On the 23rd of February, in the last days of Olympics in Sochi, the hard work began for courses service team in the winter sports destination “Pearl of Siberia”. Despite of the frost, our experienced team consisting of Sergey Soldatov, Maxim Ekishev, Vladimir Medvedev, Damir Rahmankulov, Alexander Baraschenko, Dmitry Vyatkin are preparing the ski tracks. … Continued
Zernushka doll
Tyumen’s needlewomen have made “Zernushka” dolls for winners of European Ski Orienteering Championships and World Cup. For many centuries, this Russian folk rag doll was essential part of ancient Slavs culture and life. Right to the middle of XX century it was considered to be traditional folk toy. Rug doll is a unique and special … Continued
New TV break-through for orienteering
In the first february issue of IOF magazine “Inside Orienteering” an article under the name “New TV break-through for orienteering” by Clive Allen about upcoming European Ski Orienteering Championships has come.
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Live TV broadcasting
A famous TV producer Karel Jonak (the Czeck Republic) and EMIT representative Tommy Jahojarvi (Norway) paid a visit to the “Pearl of Siberia”. On the first day of the visit they inspected the ski tracks and clarified the location of television cameras to broadcast the upcoming European Championships in ski orienteering. It is going to … Continued
The first track
In spite of the fact that the snow coverage is no more than 20-25 sm in the event area, the tracks preparation is started. The organizers team is making the base for the coming event using snowmobiles.