World Masters Orienteering Championships kicked off with sprint
Posted on | July 4, 2012 | Category: News
The biggest IOF Event of the year, the World Masters Orienteering Championships with 4000 participants, kicked off with sprint qualifications and final in the city of Goslar, in Germany. The qualifications were held in sunny weather, but the final day provided some rain showers for many of the competitors.
According to the organisers, many local people showed their interest in the event: they watched from their windows or at the arena, cheered for the runners and asked about the rules and procedures of orienteering.
Home nation Germany was successful in the sprint with two gold medals, three silver and one bronze. However, it is Switzerland (5-2-4) and Sweden (4-7-7) that lead the medal statistics before Great Britain (4-3-0).
The World Masters Orienteering Championships continue with long distance qualifications on Wednesday and Thursday and long distance final on Saturday. For more news, results and photos, please visit the organisers homepage.
Winners, sprint:
W35 Claire Ward GBR
W40 Veronica Minoiu ROU
W45 Liselotte Freuler SUI
W50 Monika Ammann SUI
W55 Unni Strand Karlsen NOR
W60 Karin Gustafsson SWE
W65 Jean Lochhead GBR
W70 Birgitta Olsson SWE
W75 Unni Bøhlerengen NOR
W80 Bernice Antonsson SWE
W85 Sole Nieminen FIN
M35 Petteri Muukkonen FIN
M40 Thomas Jensen DEN
M45 Michael Finkenstädt GER
M50 Quentin Harding GBR
M55 Rolf Lund DEN
M60 Reto Ramstein SUI
M65 Peter Gorvett GBR
M70 Helmut Conrad GER
M75 Jaroslav Havlik CZE
M80 Rolf Blom SWE
M85 Edgar Bächtold SUI
M90 Walter Brauchli SUI
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