Olaine Rogaining attracts a large turnout
On Saturday, July 11, the Olaine rogaining was held in Olaine for the fourth year in a row, which gathered 500 participants - both local orienteering and cycling activists, as well as city guests from all over Latvia, who came to explore the surroundings of Olaine - the city, forests, meadows and swamps. This year, team “Krūšu inspekcija” with Miķeli Zumbergu and Gati Šmauksteli was the fastest in the Isostar 6h distance, team “Mežpils” with Kasparu Adijānu and Valdi Čunku won the Olainfarm 4h distance, and team “Tā tas notiekas” celebrated the victory in the Magnesia 2h distance. Uģis Inka and Gita Vilensone.
Original publication date: 14.07.2020
This year, the start of the competition was given in Olaines Mežapark. "Last year, you could put yourself in the shoes of German, Russian, Latvian and Soviet riflemen, storming checkpoints hidden in trenches and barracks on a map that looked like a stitched together tapestry from before the war to the present day. This year we started from Mežapark in the town of Olaine, from where we went in the western direction to the Cena moor, a new map was drawn," says the author of the distance. Reinis Bērziname. It should be mentioned that the participants of the distance had to go not only across swamps, through forests and meadows after the checkpoints.
On the other hand, in MTB rogaining, Artūrs Verza was the most skilled pedaler in the men's group, Jānis Kaupe was in second place and Jānis Lācis was third in the men's competition. The women's competition was won by Zane Vitenberga-Verza. Inese Briede took second place, leaving behind Ilzi Bērziņu.
Already on July 25, all rogaining and orienteering enthusiasts are invited to join the Valmiera rogaining, which is the third stage of the new rogaining series “Pilsētas leģendas”. Still this year, the stages within the series will take place in Riga on September 5, Madona on September 19 and the final stage again in Riga on July 7
Rogaining is an orienteering competition, where teams of 2 to 4 participants visit checkpoints located in nature during the selected time limit
The competition is offered by Olaine County Council, supported by OlainFarm, Isostar, Magnesia.