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The IOF Podcast Erling Thisted
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You'll meet some of the world's greatest orienteering athletes in this podcast from The International Orienteering Federation.
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#14 Simona Aebersold - on kicking off a new World Cup season on home ground
The 2024 Orienteering World Cup begins in Olten, Switzerland this weekend.
Simona Aebersold (SUI) starts the international season in great shape, she tells us in this podcast episode, where we also talk about her long distance World Champs title last summer and her "new role" in the Swiss national team.
Interviewer: Erling Thisted, IOF
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#13 - 10Mila preview with expert commentator Jonas Merz
This year's 10Mila relays take place in Nynäshamn in eastern Sweden May 4-5 with more than 6000 athletes. You can follow all three relays on close hand with IOF TV in both English and Finnish from Saturday afternoon.
https://tv.orienteering.sport/
In this episode IOF TV expert commentator Jonas Merz shares his thoughts on the prestigious relays.
Episode photo: Peter Holgersson
Interviewer: Erling Thisted -
#12 - Daisy Kudre-Schnyder on WSOC in Austria and befriending Central European terrain
Daisy Kudre-Schnyder (EST) won four medals - two of gold - at the previous World Ski Orienteering Championships on homeground two years ago.
This year, the world champs are held in Ramsau, Austria in a completely different terrain. Hear about Daisy's expectations, preparations and her take on who is favourite at WSOC.
Interviewer: Erling Thisted -
#11 Ralph Street - on winning his first World Cup race and WOC 2024 in Edinburgh
The Orienteering World Cup saw a new race winner in August, when Ralph Street (GBR) took his first ever win in the sprint in Czechia.
He tells us what fell into place that day in Ceska Lipa, looks ahead at WOC 2024 in Edinburgh next summer and talks about being a sprint specialist or not.
Interviewer: Erling Thisted
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#10 Tereza Janosikova - on her EOC expectations and IOF's athletes' commission
Tereza Janosikova had a great start to the autumn season, finishing second in the World Cup Sprint Relay in Ceska Lipa with Team Czechia.
In this episode of the IOF Podcast, we talk about what that means for the upcoming European Orienteering Championships in Italy and how she has prepared for the three sprint races from October 4 - 8.
Tereza is a part of IOF's athletes' commission as well and tells us what that's all about.
Follow EOC from Italy on IOF TV - tv.orienteering.sport.
Interviewer: Erling Thisted, IOF -
#9 Yannick Michiels - on preparing for EOC in Italy and his favorite sprint terrain
The international orienteering season 2023 ends with three fast races in northern Italy in the first week of October.
A Sprint, a Sprint Relay and a Knock-Out Sprint make up the European Orienteering Championships and World Cup final from October 4 - 8.
It’s the highlight of the year for Belgian Sprint specialist Yannick Michiels who is eager to follow up on his bronze medal from World Championships in Denmark last year with another great sprint race in Verona.
In this episode of the IOF Podcast we talk to him about preparing for big sprint championships, what the bronze medal has meant for him and why he prefers individual sprints over knock-out races.
Interviewer: Erling Thisted, IOF