World Masters in ski orienteering
Posted on | February 24, 2014 | Category: News
The World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships were held alongside the Junior World and European Youth Championships in Estonia last week. All three events were moved from the Event Centre in Põlva 180 km north to the ski centre of Pannjärve because of lack of snow at the planned venue.
The World Masters event consisted of three races – two at Middle distance followed by one at Long. Points were awarded according to finishing position, and a competitor’s best points score from the first two races was added to the score from the third (Long) race to calculate the final positions. There were classes for age groups at 5-year intervals for Men/Women aged 35 up to 85.
There was a strong entry and keen competition right across the age range. The resulting champions were as follows:
W35 Mirja Virve EST
W40 Lilia Shikhova RUS
W45 Eija Hannuksela FIN
W50 Olga Minaeva RUS
W55 Anne Pelto-Huikko FIN
W60 Tatiana Barsukova RUS
W65 Galina Vershinina RUS
W70 Sharon Crawford USA
W85 Saara Koivunen FIN
M35 Oleg Kalinin RUS
M40 Ilpo Viipola FIN
M45 Antti Virtanen FIN
M50 Seppo Mäkinen FIN
M55 Sture Noren SWE
M60 Heikki Saarina FIN
M65 Risto Orpana FIN
M70 Viktor Kravchenko RUS
M75 Veikko Suutari FIN
M80 Tauno Ilonen FIN
M85 Arvo Majoinen FIN
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