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01/03/2007 || Liisa Anttila: “One day the sun will shine on me” ||News||
For twenty minutes, on Tuesday, Liisa Anttila had her best day since 1998 as an athlete. But it became her worst day as an athlete. Now she is optimistic again. There are two races left in Russia. The Finn finished the mass start in the gold position, but she was missing a punch from one […]
01/03/2007 || Triple Gold for Vlasova and Khrennikov ||News||
The two Russian stars Tatiana Vlasova and Eduard Khrennikov completed a clean sweep of the individual gold medals with victories in the middle distance race in the World Championships in Ski Orienteering. Vlasova was 58 seconds quicker than Liisa Anttila, Finland who missed out on gold in the long distance race because of a missing […]
01/03/2007 || Not impossible to beat the Russians ||News||
Staffan Tunis was only 15 seconds from gold on the middle distance. – For sure it’s not impossible to beat the Russians, smiles the Finn. The 24 year old athlete is the only one not from Russia to have taken a medal in the men’s class during the World Championships in ski orienteering. Both on […]
28/02/2007 || The Russians more professional ||News||
Russia took the four best places in the men’s class on the long distance. The sport is more professional in Russia than anywhere else. – All runners on the elite level are professional, says Eduard Khrennikov. He won his second gold, making his career total 11. He came into the finish waving a Russian flag […]
28/02/2007 || “I’m not so happy with gold” ||News||
Tatiana Vlasova won her second gold in 24 hours, but she isn’t entirely happy with the second gold. She wasn’t the first to finish. – Liisa (Anttila) was faster than me. I wasn’t the first to finish the race and I’m not so happy with this gold, says Tatiana Vlasova. Liisa, from Finland, finished a […]
26/02/2007 || Ski Orienteering World Championships: Russian dominance in sprint; favourites take first gold medals ||News||
The first race in this year’s World Championships in Ski Orienteering, the sprint, was won by the two hot favourites for gold in these championships, Tatiana Vlasova and Eduard Khrennikov. Khrennikov’s victory was by an impressive 13 seconds over compatriot Vadim Tolstopyatov, whereas Vlasova won by the narrowest of margins, finishing one second faster than […]
26/02/2007 || Vlasova’s sixth gold ||News||
Tatiana Vlasova was careful with her orienteering and won the tight drama in the women’s class. There was only seven seconds between the first five. – I am glad I could do it, smiles Vlasova. The 29 year old Russian took her sixth gold at a World Championship in ski orienteering. She really is one […]
26/02/2007 || Told to win ||News||
Eduard Khrennikov made a marvellous race at the start of the World Championships in Ski Orienteering and took his tenth gold medal. It was as if he was told to win. – My boss said that if I didn’t take gold it wasn’t good. Silver wasn’t interesting, he smiles. The 33 year old Russian now […]
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