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World Championships Orienteering Sprint

Chris Forne has run a brilliant race to produce New Zealands best ever male results at the World Orienteering Championships. A storming run from the former World Adventure racing and Rogaining champion through the Hungarian forest and park setting put him in the top 20, just over a minute and…
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a half behind the 2008 and 2009 champion, Andrey Khramov of Russia. Fornes run was not quite mistake-free and two early navigational errors totalling 44 seconds may have cost him a placing in the top 6. Forne is now New Zealands best at the World Champs Sprint (20th) and Long distance (28th) while World Cup winner (1994) Alistair Landels holds the record over the Middle distance (27th in 1997). After qualifying 5th in his heat ahead of Khramov, Ross Morrison had a great race for 30th, not equalling his World Games 10th place in the Sprint, but his best ever…

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