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14/08/2011 || Good start, but not happy about start position ||Arena||
Dana Brozkova showed strength, won her heat and will be one of the last starters in the Long final. That is something the Czech girl isn’t so happy about. – In fact I don’t really like to be among the very last starters. Then the expectation becomes so high. I like in fact more to […]
14/08/2011 || Getting experience ||Arena||
Dragana Dokwanovic and Sladana Jovanivic weren’t so well prepared and found big challenges in the tricky terrain. Dragana Dokwanovic and Sladana Jovanivic had only one short training session in the challenging French terrain before the first qualification. The Serbians arrived on Friday and took part in the model event. Then it was straight to the […]
14/08/2011 || Fighting with the seniors ||Arena||
Ida Bobach won four medals at the Junior World Championships. Now the Dane will be fighting with the seniors. Her championship starts on Sunday with the Middle qualification. On the Long qualification she was just a spectator for a while. – The terrain here is not at all like it was in Poland where the […]
14/08/2011 || Good to be on track ||Arena||
Minna Kauppi isn’t at the same level as one year ago, but won the qualification. Minna Kauppi wasn’t sure she would take part in the World Orienteering Championships earlier this year. She has suffered from sickness, but she won her qualification race. – I want to defend what I achieved last year, but I am […]
14/08/2011 || Reaching for the most important goal ||Arena||
Thierry Gueorgiou looked relaxed when he was running, but he also kept up an incredible speed. Thierry Gueorgiou has started his most important championship ever, and what a start the Frenchman has had – with a winning margin of over six minutes in his heat in the Long distance qualification. Since France was awarded the […]
02/08/2011 || All 27 WSOC countries made donations to help earthquake victims ||Arena||
The Japan Orienteering Association (JOA) sent a team of nine orienteers to the 2011 World Ski Orienteering Championships held during 20-28 March 2011 in Tänndalen, Sweden. The Championships took place shortly after the destructive Japanese earthquake and the Japanese team received a lot of support from the other participating countries in the form of encouraging […]
09/07/2011 || Took better route choice – won gold for Poland ||Arena||
The end of the men’s relay was an incredible moment for the Polish organisers and audience, and a great thriller for everybody present. Poland had got no medals before the relay, so when the three red-and-white dressed men arrived first at the stadium the audience exploded with joy. The last gold of the championships was […]
09/07/2011 || Gold yesterday – looking forward to the next race ||Arena||
In the individual races at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Poland Tove Alexandersson finished fourth, third and second, but in the relay it was again time for a golden moment for the Swede. “Was I looking for a payback? Yes, I really wanted to do well”, smiles Tove. After good legs by Helena Karlsson […]
08/07/2011 || Gold medalist trained for these championships since 2009 ||Arena||
Since the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) in Italy in 2009 this years championships have been a big goal for Dmitry Nakonechnyy, Russia. His individual races ended with a gold medal on middle distance. “Cool that it became a shared gold”, the Russian smiles. He is taking part in his third JWOC and has become […]
08/07/2011 || This gold will be remembered ||Arena||
The Finn Topias Tiainen, new Junior World Champion on middle distance, thinks the moment of victory became even bigger when there were three people sharing the gold. “Now this will be something that will be remembered”, Topias says. The 20-year-old Finn from Kangasala, just 20 kilometres from Tampere, is taking part in his first Junior […]
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