The 2nd Lidingoloppet China took part on a sunny and quite windy day at Changchun Jingyuetan Park. Around 10 000 people had gathered to run in the forest tracks. Except from local people of all ages, there had also come runners from many other parts of the world such as Kenya, Sweden, Australia and so on, just to participate in this race.   In the first row on the start line stood last years ...[More]

2009-6-17   In a couple of days, the time has come for one of the biggest running events in China this summer – Lidingoloppet China. Already, over 10.000 people have signed up for this cross-country running event that takes place under the midsummer sun in the forests of Jingyuetan.   An exciting experience awaits the participants with festivities and Swedish food and beer at the Arena...[More]

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]