2016 MTBO season: The Foliforov Year

Anton Foliforov won all three individual gold medals at the World MTB Orienteering Championships. This was the stand-out highlight of the 2016 MTBO season. And Foliforov also won the MTBO World Cup for the fourth year in a row.

Any assessment of the 2016 international MTB Orienteering season ends up with the Russian Anton Foliforov as an inescapable key figure. He made his debut in the most important event of the international calendar in 2005, and just five years later he won his first individual gold medal in the Long distance race at the World MTB Orienteering Championships in Portugal. Now he has nine individual titles and two with the Russian team, and Foliforov is being spoken of as the best MTBO athlete of all time by everyone involved in this exciting discipline, with the 2016 season being the highlight of his career.

But the season has also thrown other big names on the MTB orienteering scene into the limelight, in particular Emily Benham from Great Britain, the world champion in the Long Distance and Sprint, winner of the World Cup and leader in the IOF World Rankings along with Foliforov. In the final round of the World Cup held in Lithuania, attention was focussed on the Estonian Lauri Malsroos, thanks to two victories and a second place in the three stages. Six other athletes achieved wins in the MTB Orienteering World Cup season, namely the Swiss Simon Braendli, the French Gaëlle Barlet, the Russian Olga Shipilova Vinogradova, the Finn Marika Hara and the Czechs Krystof Bogar and Martina Tichovska.

Kick-off in France

With winter giving way to a changeable spring, the first races of the season in early March were held in Portugal and Turkey. Races in Denmark were another important attraction in April but it was in May at Guebwiller in France that a hundred or so athletes began to pedal really seriously, in the first round of the 2016 World Cup. Simon Braendli and Emily Benham achieved “the muddiest wins” of their careers in the Long distance stage that opened the round.

Second-placed on this first stage, Anton Foliforov managed to win the Middle distance race on the second day, while Benham was again the strongest in the women’s class although sharing the highest place on the podium with Gaëlle Barlet, both recording the same time. After an exciting duel with the Russian team, France achieved a tasty home victory in the Mixed Relay that ended the round.

Twenty-two nations at World Championships in Portugal

The most important event of the season, the World MTB Orienteering Championships, took place in central Portugal at the beginning of July, bringing together 78 male and 53 female athletes representing 22 countries. Still tasting the triumphs of the previous round, Anton Foliforov and Emily Benham were the fastest in the Sprint that opened the Championships, and repeated this result in the epic Long distance in temperatures near to 40 degrees Celsius.

Olga Shipilova Vinogradova’s victory in the Middle distance, another win for the ‘flying’ Foliforov and also the silver medal for the young Czech Vojtech Ludvik were the most significant moments of a third exciting day. The Czech Team ended its time in Portugal in the best possible way by winning the men’s relay, and they took top place on the podium along with Finland, winners of the women’s relay for the 8th time in 14 editions of the World MTB Orienteering Championships.

The battle in Lithuania

At the end of September, the forests of Lithuania with their impressive autumnal colours hosted the final round of the World Cup. The men’s title was already won by Foliforov, but the women’s was still open: would Emily Benham manage to hold her advantage over her most direct opponent, the French Gaëlle Barlet? The British rider settled that question on the first stage, winning the Long distance and putting Barlet out of reach. The Estonian Lauri Malsroos was the winner of the men’s race and repeated the feat in the next stage, a quite technical Middle distance. Here, the winner in the women’s class was the Finn Marika Hara. The last stage, a challenging Sprint held in the suburbs of the city of Kaunas, brought a double Czech victory with Krystof Bogar and Martina Tichovska being the fastest.

No change in World Cup

The 2016 World Cup ended up having the same winners as in 2015, with Anton Foliforov taking the title after four wins and a second place in the two opening rounds and Emily Benham securing her triumph in the first stage of the final round. Gaëlle Barlet never backed down and the good results achieved in Lithuania allowed her to keep second position, while Martina Tichovska’s victory in the last stage was decisive for achieving third place. Also decisive were the two victories and a second place achieved by Lauri Malsroos in the final round, which gave him second place in the final World Cup standings, and he was followed by Krystof Bogar, who in the best possible way finished a season that marked his return to top competition after a three-year break.

