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Junior World Orienteering Championships - Long distance
New Zealand orienteers stepped up to a higher level at the Junior World Orienteering Championships, producing excellent results on the technically and physically challenging Long Distance course. New Zealand orienteer Greta Knarston shook off the challenge of the altitude and poor weather to reach another career highlight with a top…
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20 finish at the 2009 Junior World Championships. Knarstons 19th place, 8 minutes behind winner Ida Bobach (DEN) is her third top 20 finish at Junior World level, after her 16th and 19th in Australia in 2007. Gretas tactics included a "lot of hesitation and caution, which no doubt helped avoid a big error" she said. The Long distance Championships were held at Passo Rolle at 1500-2000m altitude in the Dolomites, Italy and featured a lot of slope orienteering, angling across the steep and detailed mountain slopes. Teammate Kate Morrison ran the race of her life, at one stage coming…
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