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Grouping Norwegian Champs Long Distance

Analysis again done by Henning Spjelkavik. The open terrain in Tromsø – along with the technical difficulties at the end made room for quite a few groups in the long distance. Sorry for the format not being ideal for display on the page (due to poor internet connection here it ...

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Norwegian Champs: Gueorgiou and Hubmann beat them all

In todays middle distance in the Norwegian Champs middle distanse the Norwegian men did not manage to beat guest runners Thierry Guergiou (FRA) and Daniel Hubmann (SUI) – both finishing in front of the Norwegian Champion Audun Weltzien. Second in the Norwegian Champs was another Swiss runner – Baptiste Rollier ...

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Norwegian Champs: Victory for Weltzien and Andersen

Audun Weltzien won a tight Norwegian Champs long distance in Tromsø today performing very good in the last difficult part of the race. Second was Anders Nordberg – third Lars Skjeset. In the womens class Marianne Andersen caught Anne Margrethe Hausken with 2 minutes about 1.5 kilometers before the finish ...

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Fantastic conditions for todays Norwegian Champs

The scenery is fantastic, the sun is shining, and the terrain is said to be wonderful. The first runners have already been heading into the forest. Follow the results live on the Norwegian Champs webpage now Today is the Long Distance. Estimated time of the winners ready is 16.30, although ...

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Special Norwegian Champs high up in the North

Gueorgiou will be there. Hubmann will be there. Norberg will be there. And Gonon will be there. Thus gold medalists from the middle and long distance at the World Champs in Czech Republic this summer, along with the rest of the medal winners in the mens long distance, are running ...

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Kauppi: Outside the map on the long leg

Minna Kauppi run the fourth best time on the long leg in the womens class at the WOC long distance utilizing a route choice which went outside the map. A small gamble, but it took her from 9th to 5th place… Extract from WOC news number 11: – The women ...

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Gueorgiou: – I had 20% of the normal capacity of my lung

Thierry Gueorgiou describes his nightmare at the WOC Relay in detail in the latest number of WOC News – a story you shouldn’t miss. Our team dream – the WOC relay gold medal – was gone but I started to realise that I was also in danger – I was ...

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Today Live: WUOC Middle distance from 0900 CET

The World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) starts continues with Middle distance in Tartu today with the first start at 0900 CET. You can follow the race online with both text commentary and several split times. Report from WUOC middle distance 2006 (source International University Sports): For the women, Norwegian Line ...

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