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16/02/2013 || Mother of three and better than ever ||Arena||
Mervi Pesu has been among the best in the world for almost twenty years. At least now and then. Now it is ‘now’ again. The 39-year-old Finn is heading from medals in Latvia to – she hopes – medals in Kazakhstan. She got silver on the Sprint today, 26 seconds after winner Tatiana Kozlova. On […]
16/02/2013 || Day of satisfaction ||Arena||
For a year now, success in Latvia has been the goal for Ulrik Nordberg, and even though he got a silver medal in the long distance it was first on the Sprint that he was really satisfied. “I think I have a good chance to win. I haven’t made any mistakes. It’s been a good […]
16/02/2013 || A special birthday present ||Arena||
Today Stanimir Belomazhev won his first international title, on his 25th birthday. The Bulgarian was back in business in the Sprint. “Why it went well? It was my birthday”, smiles Stanimir. The now 25-year-old athlete didn’t have a good start to the European Championships. On the middle distance he made a lot of mistakes, and […]
15/02/2013 || POM: Gueorgiou & Niggli winners in Monsanto’s Sprint ||Arena||
Ending the Portugal O’ Meeting 2013’s 3rd day, the Sprint race at Monsanto was an unforgettable event. Sure of a very special moment, many were those who were keen to be present in ‘the most Portuguese village in Portugal’. In the end, Simone Niggli and Thierry Gueorgiou carried, once again, the laurels of victory! To […]
14/02/2013 || Arnesson – “Last summer, a gold seemed years away” ||Arena||
Peter Arnesson suffered from sickness for some months last year, but he is really back in business, and with better strength than expected so soon afterwards. After a long break due to TWAR the Swede was training well from September/October onwards, with the big focus on ESOC and WSOC this winter. The plan was for […]
14/02/2013 || Tatyana’s first individual gold ||Arena||
For some years now Tatyana Kozlova has been among the very best in the world, but first now has the Russian won an international individual championship race. “I am so happy! This is really big for me”, smiles the 26-year-old athlete. In relay races she has won both World and European Championships earlier. She also […]
14/02/2013 || Lauri Nenonen found a good rhythm ||Arena||
The Finn Lauri Nenonen broke a ski in the middle distance race in the Junior Championships. On the Long there was no problem at all: the final-year junior got the gold. “I found a good rhythm without stress and made no big mistakes, and think I found good route choices”, says Lauri. Already after the […]
14/02/2013 || Frida Sandberg – got the wanted victory ||Arena||
Frida Sandberg was especially looking forward to the mass start in the Junior Championships long distance race. “I haven’t done so well on mass starts earlier, so the long distance was the distance I really wanted to win”, she says. The very talented Swede had strength both physically and mentally on the second individual distance, […]
14/02/2013 || New heights for TrailO in Portugal ||Arena||
Photo: Joaquim Margarido Mark Heikoop and Julio Guerra were the big winners of the Portugal O’ Meeting’s Trail Orienteering course. Very challenging technically, the course was the biggest TrailO event ever in Portugal, both for the number of participants and for their expertise. “The best Trail Orienteering course ever in Portugal”; that’s how Mark Heikoop, […]
13/02/2013 || Happiness & sadness for Kvåle ||Arena||
At the prize-giving for the middle distance race, Hans Jørgen Kvåle’s face changed from big happiness to sadness. The Norwegian won his first individual gold, but his thoughts were also with a person from his home town. “I will honour Hans Bjone with this gold”, said Kvåle at the end of the prize-giving when he […]
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