Ruslan Gritsan
Ruslan Gritsan (born 7 December 1978, in Moscow) is a Russian competitor and multiple world champion in both ski-orienteering and mountain bike orienteering. Ski orienteering career At the 1998 Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships Grislan won gold medals in both the classic distance and the short distance. He won a gold medal in the short distance at the 2005 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Levi, shared with Andrei Gruzdev. He won gold medals in the relay with the Russian team in 2002, 2004 and 2005. In 2002 the Russian team consisted of Andrei Gruzdev, Gristan, Viktor Korchagin and Eduard Khrennikov, and the team won gold ahead of Finland. The 2004 team consisted of Vasily Glukharev, Andrei Gruzdev, Gritsan and Eduard Khrennikov, winning ahead of the Norwegian team. In 2005 Gruzdev, Gritsan and Khrennikov won the relay ahead of Finland. Mountain bike orienteering career At the 2004 World MTB Orienteering Championships in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ski Orienteering
Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing endurance winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines recognized by the IOF. A successful ski orienteer combines high physical endurance, strength and excellent technical skiing skills with the ability to navigate and make the best route choices while skiing at a high speed. Standard orienteering maps are commonly used, but since 2019, a separate mapping standard ISSkiOM has been produced which recommends a subset of the symbols used in other disciplines. Ski-orienteering maps uses green symbols to indicate trails and tracks and different symbols to indicate their navigability in snow; other symbols indicate whether any roads are snow-covered or clear. Navigation tactics is similar to mountain bike orienteering. Standard skate-skiing equipment is used, along with a map holder attached to the chest. Compared to cross-country skiing, upper body strength is more important because of double-poling needed along nar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anton Foliforov
Anton Foliforov (born 3 January 1981) is a Russian mountain bike orienteer. He won an individual gold medal at the 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event for awarding World Champion titles in mountain bike orienteering Mountain bike orienteering (MTB-O or MTBO) is an orienteering endurance racing sport on a mountain bike ..., and won gold medals with the Russian relay team in 2009 and 2010. References Russian orienteers Male orienteers Russian male cyclists Mountain bike orienteers Living people 1981 births Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Russian people {{russia-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Valeriy Gluhov
Valeriy Gluhov is a Russian mountain bike orienteer. He won a gold medal in the relay at the 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships, together with Ruslan Gritsan and Anton Foliforov Anton Foliforov (born 3 January 1981) is a Russian mountain bike orienteer. He won an individual gold medal at the 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event fo ..., and placed fifth in the middle distance. References Russian orienteers Male orienteers Russian male cyclists Mountain bike orienteers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Russian people {{Russia-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nove Mesto Na Morave
Nove is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza in the region of Veneto, north-eastern Italy, with just over 5,000 inhabitants. It is located on the Brenta river, near Marostica and Bassano del Grappa. The town is home of a local network of ceramic industries. The name of the town comes from the antique Italian ''nove'', in the meaning of "new". As matter of fact, the lands where the town is located were considered new because of the lowering of the level of the Brenta. The lowering of the river revealed soft lands rich of clay. The first artisans of the area started using the clay for the production of pottery. The town have a beautiful ceramic museum with a Pablo Picasso gallipot and other important pieces of the 18th and 19th century. International relations Nove is twinned with: * Welkenraedt, Belgium * Langhirano, Italy * Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy * Carlos Barbosa, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Banska Bystrica
The Banska ( bg, Банска) is a river in Haskovo Province, southeastern Bulgaria. The river is long. The Banska springs out from Sofidzhik Peak in the Eastern Rhodopes. It passes through the villages of Tatarevo, Garvanovo, Klokotnitsa and Dobrich. Between Tatarevo and Garvanovo it forms the Boaza Gorge. The river flows into the Maritsa near Haskovo as a right tributary. In 1230 the Battle of Klokotnitsa occurred near the banks of the river. The Banska River is inhabited by a large number of fish species, including the Mullet, Danube Bleak, the Carassius and the Common Nase The common nase (''Chondrostoma nasus'') is a European potamodromous Fish migration is mass relocation by fish from one area or body of water to another. Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily to ann .... References Rivers of Bulgaria Landforms of Haskovo Province {{Bulgaria-river-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ballarat
