Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Friday, August 20, 2004 Some news from NorwayI spent some time today reading a couple of newspaper articles about the Norwegian Champs (which are also their WOC selection races).One of the big stories is the absence of the national coach. Anders Garderud is the national team coach, but he's also a color commentator for Swedish TV and he's in Athens for the Olympics. Garderud is getting some criticism for being away while the selections are going on. One article points out that not only is Garderud absent from the selection races but, But the truth is that it hasn't gone well in the two championships that "The Swede" [Garderud is Swedish] has been responsible for. The last European Champs, in Denmark, was the first time in history that a Norwegian men's team has come home without medals. But Hanne Staff won a gold and gives Garderud much of the credit for helping her be tougher as a runner. Holger Hott Johansen is something of a North American favorite. So I usually take a look at how he is doing. His first race, the classic champs, didn't go well. He finished 8th: "That may have been my worst race in a long time, maybe in a year," said Hott Johansen, who struggled with both booms and a bad stomach. While Garderud is in Athens, he's getting the results and speaking to the press. Here is what he said about Holger Hott Johansen's race: "I expected a lot more from Holger. Holger can have a bad race, but not two," said Garderud, putting a lot of pressure on Holger for the middle distance races. You can see how it went for Holger (quite well in the middle qualifying race earlier today!) on the Norwegian Champs results page. While you're there, Check out Sandy Hott Johansen in F21 (i.e. "D21" in Norwegian). Her result from the classic looks decent and she ran a nice middle qualifying race today. posted by Michael | 7:34 PM 
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