Several double golds at World Masters Championships
Posted on | July 10, 2008 | Category: News
Seven competitors at this year’s World Masters Orienteering Championships, held recently in Portugal, won gold medals in both the sprint and the long distance events. This is the first year that a sprint race has been included in the programme.
Three ladies achieved the feat: Gunvor Göranson SWE in W75, Astrid Andersson SWE in W85 and Elizabeth Brown GBR in W90. In the men’s classes, two of the double golds went to former World Championship gold medallists: Allan Mogensen DEN, World Champion in the USA in 1993, in M40 and Sigurd Dæhli NOR, a member of the 1981 winning relay team, in M55. Rune Rådeström SWE in M65 and Peo Bengtsson SWE in M75 were the other two.
The biggest win in classes with many competitors was that of Sigurd Dæhli who won M55 by 5.38. This year there were no very tight finishes, the closest being in M85 where Åke Svensson won by a margin of 31 seconds.
Long distance World Masters Champions 2008
W35 Natasha Key AUS
W40 Sarah Dunn GBR
W45 Anne Nurmi FIN
W50 Alida Abola LAT
W55 Christina Hjertson SWE
W60 Galina Vershinina RUS
W65 Birgitta Olsson SWE
W70 Unni Bøhlerengen NOR
W75 Gunvor Göranson SWE
W80 Signe Nyman SWE
W85 Astrid Andersson SWE
W90 Elizabeth Brown GBR
M35 Petri Noponen FIN
M40 Allan Mogensen DEN
M45 Reijo Bister FIN
M50 Ari Kattainen FIN
M55 Sigurd Dæhli NOR
M60 Veikko Loukonen FIN
M65 Rune Rådeström SWE
M70 Veijo Tahvanainen FIN
M75 Peo Bengtsson SWE
M80 Erkki Latti FIN
M85 Åke Svensson SWE
M90 Rune Haraldsson SWE
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