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ECH-MD/LT: ORAVSKA LESNA

FISTC
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS- MD/LT 2010
Oravka Lesna (SK) 18 - 22 february 2010
Just
after the succesfull European Championship Sprint in Donovaly,
mushers had to drive only 85 km to reach Oravska Lesna where
were organised the European Championships Middle and Long
distance on 18 to 21 February 2010.
Oravska Lesna is a very nice new location where the nature
is still wild, close to the Polish border. A very cold place
too, with temperature like -16°C on Tuesday evening. All trails
were in perfect conditions, long trails and quite tough also,
good trails for a European Championship. Unfortunately, while
on Wednesday morning we still had some -12°C, temperature
jumped suddenly to + 9°C and it started raining...
On Friday morning at the first start, the trail was really
tough due to the soft and wet snow. In these conditions the
43 km, that in reality corresponded to over 51 km/effort due
to changes in altitude over the trail, represented more racing
time than two normal heats on another trail. In addition during
the night between Friday and Saturday, the longtrailers were
sleeping with their dogs under a constant rain. The very poor
weather conditions on Saturday morning as well as trail conditions
obliged the race Marshal and the organisers to stop the race.
Final
list results
MEDALS
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
| France |
5 |
2 |
1 |
| Slovakia |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Italia |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Czech Rep. |
0 |
3 |
2 |
| Austri |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Belgium |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Germany |
0 |
1 |
0 |

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