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16/07/2012 || World Masters Orienteering Championships 2013 and 2014 ||News||
The World Masters Orienteering Championships 2014 will be organised in the period 1-8 November 2014 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Exact dates will be announced later.
15/07/2012 || New Zealand – a gold that inspires ||Arena||
The Kiwis are really on their way up with map and compass. A top result at the Junior World Championships (JWOC) last week has given the senior team new energy and optimistic thoughts. “It was really great with Matt Ogden’s gold at JWOC”, says Thomas Reynolds. “That shows that it’s possible for us.” Ogden won […]
15/07/2012 || Nicholas Mulder – South African coach and athlete ||Arena||
Nicholas Mulder came directly from working as a team leader at JWOC in Slovakia to competing in WOC in Lausanne. He enjoyed a good experience in the terrain both at the Sprint and at the Long distance qualification. “Tired? Well to be leader at JWOC was maybe not the best preparation for taking part in […]
15/07/2012 || World Orienteering Championships, Long qualification: Niggli in front again ||News||
Simone Niggli made the best possible start towards achieving another world Long distance title by easily winning her qualification heat today.
15/07/2012 || TV camera in the air! ||Arena||
The Swiss TV broadcasting company SRF used some of the latest technology in its transmission of the Sprint races today. Included was a mini helicopter, powered by eight rotors, that hovered and moved over the run-in and surrounding area. It was fitted with a miniature camera that provided pictures of the runners in the finish […]
14/07/2012 || Matthias Kyburz: “No problems on the course” ||Arena||
Matthias Kyburz had no problems in the technically challenging Sprint distance in the centre of Lausanne. He could smile again as he so often does. “Why I am so good at Sprint? I have grown up with it. I also like it that everybody isn’t doing it, and I can run pretty fast too”, Matthias […]
14/07/2012 || Niggli: “It’s good to have pressure” ||Arena||
The winner of the women’s race, Simone Niggli, felt she had a lot of pressure on her shoulders before the race. “Now there isn’t so much pressure any more, but I like it if I feel nervous. That’s necessary to do your best”, she says. The exceptional Swiss star had prepared for the races today […]
14/07/2012 || Opening Ceremony followed Sprint ||Arena||
The Opening Ceremony of the World Championships was held after the Sprint races were over, on a sunny summer evening beside the harbour in Lausanne. Each nation’s team was led by a local schoolgirl or boy who had been taking part in a youth orienteering championship earlier. A traditional jazz band led the parade into […]
14/07/2012 || World Orienteering Championships: new 3 times Matthias success story ||News||
Matthias Kyburz, Matthias Merz and Matthias Mueller took gold, silver and bronze in today’s men’s Sprint to the huge delight of the massive Swiss support by the harbour in Lausanne.
14/07/2012 || World Orienteering Championships: Simone Niggli’s 18th gold ||News||
The stage was of course set for a new Simone Niggli triumph, in front of a huge home crowd within a year of giving birth to twins and after winning three European Championship golds two months ago. And so it turned out, 36.5 seconds faster than her closest challenger, Maja Alm from Denmark.
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