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08/07/2013 || World Orienteering Championships, women’s sprint qualification: win again for Simone Niggli ||News||
Defending Sprint World Champion Simone Niggli, Switzerland won her heat in the qualification this morning, by the big margin of 35 seconds. The other heat winners, and therefore last starters in the final this evening, are Galina Vinogradova, Russia and Maja Alm, Denmark.
07/07/2013 || Gueorgiou – year without injury ||Arena||
Thierry Gueorgiou is hoping for more WOC success this week. Photo: Erik Borg Last year it was clear only just before the WOC started that Thierry Gueorgiou could take part, since he had had a lot of injuries. This year there is no doubt that he can run and do very well. The ‘French phantom’ […]
07/07/2013 || You can’t ring Minna! ||Arena||
Minna Kauppi is one of those orienteers who has become a national star in her home country. That has given the whole WOC a lot of extra publicity and interest. In just the last couple of months, the Finnish Federation has had four–five requests for an interview with Minna Kauppi every week. 60 Finnish journalists […]
07/07/2013 || Norway and Finland to organise World Cup 2014 Round 3 ||News||
The IOF Council has appointed Norway and Finland as organisers of Orienteering World Cup 2014 Round 3.
07/07/2013 || World Orienteering Championships, Long distance qualification: 28 nations in finals ||News||
Twenty-three nations in the women’s final and twenty-four in the men’s. Those are the bare statistics from a warm and dry race-day in Vuokatti, Finland, where the first race has taken place today.
07/07/2013 || What a day for the Czechs! ||Arena||
Also among the men it was a win for the Czech Team in the relay at JWOC on home ground. Adam Choupek ran especially well. Adam started as number seven on the second leg. When he finished the gap was 2.10 minutes to Sweden in second place and he was by far the fastest on […]
07/07/2013 || A surprise gold for the Czech! ||Arena||
Lenka Knapova (left), Vendula Horcickova and Katerina Chroma from the Czech Republic won the women’s relay at JWOC in Hradec Králové. Photo: Erik Borg When Vendula Horcickova finished the relay she and the rest of her team didn’t know that they were going to be Junior World Champions. “We will cry at the prize-giving”, said […]
07/07/2013 || Junior World Championships: Double Czech gold in relay ||News||
Women’s and men’s teams from the Czech Republic were winners of the last race of the championships, the relay. Finland and Sweden took silver and bronze in the women’s race, and in the men’s race Sweden took silver and Russia bronze.
06/07/2013 || Orienteering on TV also online in the USA ||News||
The World Orienteering Championships will be broadcast in the USA for the first time in history. Please make sure everybody knows the updated schedule per Universal Sports.com.
05/07/2013 || The girl with the famous father ||Arena||
32 years ago, Jörgen Mårtensson won his first individual WOC gold as a senior. Today it was his daughter Heidi Mårtensson’s turn to win an international title. “This is incredible! This is my biggest achievement as a junior”, smiles the Norwegian. She is a very fast runner and is also training hard for track and […]
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