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12/02/2019 || Sweden top nation in European SkiO Championships ||Arena, News, SkiO||

Highest score in medals terms in the individual races at the very successful Championships in Turkey was achieved by Sweden, whilst in the Relays it was Russia that scored highest. Overall, Sweden was best with 20 points to Russia’s 17.

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11/02/2019 || Symbol set for School Maps ||News||

The IOF Map Commission have published a set of symbols for school maps.

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11/02/2019 || Russia and Norway win European SkiO Relays ||Arena, News, SkiO||

The Russian women’s team enjoyed a clear victory by more than 1½ minutes, whilst the Norwegian men came through on the last leg to take victory by 13 seconds in the final races of the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Turkey today.

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10/02/2019 || Tove Alexandersson back to winning ways ||Arena, News, SkiO||

The European SkiO Long distance race brought the first win of the championships for Tove Alexandersson, Sweden. The Sprint champion Lars Moholdt, Norway, won his second individual gold in a close race with Sergey Gorlanov, Russia. After mass starts, the leads changed several times, giving plenty of excitement for both competitors and spectators.

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08/02/2019 || European SkiO Championships: double Middle triumph for Sweden ||Arena, News, SkiO||

Sweden’s Magdalena Olsson and Erik Rost emerged victorious from today’s Middle distance race in hilly terrain in Turkey. Olsson took her first-ever international championships win in convincing fashion, whilst Rost’s victory was tight – by just 3 seconds.

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07/02/2019 || Russia wins European SkiO Sprint Relay ||Arena, News, SkiO||

Alena Trapeznikova, individual Sprint champion yesterday, teamed up with Sergey Gorlanov today to take a second gold medal in the European SkiO Championships; Russia finished the course 29 seconds ahead of Sweden, with Norway getting the bronze medals.  

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06/02/2019 || Norway and Russia win first European golds ||Arena, News, SkiO||

European SkiO Sprint champions 2019 are Alena Trapeznikova, Russia, fastest by 9 seconds, and Lars Moholdt, Norway, who won his race by an impressive 27 seconds.

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01/02/2019 || TV: Running camera gives a true feeling of the speed ||FootO, News||

Today, a running cameraman is a must for high-quality TV production in orienteering. The running camera brings a true feeling of the runner’s speed and demonstrates the difficulty of the terrain.
– It gives the viewer a kind of insider look, something you can´t get when you watch other sports such as football or ice hockey, says Karel Jonak.

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