Re: Loppet

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Martin Thornquist wrote:

> 
> Now I'm not Swedish (but Norwegian), but I think it's a pretty general
> term in Swedish. Mostly used for mass-participant ski races, as David
> wrote. I'm not sure if it's used for non-ski races of any kind; in its
> basic form I don't think it has any intrinsic 'ski' meaning.

  I think there are running (ie foot) races called "lopp(et)" in
Sweden, eg - Lidingöloppet - a running race in Stockholm.

  Swedish athletes  also use the word "motions-lopp" lit.
"exercise-race". It's a race where there is no ranking of finishing
times- everybody competes just to finish. I'm more familiar with it as a
cycling term, eg in the 300 km bicycle event "Vätternrundan". But I'm
sure I've seen "motionslopp" used for skiing, skating, etc. races. I
think Norwegians also use the word "mosjonsløp".
   
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