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The runner chosen for February is Lukás Barták from Slovakia. I have seldom seen a happier winner than Lukás Barták after getting Slovakia the silver medal on home ground at the last leg at the World University Orienteering Champs in 2006 (see pictures of the team below). 16th and 13th places over the long distance in 2007 and 2005 respectively are his best WOC results, but top 10 should be possible in Czech Republic next year – nearly on home ground.
Barták has been running for Halden SK in 2007, and did his job very well on the 9th leg for Halden SK’s first team in Tiomila. He kept the 5 minute lead for Halden SK safe – and sent Emil Wingstedt out on his last leg to run in to Halden SK’s 8th Tiomila victory. Keep an eye open for Barták in 2008 – he can come up with a surprise …
See full statistics and pictures for Lukás Barták in World of O Runners.
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About WoO Wall Calendar 2008
This is a preview of World of O Wall Calendar 2008: 12 runners – 12 countries. It will be available for free download as a high-quality PDF-file in January 2008. The preview of the calendar is shown to give organizers time (and motivate them) to add their competitions to World of O Calendar. All international orienteering competitions inside World of O Calendar at January 5th will be included in World of O Wall Calendar 2008. The pictures in the calendar are selected from World of O Runners – choosing 12 runners from 12 different countries to show the spread of orienteering around the world.
