City Chase World Championship

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Aussies Flying High

NSW Stingers Orienteering / 02.11.2006

Team Australia, with the aid of Brooks running attire, arrived in Chicago two days prior to the race to unexpected snow falls but adapted to win the World Championship race.

The race was an exceptional experience for all teams involved where teams were required to get around a course running or using public transport around the sights of Chicago with the team to go around the course the fastest being crowned the winner. Competitors were expecting two races approximately 4-5 hours over two days but race organisers dropped a bombshell announcing the race would start early Friday morning and not finish till Saturday night. The course was not known to competitors until they arrived at each checkpoint which unknown to competitors at the time included skydiving from 14,000 feet, trapeze acts, night golf and landscaping for charity.

The race started at Buckingham Fountain with a scavenger hunt around the famous sites of Chicago to collect various items such as train passes and money which is needed during the course. Team Australia headed out with Teams Edmonton and Vancouver and finished the first section in the lead group.
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