Orienteering

Orienteering

 

 

Orienteering

 

Meaning of Orienteering

Orienteering a sport that combines map-reading and cross-country running. Competitors make their way through unfamiliar terrain using a compass and a topographical map. (Dict. Of sp. And ex. Sc. 2006, 150P.) Orienteering the sport of finding you way through rough terrain which you do not know, using maps and compasses (dict. Of leis., Trav. And tour., 2008, 215P.) Orienteering recreational or competitive sport where the participants must find certain control points (posts) marked on a map in the shortest possible time by walking on foot or using cross-country running or skiing. The length of the course "necessary to include enough posts should have a maximum length of 16 km (skiing 25 km) for men and 9 km (skiing 14 km) for women. The posts are usually located in a wooded area or forest which is unknown to the participants before the competition. Competitors carry a map, a compass, and a control card which has to be marked at each post. Individual and team events, day and night runs, multiple day and relay runs as well as combined runs are held. Orienteering can also be performed on bicycles, horses, with motor vehicles, or boats. (H.Haag &g. Haag, dictionary, 2003, 344p)

 

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1.   Chambers  Sports  Factfinder.  Chambers  Harrap  Publishers  Ltd  2005.  [ISBN  0550  101616] (Chambers. Sports Factf.,2005)
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