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On the last day of the competition the team of Switzerland triumphed with the gold medals in the Long Distance Final. Daniel Hubmann was the fastest runner (1:44:29), Philippe Adamski from France was 3:31 min behind the champion and won the silver medal (1:48:00). The other man who reached the medal position is the Swiss participant Fabian Hertner (1:48:43), the new champion in the Sprint on the first day of EOC. For the first time the most experienced Bulgarian runner Kiril Nikolov had outstanding achievement in this discipline (1:51:09 ) and took the 6th place. Behind him ranked the well-known Emil Wingstedt from Sweden (7th place, 1:51:56) and the new champion in the Middle Distance Valentin Novikov (10th place, 1:53:50). Some the most respectable runners (Andrey Khramov RUS, Matthias Merz SUI, Mikhail Mamleev ITA & Thierry Gueorgiou FRA) couldn't finish the race, others didn't start (Mattias Millinger SWE, Dmitry Tsvetkov RUS, Alessio Tenani ITA, Edgards Bertuks LAT, Adam Kovacs HUN).

The Swiss star Simone Niggli won the 2nd gold medal in Primorsko in the Long Distance Women Final (1:20:31), after she had achieved the same success in the Middle a day before. Dana Brozkova from the Chez Republic is in the 2nd place (1:21:53), the holder of the bronze medal is Helena Jansson from Sweden (1:26:22) - the new Europen champion in Sprint & Relay

We have the official results for Long Distance Final. You can find the Men Results here and Women here

You can now see the maps for the long distance here.

The 5th day of the competition was surprising for specialists and spectators. In the Middle Distance Final the king Thierry Gueorgiou from France with three European & six World titles unexpectedly remained out of top 10. He took the 11th position (36:38) - 2:29 min. behind the new champion Valentin Novikov from Russia (34:09). The Bulgarian runner Kiril Nikolov for the first time in his career was faster than Gueorgiou and achieved impressive success having reached the 9th position (36:28). Matthias Mertz from Switzerland is the new holder of silver medal (35:30), followed by his compatriot Daniel Hubmann (35:36), who won the bronze medal.

The Suisse delegation has another reason to be proud of their own competitors. The star Simone Niggli won her 1st gold medal in this discipline (33:07) among women. The best runner shared her feeling of happiness to possess 6 golden medals from the European championships including the new one in the Middle Distance race. The competitor in the 2nd place is Signe Soes from Denmark who is almost 2 minutes behind the champion (35:06). Lena Eliasson from Sweden deserved the bronze medal (35:19). Unfortunately, the amazing runner Minna Kauppi from Finland didn't have good luck and couldn't win a medal. She reached the 5th position (35:49).

We have the official results for both men and women Middle Final. You can find them on the left with the splits. Update: The maps are available also from the event.

We have the relay maps ready for you. You can find them in the Relays section on the left. Or you can click here.

The startlists for middle and long finals are published. You can see them in the left menu.

The 4th day of European Orienteering Championships was full of joy and will remain unforgettable for Sweden and Suisse, the new champions in the Women and Men Relay. The team of Sweden (Karolina A-Hojgaard, Lena Eliasson, Helena Jansson) overcame in the battle for the gold medal (1:52:37) versus the team of Finland (1:52:49). Merja Rantanen, Anni-Maija Fincke & Minna Kauppi won the silver medal (1:52:49). Although M. Kauppi had a chance to bring the victory of her team-mates (40:08), H. Jansson managed to cross the finish line earlier (39:53). Later M. Kauppi admitted that Helena had been better. The team of Switzerland (Vroni Koenig-Salmi, Caroline Cejka Simone Niggli) won the bronze medal (1:53:35).

Among men the last previous European champ, the team of Russia not only couldn't defend the title, but also didn't reach the medal position. The famous runners from Switzerland Matthias Mueller, Fabian Hertner & Matthias Merz won the gold medal (1:54:44). The team of France (Frederic Tranchand, Philippe Adamski & Thierry Gueorgiou) is 36 seconds behind (1:55:20) and won the silver medal. The team of Norway (Holger Hott, Carl Waaler Kaas, Olav Lundanes) is the holder of the bronze medal (1:56:36).

We have the official results for the relays. You can find them on the left including split times also. After you see the results you can check the photos from today and later you can see the courses also.

