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13.07.2014 Bergman – “I felt so strong”
With a Viking helmet on his head, Gustav Bergman finished the relay together with his team-mates and did just the same as at the European Championships a couple of months ago. Matthias Kyburz from Switzerland was the first one to start on the last leg, but just after him started Gustav Bergman, Sweden, and Thierry […]

13.07.2014 World Orienteering Championships: Relay golds for Switzerland and Sweden
Switzerland won the women’s relay and Sweden the men’s, but in both races the lead changed several times as the runners made errors in the testing Italian terrain.

12.07.2014 MTB Orienteering World Cup programme 2016
IOF Council has decided on the IOF Mountain Bike Orienteering World Cup programme for 2016.

12.07.2014 World Trail Orienteering Championships: PreO Champions are Michael Johansson and Guntars Mankus
Michael Johansson, Sweden won the Paralympic Class in the PreO competition in the World Trail Orienteering Championships. The Open Class was won by Guntars Mankus from Latvia.

12.07.2014 Annika Billstam – woman for the big occasion
From time to time Annika Billstam is asked if she’s coming close to retirement from sport at high level. The Swede has made very big changes in her life, but is still a woman for the big occasion. When the Swede won the Middle she got her second individual gold. She also won the Long […]

12.07.2014 Lundanes: “I didn’t expect the gold”
Olav Lundanes sprinting towards the finish. Photo: newspower.it   Olav Lundanes had hoped to feel better for the Long Distance on Wednesday. He didn’t feel that good on Friday either, but there was a big difference. The Middle Distance race was on higher ground and there were some really steep hills. “I felt really tired, […]

11.07.2014 World Orienteering Championships Middle race: gold for Billstam and Lundanes
World Champions 2014 at Middle distance are Annika Billstam, Sweden and Olav Lundanes, Norway. On a fine day in a delightfully scenic setting in the limestone Dolomites, a large crowd watched the two races unfold to exciting conclusions in both cases.

10.07.2014 World Trail Orienteering Championships: Johansson and Cereser lead in PreO
Michael Johansson, Sweden and Elvio Cereser, Italy are the leaders in the Paralympic and Open classes respectively at the end of the first day of PreO in the World Trail Orienteering Championships.

10.07.2014 Gueorgiou was prepared to quit the Long
Thierry Gueorgiou had been thinking about stopping in the Long Distance race, but he didn’t have to do that. The “Middle Distance phantom” is really going hard for the Middle Distance in these Championships. That is his number one distance and he had been talking about not taking part in the Long, but when the […]

10.07.2014 Svetlana Mironova – historic winner
When Svetlana Mironova went up the highest point of the podium at the Awards Ceremony after the Long Distance, it was something that had never happened before. First of all, it was her first international individual title. Secondly, she’s the first-ever Russian female to win an individual World Orienteering Championship race. “It was unexpected and […]