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Route to Christmas: Day 19 2008

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is from Copa Catalana – Saldes 08 in Spain @ 2008-06-01. The chosen leg is leg 11 in Course 1. Thank you to Eva Jurenikova for the tip about the competition. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 18 2008

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is a Ski-Orienteering leg from Finland. The chosen leg is leg 18 in Men 21 from the Hiihtosuunnistuksen SM-kilpailut @ 2008-03-15. Thanks to Sindre Jansson Haverstad to the tip about the competition. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 17 2008

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is from Finland and KuUS-rastit at 2008-05-17. The chosen leg is leg number 5 from the H21A course. Thank you very much to Kari Hovi for the tip. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 16 2008

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is from Thermenlandopen 2008 in Slovenia (Dobrovnik). The category is Men 21 Elite, and the leg chosen is the long leg to control number 8. Thank you very much to Martin Veitsberger who helped collect the routes of several top runners for this ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 15 2008

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008‘ is an extremely long leg from the Highlands Open Long Distance in Cesuna di Roana, Italy – August 31st 2008. Thank you very much to Cristian Bellotto for providing both map and routes of the best runners for this interesting leg. Please provide ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 14 2008

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is leg 18 in Men Elite from the 6. Nationaler Baselbieter OL @ 2008-09-14 (OLV Baselland). A really long leg in alpine terrain – towards the end of the course. Thank you to Stefan Lombriser (running himself) and Marcel Schiess for this tip. ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 13 2008

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is leg 11 the longest course in the British Senior Home Internationals (2008-10-26). The leg was submitted by James Tullie. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would ...

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Kauppi and Hubmann: Orienteering Achievement of 2008!

Minna Kauppi and Daniel Hubmann have been awarded with “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ titles in the womens and mens class, respectively! Among the women, Minna Kauppi got 29.4% of the votes – winning ahead of Vroni König-Salmi with 23.7% of the votes. The mens class saw a very clear ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 12 2008

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is leg from the Hungarian Champs Long Distance – October 25th 2008 – where Daniel Hubmann made one of the most impressive runs of the year. Many world class runners where present – and Hubmann won with impressive 5 minutes. Hungary is the ...

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Vroni König-Salmi and Thierry Gueorgiou …

… got nearly to the top in the “Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ – both getting the second place in the women and men category, respectively. Vroni König Salmi had the comeback of 2008 in international orienteering with her silver medal in the WOC 2008 Middle Distance – an achievement valued ...

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