, where five of the six stages were counted. Pēteris Grīvi and Ruben
Schultz (Kantrė born in Smiltene) was very close to collecting the maximum number of points
two teams, but visiting and marking two checkpoints for them
was not counted, thus taking second place with 193 points. “Fiskarieši” Gatis
Baron and Māris Jansons also earned a lawsuit amount of 190 points when they allowed
third place. The best mixed team with 174 points was from Estonia, with 148
points in the women's competition, the first place was won by “Ampēriņš” (Madara Apsalone,
Aleksandra Fjodorova, but Juris celebrated the victory in the family competition with 129 points
Shlesser with his daughter Eliza (RS kukainīši), who were very happy about winning the lottery
Garmin watches.
Although he showed a relatively modest result in the last stage (166 points and 8th place),
however, a solid second place in the season overall for team “Naids” (Mārtiņš Krūze,
Edgars Jurjāns). Trijnieku finished with 799 points in the overall standings
team “Kreisais krasts” with the usual duo of Uģi Inku and Zani Gruberti. Very
in the similar fight for victory in the women's competition, "Dzintars" did not compete in the last stage
matos" (Kristīne Kadaša, Gunta Brazauska) still maintained a three-point lead over
“Vidzemniecēm” Noru Baranovsku and Martu Liepiņu for which the time limit
overspending was removed by 13 points, which turned out to be decisive for the overall ranking of the season.
4h Kokmuiža distance, where over 90 teams competed, the only ones who exceeded
the 150-point mark, setting this season’s record for the course, were Andris and
Zigmārs Gaiļi (Small Training) who had not participated in the “XEvents”
rogaining competition for three years. Maksims finished a couple of minutes above the time limit and
Ilze Leščenski (Schwerpunkt) but that didn't stop the best mixed team with 133
points to take second place in the overall standings, ahead of Roland by two points
Ruditis and Mārtiņu Birumu (Ultru Pikniks).

Pēc Ogres stage release in September Ieva Godiņa and Aiga Kalniņa (B3/Without
kompas) was again the best in the women's competition, accumulating 118 points. For them too
regular victory in the season overall among the ladies' teams and third place
in the overall standings, conceding only to the two best men's teams -
to the overwhelming winners “Riga Adventure team” (Mārtiņš Ozoliňš, Jānis
Ķemers, Valdis Čunka), who already secured first place after the Ogre stage,
therefore did not start together in the last stage, and “Necūko mežā” (Valters Veiss with his
for couples). Meanwhile, “Romanichi” won the best status for the second stage in a row
among families. This time, the Koshkin family needed 85 points.
In the 2h Domina distance, the southern neighbors Lithuanians celebrated their victory with 66 points, but with
With 62 points, second overall was the best mixed team “Zajec”, consisting of
Juris Kļaviņš and Zane Dzirkale started. Uldis finished the trio with 61 points
Pormeisters and Gunārs Ozoliņš (LV Bārdas), who had enough of the leading positions
for protection in the overall standings, as the fiercest competitors Mārtiņš Treijs and Uldis Cīrulis
(Putekļu rijēji), taking an all-or-nothing approach to the overall standings, exceeded the time limit by just under 14
minutes, so they settled for 60 from the richest harvest in this stage (74 points).
points and second place overall.
Even though in the stage Kārlis and Daina Stonkas gave way to their fiercest ones in the stage
for competitors RK “Mītava” with Mareku Bulkovski, Aiju Svikli and Edgaru Rancānu
in the composition, however, both teams are in a very similar battle for the best status in the overall standings
the mixed teams, however, were dominated by Stonkas. “Pilsētas žurku” win
no one else threatened women in the overall standings, but in the stage, despite Anetes
Dārtas Rožkalnes in the final part of the injury distance, Valentīna Romanova with
teammates were only one point behind the strong and winning women's team
for the competition winners Zandai Abzalonei and Kristīnei Veitai (SEL team), which are
deserve praise for helping Aneta, who is in pain, to reach the finish line. Meanwhile
Andris and Amanta Mikijanski earned half a hundred, which was enough to win the last
stage in the family category.
3h MTB, the number of participants reached over fifty, extremely similar battles took place
for the third place for both sexes, because the 3rd and 4th places got the same number of points, but
for women, only one point separated the first two places. He started for the third time in the season and for the third time
once also won by Mārtiņš Linde, who left behind the overall winner in the stage
Raiti Muižnieku. For women, a strong overall leader Inesai Kauķei
the competition consisted of Dina Zobena, whose overtaking surprised Inese and
also genuine joy, because usually in other competitions Dina has been ahead.
In the 2h O race, Atis Krūmiņš dominated, leaving overall leader Jānis behind
Dūku, with which he got the same number of points and 13 seconds longer in the distance
accompanied by Ričards Krims. The women had exactly the same thing, namely the overall ranking
the winner Anita Užule got the second place, because of the stage with the most points for women's luggage
collected in competition by Lauma Čerņevska.