26/04/2010 || Mountain Bike Orienteering World Cup: Double wins for Schaffner and Saarela ||News||

Christine Schaffner, Switzerland and Samuli Saarela, Finland recorded their second victories of the weekend in the mass start long distance race. Schaffner’s victory was by an impressive 1 minute and 26 seconds, whilst Saarela won a sprint for the finish by 6 seconds. Current long distance World Champion Christine Schaffner completed the 22 km course […]

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26/04/2010 || Mountain Bike Orienteering World Cup: Emphatic victory for Hradil ||News||

Jiri Hradil, Czech Republic and Christine Schaffner, Switzerland were the winners in the middle distance race, the second race in the first round of this year’s MTBO World Cup being held at Balatonfüred, Hungary. Hradil, silver medallist at middle distance in last year’s World Championships, powered round the 14.3 km course to win by an […]

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25/04/2010 || Mountain Bike Orienteering World Cup: Flying start for Michaela Gigon ||News||

World Rankings leader Michaela Gigon, Austria won the first race in this year’s World Cup season, a sprint, held at Balatonfüred on the northern shore of Lake Balaton, Hungary. The men’s race was won by the Finnish rider Samuli Saarela. Michaela Gigon completed the 5.9 km course in 26:17, which is 17 seconds quicker than […]

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20/04/2010 || 138 riders ready for MTB Orienteering World Cup ||News||

According to the organisers of the Mountain Bike Orienteering World Cup Round 1, the Hungarian airspace is open and ready to welcome the competitors to Hungary. The events kick off on Friday with sprint, and continue in the weekend with a middle distance race and a long distance with mass-start. Altogether 138 riders from 19 […]

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12/04/2010 || Big growth year for Mountain Bike Orienteering ||News||

Mountain Bike Orienteering (MTBO) takes a big leap forward at international level this year with the introduction of a 4-round World Cup and the first World Masters Championships.

The World Cup competition, the first since 2003 and comprising ten individual events and three relays, will take place in Hungary, Poland, Portugal and Italy. The 8th World MTBO Championships is at Montalegre, Portugal in the period 11-17 July and incorporates the third round of the World Cup. The 3rd Junior World Championships is also part of the programme here.

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29/03/2010 || O-zine 1-2010 now available ||News||

Click here to see this year’s first issue of O-zine.

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23/03/2010 || Khrennikov and Gros win at CISM Winter World Games ||News||

Athletes from 17 countries competed today on middle distance ski orienteering race at the first CISM Winter Military World Games. This year’s World Cup winner Eduard Khrennikov, Russia, was fastest even in Italy and took a convincing victory before Norway’s Eivind Tonna. Women’s race was really tight: Christelle Gros, France, finished only 0.1 seconds before Natalia Naumova, Russia.

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19/03/2010 || Ski orienteering world elite meets at Winter Military World Games ||News||

When the ski orienteering event at the first CISM Winter World Games in Aosta Valley, Italy takes place on Tuesday 25 March, there are four World Champions on the start line. Eduard Khrennikov and Natalya Tomilova, who just a few days ago secured the overall World Cup 2010 victories, will have a tough fight to win the middle distance mass start race. Khrennikov will have to defeat the winner of the last World Cup race, Olli-Markus Taivainen, whereas Tomilova is challenged by her team mate Tatiana Vlasova, who won two of the three World Cup races she participated in this year.

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