Text and photo: Joaquim Margarido

[See the original article at http://orienteering.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/orienteering-world-webb.pdf. Published with permission from the International Orienteering Federation]

... For those who LIVE Orienteering

For those who LIVE Orienteering, International Orienteering Federation has just launched LIVE Orienteering, a replacement and upgrade of the IOF Livecenter which has been used for streaming of live video, GPS tracking and results from IOF major events over the past two and a half years.

“Livecenter has proven that there is a true interest in following major orienteering events. But there has been a need both to upgrade and improve the current toolset represented by Livecenter, and also to enhance the site to become the IOFs future platform for external communication”, explains Tom Hollowel, IOF's Secretary General/CEO, adding that “the development of LIVE Orienteering has been going on for the past few months and we are now ready to launch the new site. The launch is being done just prior to the first IOF major event of 2017, the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Imatra, Finland and we will be following closely the use of the site during the event”, he says.

“The long term strategy for LIVE Orienteering is that this will be the primary platform for IOF external communications and orienteering fan engagement, and a portal for orienteering news and discussions”, says Tom Hollowel. In this first version of the site, IOF external news articles are displayed and the site also integrates social media content. Through cooperation with worldofo.com, LIVE Orienteering also displays blog content and news sources from around the orienteering world. The site also integrates advertising opportunities where the income will be used to fund IOF activities. In the calendar it's possible to find events and visit the event’s own page. Links are provided to the Event pages in IOF Eventor and to an own homepage for the event if one exists, and event organisers can display their own sponsors on the event page. “The idea is to have a one-stop portal to find information and follow all IOF major events and we believe this will be a major enhancement for organisers of IOF events”, Hollowel says.

The introduction of LIVE Orienteering also means changes on the IOF homepage - www.orienteering.org. Hollowel says that “Orienteering.org will, in the future, be focused on internal communications and be the repository of all reference materials, for example about the IOF organisation, rules, guidelines, etc. Initially we will publish external articles on both pages but you will certainly notice changes at orienteering.org as the year goes on. We are hoping to be able to simplify the access to the information on orienteering.org in the process.”

Set LIVE Orienteering as a bookmark in your browser and visit every day to see what is happening in the orienteering world.

Joaquim Margarido

IOF Athlete of the Month: Erik Rost

The first IOF Athlete of the Month for 2017 is Swedish SkiO star Erik Rost. Last season, Erik Rost won the overall World Cup in SkiO for the second time in his career. Since his first overall WC victory in his breakthrough season 2007/8, he has had elite careers in both FootO and SkiO, experienced ups and downs, and continuously increased his list of merits. And the list is nowhere near complete yet.

Name: Erik Rost

Country: Sweden

Date of Birth: 30th May 1985

Lives: Falun, Sweden

Work: Forest management

Discipline: Ski orienteering

Club: Alfta Ösa OK

Merits: Overall World Cup victory: 7/8 & 15/16. WSOC silver: Relay 2007, 2011 & 2015 WSOC bronze: Relay 2009, Sprint 2015, Sprint Relay 2015. ESOC gold: Long 2008 & 2015, Middle 2011, Relay 2008, 2010 & 2016, Sprint Relay 2015. ESOC bronze: Middle 2008 & 2016, Sprint 2010, Relay 2011 & 2012, Sprint Relay 2014

IOF World Ranking: 1st

Twitter: skogsmastarn

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It is mid-February 2015 and Norway is the host of the World SkiO Championships (WSOC). The two first races are finished and Erik Rost has had a great start, winning his first ever individual WSOC medals, with a bronze in Sprint followed by another bronze medal in the Sprint Relay. The championships have the potential to be the most memorable ever for the 29-year-old Swede. In the end, it is one he will never forget, but for other reasons than sports.

After the two first races with Erik Rost at the podium, Erik Rost’s father and life-long supporter passed away. Some would have dropped out of the rest of the races, but Erik Rost finished the three last events. Both Middle and Long led to second positions but in the Relay, he was fastest of everyone, contributing greatly to the Swedish silver medal.

The following season, 2015/16, Erik Rost came back with renewed energy and achieved the best result of his career so far:

— My biggest achievement in SkiO is the overall World Cup last year. It meant a lot to me. It was a tough period after WSOC in 2015 due to my dad’s death. He meant so much to me. He has been around at events and supported me through the years. It was great to fight back after the grief and show that I could win, Erik Rost says about winning the overall World Cup.

Erik Rost’s big goal for last season was the overall World Cup. Three races in three rounds counted in the standings and the plan was stable races. With nothing worse than a fifth position he lived up to that, and with three out of three wins at the second WC round in Germany, the victory was almost secured. He just needed to do decent races in the last round:

— I have never been as nervous as I was before the three last races. I realized how much taking the victory meant to me after what happened with my father, he says.

Erik Rost handled the nerves and took the overall World Cup victory four points ahead of the Norwegian Lars Moholdt.

Erik Rost raced his first elite SkiO season in 2005/6 and already in 2007/8, he won the prestigious overall World Cup:

— I was 23 years old when I won the World Cup for the first time. At that time, I did not think that much about it and it more or less just came to me, compared to last year when I really aimed for it, he says.

Skiing in winter and running in summer

Erik Rost has his best results in SkiO, with the two overall World Cup victories as highlights, as well as the European Championships title in Long in 2015. However, for many years he spent the summer time on FootO instead of SkiO. And with an overall victory in men’s elite class in O-ringen 2011 and participation in both WOC and EOC in 2012 for Sweden, it was by no means on a recreational level. His way into the sport was, on the other hand, very ordinary:

— As is the case for many orienteers, I started at a young age when my parents took me along to orienteering. Since I enjoyed it, I continued when I got older. From when I was little, I did orienteering in summer time and SkiO in winter, he tells.

At the age of 16, he went to a sports school where he practiced orienteering, SkiO and cross-country skiing. He continued with SkiO in winter and FootO when the snow melted:

— The SkiO and FootO seasons are separate. It was not that difficult to focus on both, and I think the training for one helps in the other. Of course, competing in two seasons was tough, but not too tough, I would say.

All the way up to 2013, Erik Rost considered his focus on FootO and SkiO to be on an equal level. He had the best results in SkiO, but it was first in 2013 when finishing his studies and getting a job, as well as a foot injury which kept him from running, that he began to focus only on SkiO. Having experienced elite level in both FootO and SkiO, Erik Rost thinks the mind-set for the two disciplines is quite similar:

— Comparing FootO and SkiO, the setup for events are different. There is more people and more publicity at the FootO events. But the attitude and energy the athletes put into the sport is the same. I would even say that Ski Orienteers train a little more, because you can have longer trainings on skis without getting injured, he says.

In 2015, Erik Rost came back from his foot injury and started running again at club level for his club Malungs OK. Rather successfully, in fact, as he was a part of the relay team which came second in the Swedish championships 2015, and he ran the first leg when Malungs OK were eighth at Tiomila last year.

A bank of knowledge

Now Erik Rost is settled in the Swedish city Falun. He works part time; usually in between a training session in the morning and one in the afternoon. Falun is the centre for Dalarna Sports Academy, with excellent conditions for training:

— In Falun, I am mainly training ordinary skiing and then when we go on camps I practice SkiO. There are 8-9 athletes racing SkiO at international level and, together with the high-level cross-country skiers, Falun offers great conditions for training, Erik says.

With more than ten years of experience at elite level, Erik Rost has learned some tips and tricks, but the excitement about orienteering is that it always offers new challenges, no matter how experienced you are:

— The years in the sport have made me feel calm in myself. For instance, at major championships, I have learned to move my focus from the surrounding things to what is important: the races. I have found myself in many different situations, which has given me some experience, but the tasks in orienteering are never the same. Of course, you can be placed in situations that remind you of something you have experienced previously, and then it is nice to have a ‘bank of knowledge’, Erik explains.

