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08/08/2007 || Medals to seven nations in two finals ||News||
The World MTB Orienteering Championships in Czech Republic is now halfway through and with gold on both the sprint and the middle distance, Ksenia Chernykh from Russia is likely to become the queen of these championships. In the men’s class, the honours have been shared between the freshman Torbjørn Gasbjerg from Denmark and the double […]
03/08/2007 || Thrilling World MTB Orienteering Championships kicks off on Sunday ||News||
Starting Sunday, 5 August, the Mountain Bike Orienteering elite will meet in Nové Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic to compete in the 5th World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships. 23 countries, with 182 orienteers (117 men and 65 women) will compete in the championships, which last from 5-12 August. Nové Mesto (meaning the New Town) is […]
22/07/2007 || The IOF introduces blood testing for haemoglobin control ||News||
The IOF has decided to introduce blood testing for haemoglobin control as part of its anti-doping activities. As a first step, all elite runners participating in the World Cup events in Mjölby, Sweden, on 23 – 25 July 2007 will be tested. The IOF has engaged Professor Bengt Saltin, who has been a member of […]
17/07/2007 || Double Victory for Salmi family ||News||
World Masters Orienteering Championships, Kuusamo, Finland Vroni König-Salmi and Janne Salmi were victorious in W35 and M35 respectively in the 2007 World Masters Championships, held last week at Kuusamo, a Finnish winter resort close to the Russian border. Vroni’s win was by a convincing 1 minute 42 seconds over Anna Gornicka-Antonowicz from Poland, whilst Janne’s […]
14/07/2007 || All dependent on the run-in ||News||
The women’s class was decided only on the run-in from the very last control into the finish. Siri Ulvestad made it a Norwegian victory. It really looked likely to be a Swedish victory in the women’s class on the last leg. Jenny Lönnkvist, who won the middle distance and is superb technically, had a lead […]
14/07/2007 || Superb Czech men’s performance ||News||
Had it been possible for two teams from each country to take medals, Czech Republic would have got two sets in the men’s class. The first Czech team finished as winners. The second team took third place in the relay, the last competition at JWOC in Australia. Czech was among the best all the way. […]
13/07/2007 || Sprint finish in women’s relay ||News||
Testing courses again put the emphasis on technical skills in the final event of JWOC, the relay. Gold medallists at the end of an exciting day’s racing were Norway’s women and the CzechRepublic’s men. The women’s relay developed into a particularly exciting last leg, where Sweden’s Jenny Lönnkvist headed Norway’s Siri Ulvestad for most of […]
12/07/2007 || Fourth gold for Lundanes ||News||
Olav Lundanes took his second gold of the championships and his first on the middle distance. “I am seen a bit as a long distance runner and it was really nice to win”, he says. The Norwegian had a very challenging goal before the championship: a medal in every distance. He has achieved that so […]
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