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16/08/2011 || Women’s sprint final: gold, silver & bronze to Sweden! ||News||
In an intensely exciting women’s sprint final in the centre of Chambery, Sweden took all three medals, continuing the superb form shown earlier in the season.
16/08/2011 || 29 nations represented in the World Championships sprint final ||News||
Runners from twenty-nine nations have qualified for this afternoon’s sprint finals in Chambery. The weather for the finals is perfect – little wind, almost clear skies and temperature in the high 20’s.
16/08/2011 || Swedish & Swiss runners take top sprint qualification places ||News||
Only two nations managed first-place results in this morning’s sprint qualification in Aix-les-Bains: Sweden and Switzerland.
15/08/2011 || World Championships declared open! ||News||
The 28th World Orienteering Championships and the 8th World Trail Orienteering Championships were declared open by IOF President Åke Jacobson at a colourful Opening Ceremony in the outdoor Theatre de Verdure in the centre of Aix-les-Bains today.
15/08/2011 || Development clinic at World Championships ||News||
Almost 50 athletes and coaches from 12 of the IOF’s younger and less developed nations are taking part in a Development Clinic in conjunction with the World Championships, part-funded and supported by the French government and orienteering federation in recognition of the IOF’s 50th anniversary.
15/08/2011 || Middle distance qualification: only 4 nations get 100% success ||News||
Only three nations – France, Sweden and Switzerland – achieved 100% success in the middle distance qualification races yesterday, with all their runners qualifying for the finals.
15/08/2011 || Second qualification win for Minna Kauppi ||News||
Minna Kauppi, Finland, won her qualification heat for the second day running in the middle distance qualification, giving her one of the last start times in the final on Friday.
14/08/2011 || Twenty-seven nations qualify in long distance ||News||
Twenty-seven nations will be represented in the long distance finals on Wednesday, following the qualification races held yesterday.
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