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27/02/2014 || Ski orienteering on TV in Turkey ||News||
Orienteering is in a strong tail wind in Turkey! The country hosts its first major IOF Event this weekend, when the Orienteering World Cup Round 1 takes place in Antalya. In addition, the first-ever Turkish Ski Orienteering World Ranking Events were held a couple of weeks ago. Now ski orienteering has even made it on TV in Turkey.
26/02/2014 || Turkey hosts World Cup opener ||News||
A new landmark in the growth of orienteering in Turkey will be set this weekend with the country hosting its first-ever World Cup event in any discipline. Twenty nations will be represented in a two-day World Cup Middle distance Qualification and Final competition, followed on Sunday by a Mixed Sprint Relay, the first race in the unofficial Sprint World Cup.
25/02/2014 || Webinar: The Future of International Federations’ Media Rights Strategies ||News||
IOF President Brian Porteous will be one of the speakers at a webinar organised by the SportAccord Convention and SportBusiness this afternoon at 15 GMT.
24/02/2014 || World Masters in ski orienteering ||News||
The World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships were held alongside the Junior World and European Youth Championships in Estonia last week.
23/02/2014 || Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships: relay golds for Sweden and Finland ||News||
The strong favourites Sweden won the women’s relay today by a margin of almost 5 minutes, whilst the men’s relay was won by Finland by an even bigger margin, more than 7½ minutes. The Finns showed strength in depth, with their second team finishing second in the race.
22/02/2014 || Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships: double Russian gold in Sprint ||News||
Russian athletes were placed first in both women’s and men’s classes in the Sprint today, the winners being Liubov Balandina and Sergey Shalin. In the European Youth Championships, Russians again took both gold medals.
20/02/2014 || Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships: repeat win for Finland’s Tuomala ||News||
The second competition day of the Championships featured the Long distance race, in three loops with a mass start. Misa Tuomala, Finland won the men’s race for the second year in succession, but by only 3 seconds in a thrilling finish. In the women’s race it was success for Evelina Wickbom, Sweden who enjoyed a comfortable victory over her compatriot Frida Sandberg.
19/02/2014 || Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships: good start for Frida Sandberg ||News||
Last year in Latvia, Frida Sandberg from Sweden won all the individual women’s gold medals in the Junior World SkiO Championships. This year, still a junior, she has set her stall out again with a clear win at Middle distance, the first race in the 2014 Championships in Estonia. Jonas Madslien Bakken, Norway, second at this distance last year, won the men’s gold.
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