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09/07/2012 || What a start for Tove! ||Arena||
Tove Alexandersson has worked to make her sprint perfect. The first event at the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) Slovakia showed that she has done that successfully. “I have had possibilities to do well at sprint also earlier, but haven’t managed that before”, the Swede says. The 19-year-old athlete won her 13th medal from a […]
19/05/2012 || The historical and unexpected medal ||Arena||
World Orienteering Championships in Switzerland is the big goal for Kiril Nikolov this season, but the Bulgarian has already medal speed in his legs.
19/05/2012 || The new and surprising Swede ||Arena||
Jonas Leandersson is just 22 years old and without any big merits as a senior, but he made the European Championships sprint day terrific for the home crowd and for the whole Sweden by taking a surprise victory.
18/05/2012 || Lundanes’ “very good” day ||Arena||
Olav Lundanes didn’t feel just as fresh in his legs as the day before, but he got a clear victory yet again. “Yesterday I had a fantastic day. Today I had a very good day”, Lundanes smiles. He completed the race without mistakes, but had to work hard for the speed, especially in the middle […]
18/05/2012 || Niggli enjoyed the race ||Arena||
Two gold medals at two races – Simone Niggli seems to be at least as good as before. Photo: Erik Borg “I enjoyed the race and had a wonderful time”, said Simone Niggli. Heard it before? Oh, yes. It is a sentence we’ve used to hear from her. The Swiss phantom did again a great […]
17/05/2012 || “I wish Thierry had been there” ||Arena||
Olav Lundanes did his most perfect middle distance race ever, but the newly crowned European champion would have wished that also Thierry Gueorgiou had taken part.
17/05/2012 || Simone Niggli’s new training methods ||Arena||
Simone Niggli is mother of three small children and today again the best orienteer in the world. The Swiss is in fact better than ever. “I have had very good co-operation with Vroni König-Salmi recently. She has given new input in my training”, Simone says.
16/05/2012 || Vendula Klechova aims to do better than before ||Arena||
For less than one year ago became Vendula Klechova mother – now is she heading for better results than ever at the European Orienteering Championhips.
15/05/2012 || Olli-Markus Taivainen – only training a couple of times per day now ||Arena||
Olli-Markus Taivainen has reduced his training hours and become even better, but at the European Championships this year his goal is only to be among the ten best. He is aiming for real success at next year’s World Championships.
15/05/2012 || Johan Runesson – ready for a new Gothenburg ||Arena||
In 2009 Johan Runesson got three gold medals and one silver at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. In the qualifications at the European Orienteering Championships he has shown that he can do well in senior class too.
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