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05.07.2013 The girl with the famous father
32 years ago, Jörgen Mårtensson won his first individual WOC gold as a senior. Today it was his daughter Heidi Mårtensson’s turn to win an international title. “This is incredible! This is my biggest achievement as a junior”, smiles the Norwegian. She is a very fast runner and is also training hard for track and [...]

05.07.2013 “I hadn’t thought the dream could come true”
Florian Schneider has dreamt about being a winner at JWOC, and the dream came true today. A little bit unexpected, according to himself. But the 20-year-old athlete has really done well during the championships. He was second on the Long distance after leading for a long time. “I was satisfied with the silver, Piotr was [...]

05.07.2013 Junior World Championships: Sprint golds for Norway and Switzerland
Newly-crowned Sprint Junior World Champions are Heidi Mårtensson, Norway and Florian Schneider, Switzerland. The medals were divided between six different nations, including a bronze for Belarus.

04.07.2013 Runners from St. Etienne – always prepared to help!
When he heard a runner screaming for help, there was no doubt in the mind of Remi Baudot. The Frenchman stopped of course, and helped even though he was running for a ticket to the final. On the Middle qualification he was on his way between a couple of controls in the forest when he [...]

04.07.2013 World elite foot and trail orienteers gather in Finland
The final countdown has begun to the start of the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) and World Trail Orienteering Championships (WTOC), both of which take place around the Finland town of Vuokatti during the coming week.

04.07.2013 A Dane had the winning trick
Just a few days after Miri Thrane Ødum became 18 years old she ran a really well-planned race in the Middle distance final in the Junior World Championships – and won gold. The Middle distance was a really tricky one. Almost every leg between the controls needed very careful map reading with a huge number [...]

04.07.2013 “We’re used to careful navigating and rough terrain”
All the medallists from Sweden in the men’s class have been pupils at orienteering high schools, and they think that a big reason for the incredible Swedish day in the men’s class on the Middle distance is, that this race was in conditions they are used to. “We are used to fighting”, smiles Emil. “At [...]

04.07.2013 “I haven’t time to be nervous”
What a rush everything is for Tim Robertson right now. The 17-year-old from New Zealand can’t take part in the JWOC banquet this year – just as last year. Just as one year ago, the young Kiwi will take part in both JWOC and WOC. Last summer he impressed a lot. On a Friday last [...]

04.07.2013 World Orienteering Championships to be an international messenger for clean sport
Things will heat up in the forests of Vuokatti on 6–14 July, when orienteers compete in the World Orienteering Championships. The message of clean sport will be on display at the event, symbolised by the Golden Baton which travels around to international sporting events organised in Finland. The event organisers, the International Orienteering Federation, the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA and the Finnish Antidoping Agency FINADA are working together to bring forth the message of clean sport.

03.07.2013 Junior World Championships, men’s Middle distance final: Sweden power show
Sweden took all the medals in the men’s Middle distance final, with Emil Svensk winning the gold by just 1 second from Anton Johansson. Bronze medallist, 9 seconds down on the winner, was Jens Wängdahl.