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11/07/2013 || Bulletin 1 for 2015 World Championships now published ||News||
Bulletin 1 for the 2015 World Orienteering Championships, to be held from 1st to 8th August 2015 in Scotland, has been published and can be downloaded from the event page.
11/07/2013 || IOF Press Conference today ||News||
The International Orienteering Federation will announce the appointment of the organisers for the World Masters Orienteering Championships and Junior World Orienteering Championships in 2016 on 11 July 2013 at 16:00 at Sokos Hotel Vuokatti, Sotkamo, Finland. In addition, two further announcements will be made.
10/07/2013 || World Trail Orienteering Championships: Kostova and Turto lead after Day 1 ||News||
Jana Kostova, Czech Republic and Jari Turto, Finland are the leaders in the Paralympic and Open classes respectively after the first day of competition in Vuokatti, Finland.
09/07/2013 || World Orienteering Championships, Long distance final: another gold for Niggli and Gueorgiou ||News||
Simone Niggli won World Championships gold medal number 22 in today’s Long distance final, running 13.4 km in 1:20:02 to win by 1 second under 3 minutes. Thierry Gueorgiou, France was a clear winner of the men’s race, his sublime technique and fitness earning him victory by 1 minute 18 seconds over home favourite Jani Lakanen.
08/07/2013 || World Orienteering Championships, Sprint final: 21st gold for Simone Niggli, 1st for Boström ||News||
The Sprint finals with the start and finish in a packed baseball stadium in Sotkamo, Finland this evening were won by Simone Niggli, Switzerland and Mårten Boström from the home country. Niggli’s win was by 8.1 seconds whilst Boström’s was even more convincing, 17.1 seconds.
08/07/2013 || World Orienteering Championships, men’s sprint qualification: defending champion safely through ||News||
Defending sprint world champion Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland qualified easily for this evening’s final, finishing 2 seconds down on the Swedish sprint star Jerker Lysell in his heat. The other heat winners were Rasmus Thrane Hansen, Denmark and Öystein Kvaal Österbö, Norway, who both had clear victories.
08/07/2013 || World Orienteering Championships, women’s sprint qualification: win again for Simone Niggli ||News||
Defending Sprint World Champion Simone Niggli, Switzerland won her heat in the qualification this morning, by the big margin of 35 seconds. The other heat winners, and therefore last starters in the final this evening, are Galina Vinogradova, Russia and Maja Alm, Denmark.
07/07/2013 || Norway and Finland to organise World Cup 2014 Round 3 ||News||
The IOF Council has appointed Norway and Finland as organisers of Orienteering World Cup 2014 Round 3.
07/07/2013 || World Orienteering Championships, Long distance qualification: 28 nations in finals ||News||
Twenty-three nations in the women’s final and twenty-four in the men’s. Those are the bare statistics from a warm and dry race-day in Vuokatti, Finland, where the first race has taken place today.
07/07/2013 || Junior World Championships: Double Czech gold in relay ||News||
Women’s and men’s teams from the Czech Republic were winners of the last race of the championships, the relay. Finland and Sweden took silver and bronze in the women’s race, and in the men’s race Sweden took silver and Russia bronze.
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