More than
2,000 stations in 71 countries of the world were organized competitions on the
occasion of the International Orienteering Day. The tournaments were initiated
by of the International Orienteering Federation and the main purpose of the
tournament was to identify new world record with starting of more than 250,000
athletes on the same day all over the world. As well as, the main goal of this
tournament was to be included in the list of the European games.The
Orienteering Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan organized race in Velopark
on the occasion of the International Orienteering Day in order to support the
identification of the new record. In the race More than 150 runners took part
in four categories and the participants competed for victory.The
representative of “Neftchi Sports Club” Ekaterina Yakovleva became the 1st
among the women. And Muslum Imranli became the 2nd among the men. Maxim
Baxoldin was the 1st among the teenager boys and Anna Belousova was the second
among the girls.