ORIENTEERING PARK WORLD TOUR PRESS RELEASE
PWT top guns Ropek and Omeltchenko meet in Czech Comeback
for Lucie Böhm at premiere in Slovakia
PROSTEJOV. Three of the biggest stars of the Orienteering
Park World Tour turn up again when the Tour comes to the Czech
Republic and Slovakia this weekend.
Czech crowd favourite Rudolf Ropek, PWT Champion in 1997-98,
will challenge the Ukrainian Tour supremo Yuri Omeltchenko,
who has won a total of 13 of the 57 PWT races organised so
far.
The reigning king of Saturday's host town Prostejov is however
Petr Losman, the 24-year old Czech who won the last PWT race
here in 2002. Strong contenders include World Championships
medallist Mats Haldin (Finland) and speedy PWT newcomers Nick
Barrable (Great Britain) and Robert Feldmann (Switzerland).
While Swiss orienteering queen Simone Niggli-Luder competes
in her current home land Sweden, PWT 2003 Champion Anne Margrethe
Hausken (Norway) is a hot tip in the women's class, together
with Britain's Sarah Rollins.
Sunday sees the first-ever Park World Tour race in Slovakia
- and the PWT comeback of 1997 World Champion Lucie Böhm.
The Austrian recently won the national long-distance championships,
and has prepared well for an interesting sprint course in
central Bratislava.
CZECH-SLOVAK PARK WORLD TOUR WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Saturday 8/5: PWT race 3/2004 in Prostejov, CZE
12.00 First start, women
13.00 First start, men
14.00 Prize-giving ceremony
Sunday 9/5: PWT race 4/2004 in Bratislava, SVK
10.00 First start, women
11.00 First start, men
12.00 Prize-giving ceremony
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