The missing medal

As the World Cup in SkiO is biannual, Erik Rost is reigning champion for at least one more year. But it does not mean that this season is of no importance. Almost the opposite. When the World SkiO Championships start in March, Erik Rost has a dream that is still to be fulfilled. He has six WSOC medals, but none of them gold:

— My aim for 2017 is WSOC in Russia. I am in good shape and I think it is realistic finally to take a victory. I do not focus on any specific distances, so I will go for them all, he says.

Erik Rost is in no doubt about highlighting WSOC as the goal of the year. He will race the European SkiO Championships in Imatra, Finland, 7-12 February, but it will be a step on the road towards WSOC.

The first test of his 2017 shape came at the six-race event Ski-O Tour, held in Switzerland and Austria, where many of the big names were racing. Erik Rost won the two last days and finished second overall, after Eduard Khrennikov.

Whether or not Erik Rost will achieve the missing WSOC gold medal will be decided in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 6-11 March. Placed number one at the SkiO world-ranking list, and winner of the World Cup last year, Erik Rost must be considered among the favourites. Orienteering can be unpredictable and tough, and so can life. But it is always worth trying to fight back.

Text: Henrik Rindom Knudsen

Photo: Malin Fuhr

[See the original article at http://orienteering.org/januarys-iof-athlete-of-the-month-is-erik-rost/. Published with permission from the International Orienteering Federation]

Doris Kudre: "I started reading maps before reading books"

Today, the Portuguese Orienteering Blog heads to Estonia, meeting Doris Kudre, an athlete who can perfectly combine SkiO and MTBO. In a long Interview, she introduces herself and leaves her thoughts on both disciplines.

I would start by asking you to introduce yourself: Who is Doris Kudre?

Doris Kudre (D. K.) - I'm a 19 year old girl from Estonia. I was born in South-Estonia, in a small place called Värska, but I moved to Tartu this Autumn , where I'm studying Economics in Tartu University. If someone who wasn't an athlete asked me about my hobbies, I would say “sport“, but now I don't know what to say. I used to play piano and accordion, but I’m actually so busy with school and sport that I don’t have any other serious hobbies. I love traveling and new experiences and I think I've been able to have lots of them as an athlete.

What came first: Bikes or skis?

D. K. - I think every child from an athletic family is introduced to bike and skis from a very early age. It was the same with me. I believe I started to like skiing more because I practised it often and I became better at it. As a child, skiing was like a real sport, while biking was more of a mean of transport. I started to practise biking seriously in 2013, when I got myself a proper bike.

How did you meet Orienteering? Do you recall the first moment you said to yourself: “ - That's it, Orienteering is my sport!”

D. K. - My parents have done orienteering since they were in school and their passion for orienteering has carried over to their children, too. They took me and my two sisters and brother to orienteering competitions and trainings from an early age. I think there wasn’t such a moment when I decided Orienteering would be my sport for life. I've grown up with it and I can’t even imagine my life without it. I've seen myself as an orienteer from the beginning, but I think 2013 was my breakthrough into “professional“ orienteering, when I attended all three SkiO (European Youth), FootO (European Youth) and MTBO (Junior World) Championships. In EYSOC I managed to win the gold medal and, since then, there hasn’t been any way back.

Why Orienteering and why not Athletics, Ice Hockey or Football?

D. K. - I started reading maps before reading books. As my parents have also been orienteering coaches in our hometown school, I got the opportunity to learn orienteering with my friends. I was quite talented and did well in orienteering competitions from the time I ran the string course. In school I still sometimes participated in other sports competitions, but, as I didn’t practise other sports, my results didn't satisfy me and that’s why I've stuck with orienteering.

You are able to combine MTBO and SkiO, achieving great results in both disciplines. But, is there one that you prefer?

