Valentin Novikov tells about EOC Long qualification (updated)

Valentin Novikov yesterday made quite good race at EOC Long qualification and got second place in the heat 2. Story from Valentin Novikov is here:

EOC-selected

I have been selected to EOC during Russian Cup competitions near Black See (Gelendzhik, 5-14 March). Next competitions for me are World Cup event in Spain and Sprint and Long at EOC (Portugal).

Great day - January 27

70 years ago The Siege of Leningrad ended. Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) was blocked by Nazi troops in September 1941. Hitler's plan was to destroy the city and kill all (almost three millions) inhabitants. The 872 horrible days of the siege caused unparalleled famine in the Leningrad. Millions of people were without water, electricity, steam, sewage, and food supplies. This resulted in the deaths of up to 1,500,000 soldiers and civilians.

Interview of Galina Vinogradova at Portuguese Orienteering Blog

Big interview of Galina Vinogradova is published at Portuguese Orienteering Blog (in English).

New PB 3000 m indoor 9:41,1

Today I took part in first winter track race in Barnaul (open competitions of Altai State Technical University). I was running 3000 m. Time was 9:41,1 with this time schedule:

Running with Olympic Flame!

Today, December 3, Olympic Flame has came to Barnaul. 240 torchbearers were involved for such a great event. Torchbearers are recruited from different fields of sports, medicine, politics, business, etc. Relay route was 44 km length and cross a lot of street in our city. The first torchbearer was Sergei Shubenkov (European Champion, World Championship bronze medalist in 2013 at 110 meters hurdles). The final torchbearer was a skier Vitaly Denisov. He is World bronze medalist in 2001 (10 km + 10 km combined pursuit) and 5th place at Olympic Games in 2002 (Salt Lake City, same discipline). Vitaly and Altai region governor Aleksandr Karlin light a fire in the Olympic bowl on the main square of Barnaul.

The number of my leg was 188. Story about my participation you can read below.

I agree with Radek Novotny critics of IOF World Cup system

Radek Novotny, Czech National main coach writes absolutely right thoughts about current IOF system. I agree with every word in his article. Especially I want stress attention on some point and give some examples and additional arguments.

Running against wind&snow: 5 km - 17:15

New distance running season is open. Today I ran 5 km race and weather was tough - snow, wind and slippery surface. All the way I was in the lead. According to conditions my time is acceptable 17:15. After summer it is unusual to run against snow wind and blink because of snowflakes. It was a strange phenomenon - almost all time I had a front wind.