Ballarat ( ) is a city in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Ballarat had a population of 116,201, making it the third largest city in Victoria. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. Within months of Victoria History of Victoria#Separation from New South Wales, separating from the colony of New South Wales in 1851, gold was discovered near Ballarat, sparking the Victorian gold rush. Ballarat subsequently became a thriving boomtown that for a time rivalled Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, in terms of wealth and cultural influence. In 1854, following a period of civil disobedience in Ballarat over gold licenses, local miners launched an armed uprising against government forces. Known as the Eureka Rebellion, it led to the introduction of male suffrage in Australia, and as such is interpreted as the origin of democracy in Australia, Australian democracy. The rebellion's symbol, the Eureka ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vasily Glukharev
Vasily Glukharev (born 15 April 1980) is a Russian ski orienteer. He competed at the 2004 World Ski Orienteering Championships, where he placed 10th in the middle distance, and participated on the Russian relay team. The Russian team consisted of Glukharev, Andrei Gruzdev, Ruslan Gritsan and Eduard Khrennikov Eduard Alexandrovich Khrennikov (russian: Эдуард Александрович Хренников; born 19 May 1973 in Usolye-Sibirskoye) is a Russian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion, and three ti ..., winning gold medals ahead of the Norwegian team. References 1980 births Living people Russian orienteers Male orienteers Ski-orienteers 21st-century Russian people {{russia-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eduard Khrennikov
Eduard Alexandrovich Khrennikov (russian: Эдуард Александрович Хренников; born 19 May 1973 in Usolye-Sibirskoye) is a Russian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion, and three times winner of the overall World cup. He received a gold medal in the long course at the 2004, 2005 and 2007 World Ski Orienteering Championships, in the middle distance in 2002 and 2007, and in sprint in 2004 and 2007. He won the overall World Cup in Ski Orienteering in 2000, 2003 and 2006, and finished 3rd in 2001. Khrennikov by winning the middle distance at the 2017 Winter Military World Games The 3rd CISM World Winter Games (russian: Зимние Всемирные военные игры 2017) were held in Sochi, Russia from 23 to 27 February 2017. Host selection and venues Sochi was chosen as the host city for the 3rd Winter M ... in Sochi, Russia won his fifth medal in this competition. He continued winning three more gold ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Viktor Korchagin
Viktor Stanislavovich Korchagin (russian: Виктор Станиславович Корчагин; born 7 August 1967 in Novy Afon, GSSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. He received a gold medal in the ''long distance'' at the 1998 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Windischgarsten Windischgarsten is a municipality in the district of Kirchdorf an der Krems in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Since 1964, the town has been classified as a Luftkurort, a mountain spa town. Geography Windischgarsten lies in the Traunvier .... References Living people Russian orienteers Male orienteers Ski-orienteers Mountain bike orienteers 1967 births {{Russia-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andrei Gruzdev
Andrei Viktorovich Gruzdev (russian: Андрей Викторович Груздев; born 21 May 1977 in Kineshma, RSFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian ski-orienteering competitor and world champion. Ski orienteering He received a gold medal in ''sprint'' at the 2002 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Borovetz, and a gold medal in the ''middle distance'' in Levi in 2005.World Ski Orienteering Championships – ''International Orienteering Federation'' (Retrieved on 24 October 2008) In 2007 he won a gold medal in the ''relay event'' (with and [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Levi, Finland
Levi is a fell located in Finnish Lapland, and the largest ski resort in Finland. The resort is located in the village of Sirkka, Kittilä municipality and is served by Kittilä Airport and Kolari railway station. At a latitude of 67.8° north, it is located approximately north of the Arctic Circle. The peak of the Levi fell is at an elevation of above sea level. There are 43 ski slopes (17 of which are floodlit) and 27 ski lifts in Levi. Ascending the fell are 2 gondolas, 1 chairlift, 14 T-bar lifts, 5 stick lifts, 4 rope tows, and 1 magic carpet for children. Levi is one of two locations of gondola lifts in Finland, and has been chosen as the best domestic skiing resort in Finland four times. Levi is an early stop on the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup circuit, hosting slaloms in mid-November; the races in 2019 were held slightly later (November 23–24). With snowmaking, the climate provides a reliable early season technical venue in Europe, prior to the late autumn events in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |