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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, […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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 […]
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.
13/07/2005 || 2005 Junior World Championships: Middle Final – Pre-race Favourite Hertner Sweeps to Victory ||News||
Fabian Hertner, Switzerland stormed round the course in today’s middle distance Final to take victory by 1m 15s over Frenchman Philippe Adamski. Hertner, 7th at long distance in last year’s JWOC, was regarded as the favourite to take the title and he achieved this in fine style. The bronze medal went to the Finnish runner Hannu Airila.
08/07/2005 || 2005 Junior World Championships: Junior Elite heading for Switzerland ||News||
Junior elite runners from 36 nations are converging this weekend on the town of Tenero, in the southernmost part of Switzerland close to the border with Italy, for the 2005 Junior World Championships (JWOC).
08/06/2005 || Four World Champions in World Games Line-up ||News||
Four of the current World Champions in orienteering will be competing for the medals in this year’s World Games, being held in Duisburg, Germany in mid-July.
01/05/2005 || World Masters 2005: Registration deadline change ||News||
The original deadline for international participants was April 22, 2005. International participants can now register on-line until May 20, 2005 – which is the deadline for North American participants. This deadline extension applies to on-line registrations only.
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