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19.02.2015 “I can’t believe it!”
Liubov Balandia of Russia skied an incredible last leg in the women’s juior relay and finished a long time before the second best team. “It was very hard, but I tried to be the very best”, smiles Liubov. “I can’t believe we’ve got gold”. She started first and finished 2.40 before Finland. Liubov is from […]

18.02.2015 Orienteering in Cairo – Running cameraman – Orienteering exhibition – helping new SkiO nations
A new, comprehensive issue of Inside Orienteering is available!

15.02.2015 Had to emulate his friend
Aleksandr Pavlenko was missing something a friend of his had already achieved, before the last individual race at JWSOC in Norway. “I had to win”, smiles Aleksandr. “I couldn’t do less well than Vladislav”. Vladislav Kiselev won the Sprint at Budor, close to Elverum in Norway. Aleksand Pavlenko was second in the Sprint and sixth […]

15.02.2015 The best Italian junior in the winter
Italy is really speeding up among their juniors. Last summer they got their first medal. Now they have also got a girl who could step up for a prize at JWSOC. Lia Patscheider was number five on the Middle Distance, and that’s the best result of an Italian junior in a Junior World Championship in […]

15.02.2015 “I went into a good flow”
Frida Sandberg did the first leg for the Swedish team at the last race at WSOC in Norway. She hadn’t expected that. The day ended incredibly well. “Before the race I felt some nerves”, she says. Her team-mates were Tove Alexandersson and Josefine Engström, both skiing at a very high level. “When I had started […]

15.02.2015 “I’m mainly a coach now”
Eduard Khrennikov was again on the top of the podium at a World Championships. He got one more gold. “This was my 14th, and it is also some time since the last one”, he says. Kirill Veselov did a very good first leg and did better than he had done in the individual races at […]

15.02.2015 “I’m just a coach now”
Eduard Khrennikov was again on the top of the podium at a World Championships. He got one more gold. “This was my 14th, and it is also some time since last time”, he says. Kirill Veselov did a very good first leg and did better than he had done in the individual races at the […]

15.02.2015 World SkiO Championships: Relay wins for Sweden and Russia
Sweden’s women repeated their success at the European Championships by again taking gold in today’s Relay, coming to the finish 35.8 seconds ahead of Finland. Men’s European Champions Norway were disqualified today along with Finland, allowing Russia a clear victory by 52.7 seconds over Sweden.

15.02.2015 Follow World Championships Relay LIVE
2015 World Ski Orienteering Championships conclude today with Relay.

14.02.2015 Staffan Tunis: “The plan is to stop now”
Staffan Tunis is not training so much in hours than he used to, but again he has got the title World Champion. The Finn, who comes from Vaasa on the west coast of Finland, won the Middle Distance at WSOC four years ago in Sweden. Since then he has become father to small children. He […]