News Archives
16/05/2012 || Sprint Qualification: a total of four Swiss winners
The last finalists for the European Orienteering Championships 2012 were determined at the Sprint qualification in Falun, Sweden, this morning.
16/05/2012 || Vendula Klechova aims to do better than before
For less than one year ago became Vendula Klechova mother – now is she heading for better results than ever at the European Orienteering Championhips.
15/05/2012 || Olli-Markus Taivainen – only training a couple of times per day now
Olli-Markus Taivainen has reduced his training hours and become even better, but at the European Championships this year his goal is only to be among the ten best. He is aiming for real success at next year’s World Championships.
15/05/2012 || Johan Runesson – ready for a new Gothenburg
In 2009 Johan Runesson got three gold medals and one silver at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. In the qualifications at the European Orienteering Championships he has shown that he can do well in senior class too.
15/05/2012 || Long Qualification: emphatic victory for Simone Niggli
Defending European Champion at Long Distance, Simone Niggli, set out her stall in perfect fashion today with a win by as much as 2:42 over one of yesterday’s qualification winners, Minna Kauppi. The male defending champion, Daniel Hubmann, wasn’t on the start list today, but his country Switzerland is the only one to have 12 runners in the finals.
15/05/2012 || Experienced Anne Margrethe is back in shape
In the women’s class in Sweden, it promises to be a battle between some well-established stars: in the Middle qualification it was those with many years experience who took top placings.
15/05/2012 || Martins Sirmais: “Top ten is the goal”
Four years ago Martins Sirmais won a silver medal on the Middle distance in the European Orienteering Championships. This year the Latvian is setting his sights a bit lower.
14/05/2012 || Thierry Gueorgiou still motivated
Thierry Gueorgiou was beaten, but is feeling well motivated and will be striving for success during the coming days.
14/05/2012 || Interviews from European Championships in Around the Arena
Stories, interviews and photos from the European Orienteering Championships will appear throughout the week in the Around the Arena section on the IOF front page. News will be published, as usual, in the news section on the front page.
14/05/2012 || Minna Kauppi – “I have felt restless”
For three months at the end of last year, Minna Kauppi didn’t run at all, and she felt very restless. But in the first qualification race of the European Orienteering Championships (also the first round of the World Cup) she impressed everyone with a fine performance.
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