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18/08/2011 || IOF 50th anniversary ceremony at middle distance final ||News||
At 12.30 tomorrow (Friday), immediately before the start of the Middle Distance Final, a special ceremony will be held in the World Championships race arena to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the IOF.
18/08/2011 || IOF Press Conference today at 14:45 ||News||
The organiser of the World Orienteering Championships 2015, either Great Britain or Sweden, will be appointed by the IOF Council today, Thursday 18 August. There will be a press conference at 14:45 at the IOF/VIP Race arena at Le Revard to announce the organiser. At the same time the IOF Council will announce the organiser for the World Masters Orienteering Championships 2014.
17/08/2011 || Men’s long distance final: emphatic victory for Gueorgiou ||News||
The huge army of French supporters had plenty to cheer about in the men’s long distance final: French hero Thierry Gueorgiou won by 4 minutes 27 seconds and the bronze medallist was his compatriot Francois Gogon. The silver medal went to Pasi Ikonen, Finland.
17/08/2011 || Women’s long distance final: again a gold medal for Sweden ||News||
Annika Billstam, Sweden, led throughout the race in today’s final up in Le Grand Revard, a detailed limestone upland with mixed open countryside and forest near Chambery, and won by the big margin of 4 minutes 28 seconds on the 10.3 km course with 450 metres climb over Dana Brozkova, Czech Republic.
17/08/2011 || Gold medals for Finland and Russia in Trail Orienteering Championships ||News||
Dmitry Kucherenko, Russia had a second good day in the Trail Orienteering Championships and came out overall winner today in the Paralympic class. It was by a very fine margin, however; Soren Saxtorph, Denmark, bronze medallist last year, had an even better day and ended with the same points score overall and was just 6 seconds longer at the timed controls.
17/08/2011 || Junior World Championships 2014 to Bulgaria ||News||
At its meeting in Chambéry, France, the IOF Council appointed Bulgaria organiser of the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2014.
17/08/2011 || Tight at the top in World Trail Orienteering Championships ||News||
At the end of day 1 of the World Trail Orienteering Championships, just a few seconds at the timed controls separated the top placings in both the Paralympic and Open classes.
16/08/2011 || Daniel Hubmann takes men’s sprint title ||News||
One of the world’s great sprint specialists, Daniel Hubmann, Switzerland, took the gold medal in very convincing fashion in today’s men’s sprint final. Sweden took their fourth medal today with the silver for Anders Holmberg, and bronze went to another of the very strong Swiss team, Matthias Mueller.
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