19 y.o Runesson tackles Hubmann at O-Ringen

July 29, 2010 by Lucie Babel

19 y.o Runesson tackles Hubmann at O-Ringen

The fourth stage of O-Ringen Elitserien found its hero in a 19 years old Swede, who already finds his way through the elite world while still being a junior. That he is an exceptionnal athlete, Johan Runesson showed already two years ago by ta…

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Swiss domination on Elitserien’s sprint

July 27, 2010 by Lucie Babel

Swiss domination on Elitserien's sprint

Not only did the Swiss athletes took the victory in both men and women courses of today’s 3rd stage of O-Ringen, but they also managed a hattrack in the men’s category by placing Fabian Hertner, Matthias Müller and Raffael Hube…

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The winners of EOC repeat their success

July 26, 2010 by Lucie Babel

The winners of EOC repeat their success

The logic of the results of the European Championships was kept during today’s middle distance of O-Ringen’s Elitserien. Both reigning champions Simone Niggli and Valentin Novikov mastered the difficult course set on Dov…

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Niggli and Öberg, wet winners of Stage 1

July 25, 2010 by Lucie Babel

Niggli and Öberg, wet winners of Stage 1

The 2010 edition of the Swedish multiday event O-Ringen started today in the surroundings of Örebro, city located in the middle of Sweden. The 11 000 participants had barely the time to invade the specially concepted competition village t…

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Jukola through the eyes of Olav Lundanes and Thierry Gueorgiou

July 13, 2010 by Anatolijs Tarasovs

Jukola through the eyes of Olav Lundanes and Thierry Gueorgiou

Many weeks have passed since Jukola and the orienteering World’s focus has switched towards the future, however the memories remain forever and turn into legends. The following two stories told by Olav Lundanes and Thierry Gueorg…

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Norway and Denmark take gold in the “grand finale”

July 10, 2010 by Niels-Peter Foppen

Norway and Denmark take gold in the

Aalborg’s sunny and calm summer morning provided an ideal setting for some outstanding performances at the “grand finale”, the relay, of JWOC 2010. Under a cristal blue sky an unique type of Danish hilly terrain with m…

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Alexandersson and Steiwer reign middle distance

July 9, 2010 by Niels-Peter Foppen

Alexandersson and Steiwer reign middle distance

“A youngster full of potential, who doesn’t hesitate to tackle all her older concurrents.” That is how we described Tove Alexandersson in our overview of promising juniors for JWOC 2010. In the early afternoon Alexandersso…

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Challenging long distance at the JWOC 2010

July 7, 2010 by Anatolijs Tarasovs

Challenging long distance at the JWOC 2010

The long distance at the Junior World Championships has the longest start of all international championships in orienteering – this year stretched for more than 6 hours, including the delay of 40 minutes. There is no qualification and the…

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Double for Denmark at JWOC sprint

July 5, 2010 by Hugo Babel

Double for Denmark at JWOC sprint

The Danish runners won both gold medals at home for the first race of the JWOC 2010, while the Scandinavian armada showed her strength in the men’s race . The women’s category revealed some surprises from Eastern Europe.
It is a…

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JWOC: 10 faces you should know!

July 4, 2010 by Lucie Babel

JWOC: 10 faces you should know!

For those of you whose forecasts for the soccer World Cup took a desperate turn, it might be time to take a revanche and tip for the upcoming JWOC medalists. I admit: a task which could seem more tricky than in the hyper-mediatised world of socc…

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