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06/10/2013 || Simone honoured by Swiss President ||Arena||
The three best in the Women’s Overall World Cup: 2. Tove Alexandersson, 1. Simone Niggli, and 3. Annika Billstam. Photo: Erik Borg Simone Niggli is one of the biggest sports names in Switzerland. The country’s President came to her last competition on the international scene. In the centre of Baden, 30 kilometres north-west of Zurich, […]
05/10/2013 || Daniel Hubmann – “I have no plans for stopping” ||Arena||
Daniel Hubmann running towards the finish in Baden, Switzerland. Photo: Erik Borg Three of Switzerland’s stars with map and compass are stopping their orienteering careers this autumn, but there is one who has no plans for quitting. Daniel Hubmann is simply looking ahead. On the Middle distance he showed great strength and won a fresh World […]
05/10/2013 || Simone Niggli stops – but another Niggli carries on ||Arena||
Matthias and Simone Niggli at the World Cup Final. Photo: Erik Borg Just a few days ago, Simone Niggli wrote on her website that she will not continue her career at top level. But her choice differs from that of husband Matthias. “I will go on for one more year”, says Matthias Niggli, who is […]
04/08/2013 || Tove’s “not so good day” resulted in silver ||Arena||
Tove Alexandersson on her way to the last control, followed by Maja Alm and Ida Bobach, Denmark. Photo: Anna Jacobson Tove Alexandersson did not have the best day on Friday in the sprint race. The beginning went well, but after the spectator control she started to run towards a wrong control. After that she lost […]
04/08/2013 || Safe race brought victory ||Arena||
Second victory in a row for Matthias Kyburz! Photo: Anna Jacobson Matthias Kyburz, yesterday’s sprint winner, says he wasn’t especially tired after the sprint race. His legs felt good today as well, and “the speed seems to be good enough”. He had to fight a bit harder in the middle of the race, but the […]
04/08/2013 || Bronze for Lithuania! – Vilius Aleliunas ||Arena||
You’d think that when an orienteer for the first time reaches an international medal, he would have had the race of his life. But that is not the case for Vilius Aleliunas, today’s bronze medallist on The World Games middle distance.
03/08/2013 || Annika had to fight hard ||Arena||
Annika Billstam, The World Games Sprint Champion, says she did not make any mistakes on the course. Her biggest challenge was to start in a pace that she could keep up until the finish. “I really had to fight hard halfway through the course to be able to keep up the speed”, Annika says. “The […]
03/08/2013 || Three seconds from an American medal ||Arena||
Alison was able to run fast today, and that resulted in a fifth place. Photo: Anna Jacobson Before the race, Alison Crocker had thought that it would be really good if she was amongst the ten best in sprint. She finished fifth – just three seconds from bronze medal! “I had a technically solid run, […]
03/08/2013 || The British are coming! ||Arena||
Murray Strain and Scott Fraser discussing the race with Andrey Khramov, Russia. Photo: Anna Jacobson The British team has been training sprint – and it can be seen! In the men’s class, Murray Strain and Scott Fraser finished 6th and 7th, and in the women’s class Tessa Hill 9th and Catherine Taylor 19th. And there […]
03/08/2013 || The World Games motivated to train – Andrey Khramov ||Arena||
You all saw it at The World Games sprint today: Andrey Khramov came “from nowhere”, and ran to a second place, beating World Championships medallists and other tough names. What happened, and where has he been the rest of the season? We decided to find out!
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