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WOC Middle: The king is back!
Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA) took the gold medal at the WOC middle distance after a very strong finish. At the spectator control he was equal in time with the Czech home favourite Michal Smola (CZE), but Gueorgiou had a much stronger finish, and could run into the finish with the French…
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flag in his hand, knowing that he had secured his sixth individual WOC gold medal - the fifth in his favourite discipline, the middle distance. His impressive middle distance series is 2003 (Switzerland), 2004 (Sweden), 2005 (Japan), 2007 (Ukraine) and now 2008 (Czech Republic). The king is back Gueorgiou - the king of middle distance - was completely dominating in world orienteering elite last year, but has been more unstable this year. It looked like he was back at the World Cup round in Norway in the end of June where he did what looked like a fantastic run in…
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