World Masters Orienteering Championships: Gold for 12 nations in Long final
Posted on | November 10, 2014 | Category: News
Athletes from 12 different nations won gold medals in the Long Distance final held at Canela, Brazil at the weekend. Nine athletes won gold medals in both the Sprint and the Long races.
The Long race was held in Park Fazenda Da Serra, near Canela, providing physically tough courses on a hot day. Runners competed in 23 classes, but 24 gold medals were awarded as there was a tie for first place in M40, with Nick Barrable GBR and Mikko Väisänen FIN recording the same time. Next-closest finish was in M70 where Brian Ellis CAN won by 1 second over Kalle Johansson SWE, with 3rd-placed Roar Forbord NOR, last year’s winner, just 10 seconds down on the winning time. The oldest competitor by far and the only entrant in M95, Rune Haraldsson SWE, successfully completed his course.
The Brazilian organisers can be congratulated on a very successful event overall, by far the most ambitious undertaking ever for the Brazilian federation and a landmark in the development of orienteering in South America. They were rewarded with an attendance of almost 1600 competitors from 38 different nations and a home gold medal in the Sprint M35 class for Alberto Ev Ironir.
Long Distance gold medallists
(* indicates winner also of Sprint gold)
W35 Merike Vanjuk EST*
W40 Baiba Smila LAT
W45 Josefine Nordström SWE
W50 Anne Nurmi FIN*
W55 Kari Natvig NOR
W60 Jenny Bourne AUS*
W65 Inge Jørgensen DEN
W70 Sharon Crawford USA (Sprint winner in 2013)
W75 Eivor Steen-Olsson SWE
W80 Bernice Antonsson SWE
W85 Signe Nyman SWE* (winner also in 2013)
M35 Rune Olsen DEN
M40 Nick Barrable GBR* & Mikko Väisänen FIN
M45 Janne Salmi FIN*
M50 Ulf Magnusson SWE
M55 Knut Wiig Mathisen NOR
M60 Markku Pietikäinen FIN
M65 Mykola Bozhko UKR
M70 Brian Ellis CAN
M75 Iurii Grishanov RUS*
M80 Peo Bengtsson SWE* (won also in 2013)
M85 Rune Ikasson SWE
M95 Rune Haraldsson SWE*
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