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07/07/2013 || A surprise gold for the Czech! ||Arena||
Lenka Knapova (left), Vendula Horcickova and Katerina Chroma from the Czech Republic won the women’s relay at JWOC in Hradec Králové. Photo: Erik Borg When Vendula Horcickova finished the relay she and the rest of her team didn’t know that they were going to be Junior World Champions. “We will cry at the prize-giving”, said […]
05/07/2013 || The girl with the famous father ||Arena||
32 years ago, Jörgen Mårtensson won his first individual WOC gold as a senior. Today it was his daughter Heidi Mårtensson’s turn to win an international title. “This is incredible! This is my biggest achievement as a junior”, smiles the Norwegian. She is a very fast runner and is also training hard for track and […]
05/07/2013 || “I hadn’t thought the dream could come true” ||Arena||
Florian Schneider has dreamt about being a winner at JWOC, and the dream came true today. A little bit unexpected, according to himself. But the 20-year-old athlete has really done well during the championships. He was second on the Long distance after leading for a long time. “I was satisfied with the silver, Piotr was […]
04/07/2013 || Runners from St. Etienne – always prepared to help! ||Arena||
Remi Baudot is up on the platform and being honoured. Photo: Erik Borg When he heard a runner screaming for help, there was no doubt in the mind of Remi Baudot. The Frenchman stopped of course, and helped even though he was running for a ticket to the final. On the Middle qualification he was […]
04/07/2013 || A Dane had the winning trick ||Arena||
Miri Thrane Ødum on her way to a gold medal. Photo: Erik Borg Just a few days after Miri Thrane Ødum became 18 years old she ran a really well-planned race in the Middle distance final in the Junior World Championships – and won gold. The Middle distance was a really tricky one. Almost every […]
04/07/2013 || “We’re used to careful navigating and rough terrain” ||Arena||
All the medallists from Sweden in the men’s class have been pupils at orienteering high schools, and they think that a big reason for the incredible Swedish day in the men’s class on the Middle distance is, that this race was in conditions they are used to. “We are used to fighting”, smiles Emil. “At […]
04/07/2013 || “I haven’t time to be nervous” ||Arena||
Tim Robertson has such busy days that there is no time for being nervous. Photo: Erik Borg What a rush everything is for Tim Robertson right now. The 17-year-old from New Zealand can’t take part in the JWOC banquet this year – just as last year. Just as one year ago, the young Kiwi will […]
02/07/2013 || “A big step forward” ||Arena||
Do you remember the results of Lisa Risby at the Junior World Championships (JWOC) last year? No, probably not – and she’s for sure forgotten them herself too. The first woman champion at JWOC has had a tremendous year and has taken a big step forward from her standard in JWOC in Slovakia last year. […]
02/07/2013 || “This gold is even bigger!” ||Arena||
Two years ago Piotr Parfianowicz won gold on home ground at JWOC. Itself very creditable, but the 19-year-old has achieved a new peak in this year’s Long distance. It was in the relay that he became a World Champion in 2011. “It was very special to do that on home ground. But I got the […]
02/06/2013 || Kaas – forced to stop training ||Arena||
When Carl Godager Kaas came home from the first round of the World Cup he soon had to take a two-month-long break from training. Today, though, he won in Oslo. “I have reached such a good level faster than expected”, he says. – Were you surprised by the victory? “I felt I was doing well […]
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