2009-05-14 Lena Gavelin, 2nd place in the women’s 30km in 2008 years Lidingoloppet in Sweden, and Japhet Kipkorir, 2nd in the men’s 30km are both coming over to China to run in Lidingoloppet China 2009.    Lena Gavelin is born 1974 and she has been competing with the Swedish track and field athletics team for many years. She has a Swedish gold in 10.000 m and is the keeper of the Swed...[More]

    Summer has come for real to northern China, a few days after the May 1 holiday it was “lixia” – “the beginning of summer” in the Chinese lunar calendar. Next month, on the day when Lidingoloppet China is held, it will also be the Chinese “xiazhi” which is the summer solstice. The Swedish midsummer festival is traditionally celebrated around this day in Sweden as a tribute to t...[More]

Since 1982, Lidingoloppet in Sweden has the Guinness World record of being the biggest terrain running event, a record which is not yet broken. Lidingoloppet China however may have a chance to beat that record, only in its second year…   About 20.000 persons took part in the first ever Lidingoloppet China in 2008, but many more were interested.Due to restrains before the Olympics, not everyo...[More]

After a meeting between Lidingoloppet Sweden and Nordic Ways-organizer of Lidingoloppet China-it was decided that participants in Lidingoloppet China will from 2009 have the right to use their finishing result time in Lidingoloppet China as an official time for seeding in Lidingoloppet in Sweden. This means that participants can use their finishing result time in Lidingol...[More]

2008-06-21 Today was probably the first time the people in Changchun celebrated Midsummer, and it was also the first time they ran Lidingoloppet China. As many as 20.000 participants were running  in the forests of Changchun including the City Mayor, Mr Cui Jie. It has been a beautiful day with blue sky, a great race, and good food. It will be a day to be remembered for sure. Two people ...[More]

Midsummer is getting closer, and with that the people in Changchun is preparing for the big running festival Lidingoloppet China on June 21st. The interest for this event is huge in Changchun, there were 40.000 people registered. However, due to environmental and political reasons, given what has been going on in China the last months, and the Olympics that are coming up, the government decid...[More]

2008-05-14 Today at 13:00 the first press conference for Lidingoloppet China was held in Changchun. The key persons in this conference were Mr Yang Wenjun (Vice Director of Jingyue Economy Development Zone), Mrs Chen Keshi (Director of Jilin Tourism Bureau), Jan-Erik Österström (General Secretary Lidingoloppet Sweden), and Mr Gong Wenbin (General Manager of Jingjuetan Park) Around 30 med...[More]

Lidingoloppet China is a brand new event in China. This Swedish brand has a history of  more than 40 years, and is considered as the largest cross country running event in the world. The Chinese version will just as in Sweden have the longest distance of 30 K in tough terrain.   The event will be held in Jingyuetan park, Changchun located north-east in China in the Jilin province. The ev...[More]

Nordic Ways will arrange a train for our participants in Lidingoloppet China from Beijing to Changchun and back. The train ride takes around 7 hours each way. When in Changchun you will have the advantage of experiencing the celebrations of the biggest tradition in Sweden; Midsummer! A Swedish midsummer involves dancing around the traditional midsummer-pole to accordion music, laughing togeth...[More]