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05/08/2015 || Billstam: “I felt I always had control” ||Arena||
Annika Billstam had to stop training for three weeks in the spring, and now has had a very long summer holiday, which was important for her second Middle gold in a row. Billstam was one of the favourites, but also not the biggest one. The Swede hadn’t been so impressive in recent months. “I have […]
04/08/2015 || Ready to return to the golden track ||Arena||
This time Kirsi Boström can see much more than last time she visited Scotland. This time too, the champion from 1999 also aims to run the golden course again. Kirsi won the Long Distance at WOC in 1999. This time the Long Distance will be at the same place, Glen Affric. He and husband Michael […]
04/08/2015 || Historic medal for Ukraine ||Arena||
Nadiya Volynska has done something no woman from Ukraine has done earlier. “It’s great with the silver medal”, Nadiya smiles. She is the first woman from Ukraine to take a medal at WOC in foot-orienteering. In central Inverness she got the medal on Monday afternoon. Now she is looking for much more. “I will take […]
04/08/2015 || Matthias Kyburz – missed Sprint to try for what he misses ||Arena||
Everything is very fine, but Matthias Kyburz was not taking part in the individual Sprint. That’s due to what’s coming afterwards. “I felt it was too much to take part in all individual disciplines”, he says. The former Sprint champion from Switzerland has the biggest individual goal for what’s coming in this championship. “I want […]
03/08/2015 || Volynska: a historic medal ||Arena||
Nadiya Volynska has done something no woman from Ukraine has done earlier. “It’s great with the silver medal”, Nadiya smiles. She is the first woman from Ukraine to take a medal at WOC in foot-orienteering. In central Inverness she got the medal on Monday afternoon. Now she is looking for much more. “I will take […]
02/08/2015 || Leandersson: “Nervous waiting at the end” ||Arena||
Jonas Leandersson started as number 30 in the final. The Swede had a really exciting time in the finish zone before everything was declared. “At first I was not so nervous, but after I while become more nervous”, the Swede smiles. Twice earlier he has won the European Championship in Sprint, the first time on […]
02/08/2015 || Maja Alm: “A dream of many years come true” ||Arena||
When Maja Alm won her second gold in a little bit less than 24 hours it was something she has been training for and seeking for a very long time. “An individual gold has been the dream all the time I have done orienteering. It’s a bit unbelievable when I now got it”, she says. […]
02/08/2015 || The Danes had planned the courses! ||Arena||
The fantastic Danish victory in the Sprint Relay was not a result of luck at all. The Danes had done their preparations. 81 seconds was the margin for the Danes in front of Norway, after the four legs in Nairn. It was four incredible races by the four in the team. That was a result […]
01/08/2015 || Bertuka: “I’m a professional Mum” ||Arena||
Kristine Kokina Bertuka was ten seconds late for running on Sunday evening. That isn’t a big problem for the wife of one of the men that can be one of the big names at WOC. Kristine finished as the first of all at WOC in Great Britain. “Nice to be the first finisher and it […]
01/08/2015 || First WOC – into Sprint Final ||Arena||
Giacomo Zagonei had his first WOC start on Friday evening. He felt it was a first time championship in the start, but he managed well. There will be two Italians in the Final. The 22-year-old is from Primiero, where JWOC was in 2009. At that time he was too young to take part. Last year […]
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