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11/07/2013 || “Almost like home” ||Arena||
Charlotte Bouchet fought hard and got a good eighth spot in the qualification in the Middle distance. She is beginning to feel at home. “Well it’s maybe not exactly the same in the way the terrain looks, but there is a lot of similarity in the navigation”, she says. The 26-year-old French woman is taking […]
10/07/2013 || Crocker records best ever American finish at World Orienteering Championships ||Arena||
Alison Crocker, a University of Toledo-based astrophysicist continues her strong performance at the World Orienteering Championships. Today she recorded an 18th place finish in the women’s long race. The best finish ever for any American at any foot World Orienteering Championship.
09/07/2013 || Gueorgiou – looking forward to Middle distance ||Arena||
Thierry Gueorgiou pushed hard from the start and got his second gold in Long distance, but didn’t like the long race so much. There is a distance he looks forward to much more. The first forest final was mostly in pine forest with good visibility and not so many details. There was a lot […]
09/07/2013 || Simone – ‘woke up in great shape’ ||Arena||
Simone Niggli has been a bit unsure about making both the sprint and the Long distance at WOC because of the tight schedule. “When I woke up in the morning before the Long distance I felt very well”, she says. The evening before, she won the sprint with a great race in the centre of […]
09/07/2013 || What a come-back! ||Arena||
It was six years ago that Mårten Boström last time took part in a World Championships. What a come-back it was at the baseball stadium in the little Finnish town of Sotkamo. On his home page it is written that his sports career as an orienteer started at the age of four. Now he is […]
09/07/2013 || Sickness didn’t hamper Annika ||Arena||
Just in the last few days before WOC Annika Billstam became sick, but she ran an incredible race on the sprint in Sotkamo. It was one medal colour better than last year. She was only 8.1 seconds after winner Simone Niggli. Influenza had affected her voice a bit, yet she is OK again, but it […]
08/07/2013 || Niggli – overcame all challenges ||Arena||
For the 21st time, Simone “Gold” Niggli achieved the best position possible in the Sprint final. She had no serious problem with all the new challenges. The little town of Sotkamo was ‘rebuilt’ on the sprint day. 57 new fences were built to make it more challenging to sort out the routes between the controls, […]
07/07/2013 || Gueorgiou – year without injury ||Arena||
Thierry Gueorgiou is hoping for more WOC success this week. Photo: Erik Borg Last year it was clear only just before the WOC started that Thierry Gueorgiou could take part, since he had had a lot of injuries. This year there is no doubt that he can run and do very well. The ‘French phantom’ […]
07/07/2013 || You can’t ring Minna! ||Arena||
Minna Kauppi is one of those orienteers who has become a national star in her home country. That has given the whole WOC a lot of extra publicity and interest. In just the last couple of months, the Finnish Federation has had four–five requests for an interview with Minna Kauppi every week. 60 Finnish journalists […]
07/07/2013 || What a day for the Czechs! ||Arena||
Also among the men it was a win for the Czech Team in the relay at JWOC on home ground. Adam Choupek ran especially well. Adam started as number seven on the second leg. When he finished the gap was 2.10 minutes to Sweden in second place and he was by far the fastest on […]
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