The Organizing Committee and the Latvian Orienteering Federation are delighted to be the hosts for the 7th European Orienteering Championships and World Cup in Ventspils, Latvia from 25 May to 1 June 2008. We welcome all friends of orienteering in Ventspils.

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Sprint qualification

At 9:00 it was the first start of the women class of the sprint qualification race. Women class was dominated by the Scandinavian runners - there were four Swedish runners, three Finnish runners and one from Denmark and Norway in the TOP 3 in all qualification runs.
Current World ranking 2.place holders Minna Kauppi (FIN) and Heli Jukkola (FIN) won their heats by good margin. The third heat was won by the 5th ranked runner Helena Jansson (SWE).

Women - Heat 1
1 Minna Kauppi FIN 11:19
2 Sofia Johansson SWE 11:30
3 Anna Margarethe Hausken NOR 11:39
Women - Heat 2
1 Heli Jukkola FIN 10:32
2 Emma Engstrand SWE 10:56
3 Linnea Gustafsson SWE 10:58
Women - Heat 3
1 Helena Jansson SWE 10:50
2 Signe Soes DEN 10:59
3 Merja Rantanen FIN 11:05

After the women start it was men's race. The gold and silver medallists from the EOC 2006 - Emil Wingstedt (SWE) and Jamie Stevenson (GBR) were best on their heats. The third heat was won by Michal Smola (CZE).
Some surprises from World top runners Jarkko Houvila (FIN) and Valentin Novikov (RUS) as wellas young Norwegian runner Olav Lundanes who missed the final, so they can keep theri medal hopes for other distances.

Men - Heat 1
1 Michal Smola CZE 12:08
2 Erik Ohlund SWE 12:19
3 Martin Per Johansson SWE 12:22
Men - Heat 2
1 Emil Wingstedt SWE 12:03
2 Tero Fohr FIN 12:08
3 Tuomas Tervo FIN 12:23
Men - Heat 3
1 Jamie Stevenson GBR 12:34
2 Mats Haldin FIN 12:37
3 Daniel Hubmann SUI 12:41

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