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07.06.2013 Nordic Tour moves on to Finland
Finland is in focus today and tomorrow with the last two events of the Nordic Tour (second round of the 2013 World Cup) taking place in and around Turku. Several of the teams taking part will also be attending training camps and holding selection races prior to the World Championships to be held in Finland next month.

05.06.2013 World MTB Orienteering Championships 2013 long distance start slots published
Start slots for the World MTB Orienteering Championships 2013 long distance final have now been allocated. On top of the federations’ slots, the reigning Junior and Senior Long Distance World Champions will have personal start slots.

04.06.2013 1-second victory margins in knock-out sprint
As anticipated, the knock-out sprint in Sigtuna today was thrilling to the last, with the lead changing several times in the Final and at the end one-second victories for Emma Klingenberg, Denmark and Fabian Hertner, Switzerland.

04.06.2013 Promotional orienteering event at the Mediterranean Games 2013
Turkey will be hosting the XVII Mediterranean Games at the end of this month in Mersin. This time orienteering will also be present at the Mediterranean Games as a promotional event titled 'Sprint Orienteering - Race to the Olympics'.

02.06.2013 Kaas – forced to stop training
When Carl Godager Kaas came home from the first round of the World Cup he soon had to take a two-month-long break from training. Today, though, he won in Oslo. “I have reached such a good level faster than expected”, he says. – Were you surprised by the victory? “I felt I was doing well [...]

02.06.2013 Thoresen ready for a change
Petter Thoresen has achieved a lot of success both as athlete and coach, but after this season it looks as though he will not be so visible at the big races. Thoresen will end his work as head coach after this season. “This is my fifth year as head coach for Norway. Before that I [...]

02.06.2013 Hubmann – back among the very best
Daniel Hubmann’s season last year stopped with the European Championships in Sweden. He became injured just before finishing his leg in the relay. Now is he back, near to his best. He was second and sixth in the first two races of the Nordic Tour. “It’s going well”, he says, “and I hope I can [...]

02.06.2013 Niggli – 3 good months of training
Since March Simone Niggli has done very well in training. So top results as usual when the Swiss star began her World Cup season. The mother of three won the sprint and the middle distance in the first World Cup races she took part in this season. Niggli didn’t go to New Zealand in January [...]

02.06.2013 Too old for JWOC – “a pity!”
Every weekend since the start of the year, Tove Alexandersson has either been to a training camp or taking part in races, but do you think that makes the Swedish athlete tired? No way! Much has happened in Tove’s sporting life so far this year. In January the first-year senior impressed a lot in New [...]

02.06.2013 Nordic Tour: second win for Simone
Several less well-known names figured on the podium in today’s middle distance race, but Simone Niggli was again in a class of her own, winning the women’s race in wet conditions in Oslo today by more than 1½ minutes. The men’s race was won by home runner Carl Godager Kaas.