World Masters Orienteering Championships: Five double champions
Posted on | July 8, 2012 | Category: News
The World Masters Orienteering Championships long distance final competition was held on Saturday near Torfhaus, Germany. After two tough qualification races the A finalists definitely deserved their places. All participants got to run, though, as there were finals for everyone: in the biggest class, M65, there were 6 finals altogether from A to F, according to the qualification results.
Five double champions were crowned at these Championships. Claire Ward, GBR (W35), Sole Nieminen, FIN (W85), Petteri Muukkonen, FIN (M35), Thomas Jensen, DEN (M40) and Michael Finkenstädt, GER (M45) won both sprint and long distance race.
Some other famous names on the podium were Sarah Rollins, GBR, 2nd in W35, Nick Barrable, GBR, 2nd in M35, Yuri Omelchenko, UKR, 2nd in M40, Lena Larsson (President of the Swedish Orienteering Federation), SWE, 2nd in W55, Maria Luder (Simone Niggli’s mother), SUI, winner of W65.
Next year the World Masters Orienteering Championships take place in Sestriere, Italy, near Turin, in conjunction with the World Masters Games in early August. More information on the event will be published shortly on the IOF website and in Inside Orienteering.
Winners, long distance, A finals:
W35 Claire Ward GBR
W40 Monika Depta GER
W45 Kari Christiansen NOR
W50 Kirsi Kihlström FIN
W55 Danute Vilkeliene LTU
W60 Christina Hjertson SWE
W65 Maria Luder SUI
W70 Inger Birgitta Stenström SWE
W75 Eila Pekkarinen FIN
W80 Maja-Lisa Bergström SWE
W85 Sole Nieminen FIN
M35 Petteri Muukkonen FIN
M40 Thomas Jensen DEN
M45 Michael Finkenstädt GER
M50 Quentin Harding GBR
M55 Nikolay Pavlov RUS
M60 Markku Pietikäinen FIN
M65 Matti Kattilakoski FIN
M70 Björn Linnersjö SWE
M75 Sivert Axelsson SWE
M80 Paul Forseth NOR
M85 Arvo Majoinen FIN
M90 Åke Svensson SWE
For more information, news and full results, please visit the organisers’ homepage.
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