Keen competition in World Masters Championships
Posted on | January 25, 2015 | Category: News
Ski orienteers aged 35 and upwards took part this week in the World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships, held in conjunction with the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Kyösti Jäppinen from Finland was the oldest gold medal winner, competing in the class for men aged 85 and older.
Ninety-five men and thirty-nine women competed for the World Masters titles. Two sets of medals were on offer, the first on the combined results from two Middle Distance races and the second being a single Long Distance race. Several competitors showed their superior strength in both formats and went home with two gold medals. As is often the case, Finland demonstrated that it is a very active ski orienteering nation with many of the gold medals taking the long journey north.
2015 World Masters Ski Orienteering Champions
(* indicates champion in both Middle and Long; M = Middle, L = Long)
W35 Lubova Pavlukova LAT *
W40 Ursi Ruppenthal SUI *
W45 Virpi Palmen FIN *
W50 Rita Linko FIN *
W55 Kirsi Kihlström FIN *
W60 Renate Tröβe GER (M), Irina Stepanova RUS (L)
W65 Tamara Bortnovskaia RUS (M), Tatiana Svistun RUS (L)
W70 Sharon Crawford USA (M), Galina Vershinina RUS (L)
M35 Bernd Kohlschmidt GER *
M40 Mika Häkkinen FIN *
M45 Antti Virtanen FIN *
M50 Asko Sippola FIN *
M55 Pasi Martikainen FIN (M), Tapio Mannila FIN (L)
M60 Harald Männel GER *
M65 Heikki Saarinen FIN *
M70 Tapari Kesti FIN (M), Pertti Ahtiainen FIN (L)
M75 Toivo Ryyppö FIN (M), Gunnar Østerbø NOR (L)
M80 Veikko Suutari FIN *
M85 Kyösti Jäppinen FIN *
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