Baise International Outdoor Quest
Team World of Multisport Head For China
Martin Eriksson / 28.04.2009
The competition will be held in Baise City, Guangxi province on 26-28, April. Five top teams from all over the world were invited to compete in the multisport event: 2009 Baise International Outdoor Quest in China. From Europe Team World of Multisport was invited together with team Lafuma Sport 2000. Among the five invited teams are the favourites; Richard and Elina Ussher’s team, Seven Summits.
The event is divided into 3 stages (6-8 hours of racing/day) and the course is described as extremely “hilly�. Team Captain Martin Flinta is an Icon in Swedish multisport and he is joined by Clas Björling Swedish record holder on the Ironman distance at 8.15.59! Clas was Hawaii Ironman World Champion in 2002 (Age group 20-24). This will be his first multisport event, but it doesn’t matter; Clas is one of the toughest endurance athletes in the world.
Fleur Pawsey from New Zealand is joining them. Fleur is an avid multisporter who won the Speight’s Coast to Coast, World Multisport Championship in 2007 and finished 2nd in 2008. She has won the Porirua Grand Traverse and the Mt Isobel Challenge in 2007, finished in 3rd place on the Sportzhub national multisport rankings for the 2005/2006 season, and holds the race record for the Home to Pub/Wellington Multisport Championships.
The 4th team member Boqvist Pär has competed for the Swedish multisport club Herkules for many years. Pär is a key member for the team spirit; he never gets tired and never loses his temper. Pär has contributed strongly to Herkules top results in races like TNF CityChallenge, Tieto Enator Adventure, and the Swedish Multisport Cup during several years.
[Communications with the race may be limited but we hope to follow what is going on with the team over the next few days.]
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