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15/08/2011 || Nordberg – bigger challenge than on home ground ||Arena||
Anders Nordberg sees a bigger challenge in this year’s championships than last year’s when they were in his home country. “Now it is challenging terrain that nobody has been in before. It wasn’t mapped earlier either. It’s equal for all and this makes it top-class orienteering”, he says. Of course it was a very successful […]
15/08/2011 || Strong Swedish women ||Arena||
The Swedish women have done really well on the middle distance qualification, with one heat winner and two second places. “Well, there are possibilities to fight for the gold”, says Annika Billstam, who was just 4 seconds down on Minna Kauppi in her heat. She is leading the World Cup standings overall, and won a […]
15/08/2011 || – Not all that difficult! ||Arena||
Chad Calliste isn’t more than 19 years old and his first orienteering outside Barbados was the middle qualification race at the World Championships – but he doesn’t think it was that challenging. “Of course it wasn’t that easy, but if I had had some more practice I think it could have gone much better”, he […]
15/08/2011 || Second qualification win for Minna Kauppi ||News||
Minna Kauppi, Finland, won her qualification heat for the second day running in the middle distance qualification, giving her one of the last start times in the final on Friday.
14/08/2011 || Twenty-seven nations qualify in long distance ||News||
Twenty-seven nations will be represented in the long distance finals on Wednesday, following the qualification races held yesterday.
14/08/2011 || Demanding long qualifications ||News||
The first World Orienteering Championships qualification races took place on the tricky terrain of Saint Fracois, Chambery, yesterday.
14/08/2011 || A great start for Lauri ||Arena||
Lauri Sild did a good qualification and is running the long distance at WOC 20 years after his father Sixten took a medal. Photo: Erik Borg Lauri Sild is a first year senior and had a good qualification on the long distance, but he has really something to do if he shall follow in his […]
14/08/2011 || Good start, but not happy about start position ||Arena||
Dana Brozkova showed strength, won her heat and will be one of the last starters in the Long final. That is something the Czech girl isn’t so happy about. – In fact I don’t really like to be among the very last starters. Then the expectation becomes so high. I like in fact more to […]
14/08/2011 || Getting experience ||Arena||
Dragana Dokwanovic and Sladana Jovanivic weren’t so well prepared and found big challenges in the tricky terrain. Dragana Dokwanovic and Sladana Jovanivic had only one short training session in the challenging French terrain before the first qualification. The Serbians arrived on Friday and took part in the model event. Then it was straight to the […]
14/08/2011 || Fighting with the seniors ||Arena||
Ida Bobach won four medals at the Junior World Championships. Now the Dane will be fighting with the seniors. Her championship starts on Sunday with the Middle qualification. On the Long qualification she was just a spectator for a while. – The terrain here is not at all like it was in Poland where the […]
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