30/08/2005 || IOF Council meeting: New members admitted, event organisers appointed ||News||

Georgia New IOF Member

At its recent meeting held in Aichi, Japan, the IOF Council approved an application for associate membership from Georgia, and confirmed the application for full membership from DPR Korea, former associate member since the year 2000.

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30/08/2005 || IOF meetings in Aichi, Japan: Micro Orienteering and Future Elite Events Programme high up on the Agenda ||News||

At its recent meeting held in Aichi, Japan, the IOF Council decided to accept the Danish World Orienteering Championships organiser’s request for inclusion of the micro orienteering (Micro-O) element in the middle distance final of the 2006 WOC.

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22/08/2005 || WOC 2006: Bulletin 2 Published ||News||

Bulletin 2 for next year’s World Championships in Denmark has now been published and has been circulated to all of IOF’s member nations. It gives outline details of the programme, describes the terrain to be used and provides information on many aspects of the event and the various training opportunities available. Accommodation options are given, […]

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01/08/2005 || World Masters Orienteering Championships: Canada hosts veteran elite ||News||

The World Masters Games, this year being held in Edmonton, Canada, has again incorporated the World Masters Orienteering Championships. A sizeable entry from all over the world competed in two qualifying races and a final, in classes ranging from W35 to W80 and M35 to M85. Technical and physical competence was tested severely in terrain […]

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17/07/2005 || 2005 Junior World Championships: Relay – Story ||News||

Norwegians felt as though they were at home

Norway has never had a better Junior World Championship than in Switzerland. The runners felt as though they were at home in an incredible relay event. “It was Norwegian terrain on the relay”, says Per Olav Gulbrandsen, the national coach.

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16/07/2005 || 2005 Junior World Championships: Relay ||News||

Two more Golds for Norway

Norway was again successful in the JWOC Relay, winning both women´s and men´s classes. Both victories were by convincing margins.

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15/07/2005 || 2005 Junior World Championships: Long Final – More Stories ||News||

From Bottom to Top Mari Fasting spent some hours on the beach after the middle distance, although that wasn’t much appreciated by the team leaders. But because of the visit to the beach, she became the World Champion. “I was at the beach for a long while, maybe about four hours. I don’t think that […]

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13/07/2005 || 2005 Junior World Championships: Middle Final – More Stories ||News||

His goal for the last four years

Ever since Switzerland was awarded the JWOC 4 years ago, Fabian Hertner has had a JWOC gold medal as his goal. Today he achieved a brilliant victory at middle distance.

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