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The runner chosen for April is Kiril Nikolov from Bulgaria. In Norway Kiril Nikolov is known as “The flying Bulgarian”, due to Geir Nilsen of OPN.no winning the price “The Orienteering Picture of the Year” with a picture of Kiril Nikolov entitled “The flying Bulgarian”. See Asplövets version of the picture below.
Nikolov started orienteering late – in 1998. He tried many sports before that, his major sport was highjumping (!). His breakthrough was a 12.place on the sprint in WOC 2003, and he changed over in 3rd place at Tiomila 2005, just 2 seconds behind the leader. He did not succeed in the WOC in Denmark in 2006 – only 18th at his best. In Kiev in 2007 Nikolov got his best WOC result so far with a 10th place at the extremely hot long distance.
Original Image by Geir Nilsen / OPN.no – photomontage by Asplövet.
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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.
