The Australian team for the 2007 World Orienteering Championships have fully assembled in Kiev. Yesterday the last athletes and team officials arrived to the Ukraine and checked into Hotel Adria, the teams residence for the next 10days.
Rob Walter (ACT) and Reuben Smith (SA) register at team check in.
World Champs debutant, Reuben Smith, shows off his accreditation.
Julian Dent (NSW) unpacks into Hotel Adria, where he will call home for the next 10days.
Rob Walter and Kathryn Ewels (VIC) head out to a little light training a day ahead of their sprint qualifing races. Official "model races" are arranged for athletes to put final touches to their training and simulate what they can expect on race day.
Julian Dent and Brett Weihart (mens coach) stock up on water. Kiev is expecting continued high temperatures over the next week, into the +30's.
The team gets together in the evening for a meeting and discuss race information for the following day. Then it's off for a massage or early night... zzz
Keep upto date over the next week of racing by following the team blog. We will try and update you with news and photos from within the team as much as possible.
Signing off from Hotel Adria near the banks of the River Dnipero (No swimming! Chenobyle is up stream not far away). Troy
11 comments:
cool to see you all made it! geeze, weather looks nice. 12 degrees here in uppsala....
Good luck to you all running the sprint tomorrow morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hugs, allison
oooops, i just realised you are running in the afternoon. thats good, i get to sleep in and still see the action. GO Aussies!!!
The blog is awesome Troy and folks. Looking forward to catching up with you all when I get into Kiev tomorrow. Best wishes to all the team running today.
Mike Dowling
You all look so skinny. You need a good feed. If you want a great recipe, I'm your man! Anything from Nouvelle Cuisine to a Rajasthani barbeque, just ask. Reuben will cook. Now I'm off to lawn bowls in the fog. It's semi-final day in the club pairs 2007 champs, and my partner and I have a title to defend. Reubes, you need a haircut. See ya. I'll be watching..... Nev B
Best Wishes with all my <3
xxx
~* L *~
Hey everyone,
Take the swim in the river... it sounds hot and not all mutations are harmful (eg. tmnt). Looking forward to the results and the stories; superhuman and otherwise. GOOD LUCK!!
Lorenzo
Good luck everyone!
Good luck to the Aussies,
The Arrows are watching in awe at your performances, and we wish you all the best for the coming weeks.
And to our fellow Arrow, GO REUBS!!!
Cheery Bop,
The Southern Arrows
Very impressive blog guys. Reuben hope the coffee is up to your standard. Best of speed, navigation and clean runs to you all. Hoping that Kiev is as exciting at Dubbo!
Cheers
Blake
To Troy & the other Australian Boomerangs.
Congrats on great blog and best wishes to everyone for great runs in your respective races.
Bob Mouatt
President
Orienteering Australia
Congratulations to those fantastic Aussie girls 3... Hanny, Grace and Kathryn out of 4 girls in the womens final sprint!AWESOME!
Congratulations to Julian too for making the sprint final against the likes Thierry Georgio!
Fantastic start to WOC 2007!
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