----26.08.2007----

20070826-2247 : Australia National Team
DAY 8: SPRINT FINAL
The Sprint Final was the last competition of the 2007 World Orienteering Championships held in almost perfect running conditions (high 20s) around Kievs botanical gardens.In the mens race Australia had the young and talented Julian Dent qualified to the Sprint Final. Julian was begining to feel a little tired after the past week of racing but so was everyone else with very few fresh runners left. The Sprint Final was going to be the highest speed of all races as they competed around the open and ...
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----25.08.2007----

20070825-0717 : Australia National Team
DAY 7: RELAY FINAL
After an easier day yesterday the Australian team was ready for action again today in the city forests of Kiev. The relay is an important race of the world championships as teams battle it out for their countries and not as individuals. It really shows the strength and depth of countries on the world orienteering scale. The terrain was going to be very similar to the Classic Final with lots of route choice and contour detail in the deep gullies (a bit like Aussie erosion but deeper). above photo ...
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----24.08.2007----

20070824-0729 : Australia National Team
UKRAINE: CULTURE SHOCK!
As a member of the Australian team for World Orienteering Championships you are ensured to travel and visit unique places on this globe that you would not otherwise go to. Not only do you visit new and interesting parts of the world but you get to see them from the inside, meet real local people, attend genuine traditional banquets and unlike the usual tourist who tend to just see their hotel room and a few local tourist attractions we get a real feel for the country. Whether your running throug ...
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----23.08.2007----

20070823-0305 : Australia National Team
DAY 6: LONG FINAL
The Long race is known as the classic race for a reason, its the traditional event of the World Championships and requires enormous endurance both physicaly and mentaly to suceed. Today was no exception with the men racing over 18km and the women 13km. Temperatures were soaring up above +35degrees and this terrain was very near to the city of Kiev, which is very unusual for such a long race.In the mens race Australia had no athletes in the final as they missed out in the tough qualifying heats. ...
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----22.08.2007----

20070822-0822 : Australia National Team
DAY 5: MIDDLE FINAL
Australia had 4 athletes qualified in todays Middle Distance Final with Hanny Allston and Julian Dent drawing ideal starts at the back of the fields. The day started like usual here in Kiev but as the day went on it started to warm up with temperatures around 33degrees. As expected the terrain was full of green vegetation and had much complex detail hidden away.In the mens final Julian Dent was our only athlete and showed promising signs in qualifying two days earlier. As the early times were co ...
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----21.08.2007----

20070821-0643 : Australia National Team
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
Everyone has been enjoying a rest day here in Kiev today. As promised we have endeavoured to bring you an insight to the Australian teams daily life here at WOC07.Each of the team athletes and officials have been calling the Hotel Adria home for the last week. Lets have a sneek peek into their rooms.Rob Walter and Reuben Smith live in room #621Rob Walter:Favorite thing about Ukraine? I like the Borscht soup, tastes good.Tell something about your room mate? He is a calm and methodical room mate.F ...
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