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Vote for The Achievement of 2009 Now!

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Thierry Gueorgiou, Daniel Hubmann, Olli-Markus Taivainen, Peter Öberg, Fabian Hertner, Simone Niggli, Helena Jansson, Ida Bobach, Marianne Andersen and Linnea Gustafsson. These are the 10 runners who have been nominated for The Orienteering Achievement of 2009 – a poll organized by two of the major sources for international orienteering news ...

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Presentation: Fabian Hertner

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He looked like the happiest of all the medal winners in Miskolc this August – I started the WOC sprint qualification with enormous self confidence. The secret behind Fabian Hertner’s self confidence was 3.5 weeks high altitude training camp followed by 3 weeks of training focused fully on the Sprint ...

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Presentation: Simone Niggli

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Probably one of the biggest setbacks for Simone in her career – but it might have given her that little extra she needed for the Long distance two days later? In 2007 Simone Niggli was close to unbeatable – with victory in 8 of 10 World Cup races – taking ...

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Presentation: Ida Bobach

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Before last years JWOC she was the only one of them without a JWOC medal – now she has passed both of her older brothers She is only 18 years old – and with 4 medals of 4 possible in the Junior World Champs in Italy she got the Queen ...

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Presentation: Marianne Andersen

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After 14 Silver and Bronze medals in World Champs, European Champs and Nordic Champs, the Gold medal was finally there – Thanks to an intense fear for ruining this possibility for a World Championships Gold medal, I managed to get a 4-5 seconds lead to Helena Jansson on the way ...

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Presentation: Thierry Gueorgiou

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Gueorgiou’s silver medal on the WOC long distance was even more impressive The King of Middle did it again! After several big disappointments in the spring season, Thierry Gueorgiou came back 100% prepared for the World Orienteering Champs in Hungary, and took his 6th WOC Gold medal over the middle ...

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Win Extreme O-pants or Starts in Popular Events

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Trimtex, Highlands Open, OOCup and Nordvestgaloppen are the sponsors of “The Orienteering Achievement of 2009″. That means that you can win Extreme O-pants from Trimtex or starts in Highlands Open 2010, OOCup 2010 or Nordvestgaloppen 2010. The winners of “The Orienteering Achivement of 2009″ get the brand new Softshell Air ...

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The Orienteering Achievement of 2009

2009 has been another year full of great orienteering achievements – and as we now are moving towards 2010, it is again time to decide the greatest of achievements of the year. The annual poll to find the biggest Orienteering Achievements of the year is organized by two of the ...

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PWT Vicenza: Maps and Results

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[Updated with Venice O-meeting maps] Mikhail Mamleev won both the second PWT race in Vizena on Saturday and the Venice O-meeting on Sunday ahead of Øystein Kvaal Østerbø. Kvaal Østerbø however won the overall Adriatic Meeting. In the womens class Sarka Svobodna won the Adriatic meeting with victories both Friday ...

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