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15/10/2013 || Matthias’ final World Cup race ||Arena||
Since 2004 Matthias Merz has been one of the very best orienteers in the world. From now on, however, he is no longer aiming at individual international success.
14/10/2013 || Annika Billstam’s next route choice ||Arena||
Last week was special for Annika Billstam in several ways: She was again among the three best in the Orienteering World Cup overall – but she also started to work full time! The 37-year-old Swede became World Champion on the long distance in 2011. This weekend she finished a new great international season with being […]
14/10/2013 || Return for relay in World Cup ||Arena||
For some years now there haven’t been any relays in the Orienteering World Cup, but next year this will change. Mixed sprint relay races will be organised in conjunction with many of the World Cup events, and of course at the World Orienteering Championships. “It will be a unofficial World Cup”, Göran Andersson from the […]
11/10/2013 || Nadiya Volynska aims even higher ||Arena||
Nadiya Volynska finished third in the World Cup Final. Photo: Erik Borg Nadiya Volynska has had a great autumn. First she got a bronze medal at The World Games. Then she was third in the second last race in the World Cup. The Ukraine has got the taste for podium places now. “Now I want […]
11/10/2013 || It is not all over for Simone yet ||Arena||
Simone Niggli finishing her last World Cup race. Photo: Erik Borg It was a special moment in the centre of Baden, Switzerland. For years the smiling Swiss girl has been the brightest star in international orienteering. And now it was all over. Or was it? All the female athletes met up in the finish field after Simone […]
10/10/2013 || Tove is looking forward to Italy 2014 ||Arena||
Tove Alexandersson did not succeed in holding the first place in the overall World Cup to the end. Now she is preparing herself for new goals. From the World Cup Final in Switzerland the Swedish star travelled directly to Italy. On holiday perhaps? Not at all. Tove is looking forward to the upcoming World Championships […]
10/10/2013 || Bertuks’ exciting autumn ||Arena||
Edgars Bertuks at the World Cup Final in Baden, Switzerland. Photo: Erik Borg Edgars Bertuks is next year heading for the goal he didn’t manage to reach this year. But before that, something big is coming up for the Latvian. Edgars finished the World Cup as number 41 totally, but he had not taken part […]
09/10/2013 || An interview with Morihiro Horie ||Arena||
Morihiro Horie has been the leading ski orienteer in Japan for 11 consecutive years, but he is also concurrently working full-time for Arc Communications. This interview has been first published on Arc Communications’ homepage. Arc Communications president and CEO Mariko Ohsato is also a ski orienteer –with an even longer experience than Mr. Horie– and […]
08/10/2013 || Minnas’ decision about the future ||Arena||
For Minna Kauppi the World Orienteering Championships on homeground were the main goal for the season. In the last World Cup races she didn’t perform as well as earlier. What will happen now? Will she have the motivation to continue another year? The nine-fold World Champion had planned to get to celebrate gold at the […]
06/10/2013 || Matthias Kyburz: “Great to win again” ||Arena||
Swiss dominance in the Men’s Overall World Cup. Photo: Erik Borg Matthias Kyburz won the World Cup overall for the second year in a row. He has stayed in top shape for the whole year, but maybe not at his best in some important weeks. “I felt hard competition from Daniel Hubmann and it is […]
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