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05/08/2016 || IOF Athlete of the Month: Pavel Kurfürst ||News||
When Pavel Kurfürst was 13, his mother tried to help him find a good sport. He wasn’t a very sporty child, so it looked like being a difficult task. Luckily there was someone close to the family very active in orienteering, and so he found the right sport quite quickly. From that very first moment up to the European gold medal in TempO, achieved in May, it’s a fascinating journey of discovery and adventure.
03/08/2016 || MTB Orienteering World Cup 2016 standings ||News||
During the last week of July, Portugal hosted the World MTB Orienteering Championships 2016. Scoring for the World Cup, the three individual stages of the competitive program showed a clear ascendance of Anton Foliforov and Emily Benham, both having reclaimed the World Cup leader jerseys.
31/07/2016 || Emily Benham: “I’m really in the shape of my life” ||News||
After the gold medal in the Sprint and the silver in the Middle Distance, Emily Benham went to back up on the top of the podium by winning the “queen race” of the World MTB Orienteering Championships 2016. Second victory in the Championships, second world title in her career and a great joy to return […]
31/07/2016 || Anton Foliforov: “I’m very happy for being alive” ||News||
The ultimate goal of any athlete is to win a world title. But to win three gold medals, corresponding to the set of all individual competitions, in a single edition of the World Championships, is beyond the dream. It’s something incredible, only available to athletes from another galaxy. In a hot afternoon, Anton Foliforov proved […]
30/07/2016 || World MTB Orienteering Championships 2016 – Czech Republic and Finland close the competition with golden keys ||News||
It was in a festive atmosphere that the World MTB Orienteering Championships WMTBOC 2016 came to the end. At Mealhada, with its Urban Park as the epicenter of all emotions, Finland and the Czech Republic got the Relay titles in the Elite classes.
29/07/2016 || World MTB Orienteering Championships WMTBOC 2016 – Foliforov and Benham win tough Long Distance ||News||
In a hot afternoon, Anton Foliforov and Emily Benham showed up at their highest level. They were the big winners of the last individual final of the World MTB Orienteering Championships WMTBOC 2016, a tough Long Distance that had in Davide Machado’s bronze medal a historic moment for Portuguese orienteering.
28/07/2016 || Anton Foliforov: “I face each new race, each new challenge, with a single goal: to win!” ||News||
Second final of the World MTB orienteering Championships WMTBOC 2016 and second gold medal for Anton Foliforov in another nearly perfect race. Immediately after finishing his race, the Russian was the perfect image of satisfaction and recovered the emotions of another golden journey.
28/07/2016 || Olga Shipilova Vinogradova: “This victory could mean my continuation in MTB orienteering” ||News||
In a recent interview, Olga Shipilova Vinogradova stressed the idea that “sometimes you need to take a break to get motivation”. The two-year break brought her the motivation she needed and the result was “only” the victory in the Middle Distance of the World MTB orienteering Championships WMTBOC 2016 – her second individual gold medal in the most important competition of the MTBO’s international calendar.
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