Switzerland took the gold medal in the Men Relays. France are second and Norway came third.
You can see the preliminary results and times in the Live Results Center.

Sweden took the gold medal with a smashing final sprint from Helena Jansson, second are Finland with Minna Kauppi and third are Switzerland with Simone Niggli on third Leg.

You can watch the live results for the mens relay here, which are starting at 11:20 EET.

You can check out the Maps and some photos from the events so far. We will be adding more photos very soon. Stay tuned.

The third day of the EOC programme confirmed the expectations of the specialists. In Middle Distance Women Qualification in heat "C" Minna Kauppi defeated the other opponents and took the 1st place (25:08), Vroni Koenig-Salmi is on the second place (26:06), the third ranked Dana Brozkova (26:12). In heat "B" the leader is Simone Niggli (25:01), followed by Lena Eliason (27:21) and Maria Magnusson (28:10). In heat "A" Natalia Vinogradova is the 1st (27:17), followed by Signe Soes (27:40) and Merja Rantanen (27:52).

Among men in heat "A" Baptiste Rollier is on the 1st place (27:01), followed by Mats Haldin (27:12) and Leonid Novikov (27:16). In heat "B" the best competitors are: Valentin Novikov (27:47), Thierry Gueorgiou (27:52) and Mikhail Mamleev (28:03). In heat "C" on the 1st place is Alexey Bortnik (26:04), followed by Peter Oberg (26:58) and Anders Tiltnes (27:03).

You can see the men results here and the women here.

The spectators enjoyed exciting Women & Men Long Distance Qualifications. In heat "A" Julia Novikova took the 1st place (45:41), Merja Rantanen (46:36) and Emma Andersson (47:03) made up the group of the leading competitors. In heat "B" Helena Jansson, who had won the title in Sprint a day before, was at the top again (47:55), followed by Lena Eliasson (48:14) and Dana Brozkova (48:50). In heat "C" Simone Niggli was admirable in the race (44:03), followed by Vroni Koenig-Salmi (48:09) and Eva Jurenikova (50:47).

In the male division Valentin Novikov is the leader in heat "A" (56:45), followed by Philippe Adamski (57:40) and Alexey Bortnik (57:41). In heat "B" Peter Oberg is the winner (57:01), followed by Matthias Mueller (57:38) and Tero Fohr (57:50). The best runner in heat "C" is Thierry Guergiou (53:19), followed by Mikhail Mamleev (54:05) and Olav Lundanes (54:18).

You can see the men results here and the women here.

Helena Jansson (SWE) was the 1st competitor who crossed the finish line (14:36) in the impressive Sprint Final race. The new European champion among women was followed by Simone Niggli (SUI) who won the silver medal (14:56). The holder of bronze medal is Maja Alm (DEN, 15:44).
Fabian Hertner (SUI) is the new champion in the same discipline among men (14:45). His compatriot Daniel Hubman (15:11) is the vice champion, Emil Wingstedt (SWE) is on the 3rd place (15:14).

You can see the men results here and the women here.

The Startlist for the Sprint distance qualification is available online. You can find it on the left in the menu.

As of today Bulletin 4 is available here

ЕOC2010 Bulletin 3 was published and can be found here.

Online final name's entries are open now and you can enter names, SI card and upload photo file for the accreditation. Please notice that you can enter as many names as you entered in your preliminary entry. We kindly ask you to fulfill the name entries no later than 10.05.2010. Log in into your federation account and click on "GO TO FINAL ENTRY"

As of today you can download the Enry Form Media-E3, and Entry Form Guests-E4. Also you can see Bulletin 1 for the EOC Tour here.

30th of January is approaching and we are missing a lot of preliminary entries. It is important for us to know about your accommodation wishes. Please log on into the entry system and fill-in the appropriate information.

The national O-teams of Denmark and Norway in Bulgaria for training camp.

The National Teams of Norway and Denmark were on a training camp from 11.10.2009 -18.10.2009 in Bulgaria for the upcoming European championshps in 2010. Here are the photos

The first preliminary entry is a fact thanks to the UK Team.

The preliminary entries online form is ready for use. In a couple of days you will receive passwords for access by email.

Training maps are now available on the site. You can find them here.
Embargoed areas are updated.
Also the preliminary entries will be open tomorrow for all teams. Sorry for the delay.

As of today you can download Bulletin 2.

As of today you can see Bulletin 1 on the website.