D. K. - In 2013 and 2014, I participated in all three orienteering disciplines’ Championships and as I got the best results in ski-orienteering (gold and silver medals twice), my biggest motivation was to train for winter. Since last year, I left FootO to focus more on MTBO and SkiO. My training plan is based on the vision that the main competition season is in the Winter, while in Spring and in Summer I combine roller skiing, running and strength exercises with biking. In my opinion, SkiO and MTBO fit together quite well, they make trainings more varied and keep my orienteering skills adjusted during the Summer, as well.

What do you see in these disciplines that make them so special?

D. K. - In the beginning, you mustn't think “just go and push as hard as you can“, because the results actually depend on keeping focused during the whole race and carrying your plans out on the course. Every race is unique and there is a lot to talk and analyse after every race.

With the third place in the Middle Distance in the last Junior World MTB Orienteering Championships, in Portugal, you achieved your best result so far. Did you expect it?

D. K. - After my results last year and this year’s 4th place in Sprint I must say that I was expecting it! I’d been close to the medal, but something was still missing. In the evening before the Middle Distance I started to think about the race. “It’s going to be The Day!”, I said to myself, keeping it in my mind in the next morning and also during the race. The target on that day was high speed riding and navigate smoothly. I kept full focused on the first half of the course, where I only made some minor mistakes. Two controls before the finish my bike’s chain came off on an uphill and, as I was already quite tired, it took me about 50 seconds to solve the problem. I knew I had lost lot of time, but I still thought I had a chance for the medals and pushed hard until the end. At first I was a little disappointed for losing the silver medal with that technical problem, but afterwards I realized that I really did what I was aiming for and I was extremely happy and satisfied.

Did you enjoy your week in Portugal?

D. K. - In the end of July the weather in Portugal was sunny and really warm – the temperature was of over 30 degrees every day. It was something new for me, because in Estonia there are usually only 2-3 days like this during the whole summer. I headed to Portugal with high expectations and I was really nervous before the first two races. After winning the bronze medal I felt really satisfied with the whole week, but still tried to focus for two more races. The beginning of the Long Distance was bad – I couldn’t concentrate at all and couldn’t find the best route choices. Halfway through the course it got even worse when I got a flat tyre. I started to walk towards the finish without thinking at all and made an extremely long and unnecessary distance that day, arriving more than three hours after my start. As I was the only female Junior from my country, I competed in Men Junior class in the Relay and it was more like an experience rather than going for the win.

You attended Lithuania for the World Cup in MTBO, along with the best Elite athletes in the World. How big is the clash between the Junior and the Elite categories?

D. K. - I was in a really bad shape in the beginning of October and I was also a bit sick during the competitions, so my results were below all my expectations and my races weren’t good and smooth at all. I lost too much time to the best Elite women in every distance. As I've seen earlier, the Elite women are real professional bikers with good navigational skills, they have more experience and they adjust faster to different situations – and these are the main differences between Junior and Elite categories. The clash between me and the Elite athletes is quite big, but not that big compared with the best Juniors.

And what about the Ski orienteering season of 2015-2016?

D. K. - In the last ski-orienteering season I was able to compete in the two first World Cup rounds, in Finland and in Germany, where I made some satisfactory races and got a chance to compete in a lot of good terrains. My main goal was to compete well at the Junior World Championships in Austria, but I was totally disappointed with my results. My best result was the 9th place in the Middle Distance and that wasn’t exactly what I was aiming for. It was nice that we had enough snow in Estonia last winter, that all four distances of the Estonian Championships were held. In the individual distances I competed in Elite category and I got a medal in every distance.

What's the meaning of being an orienteer in Estonia?

D. K. - As our country’s orienteering-family isn’t as big as our neighbouring countries' (Finland, Sweden, Russia), it isn’t that hard to get into the National Team. I'm still Junior, but I've got the opportunity to improve myself, attending Elite Championships. The Estonian MTBO Team is quite small - I'm the only female Junior in our team -, attending the Championships, mostly, with the men Elite. But we get along quite well and it’s always instructive and nice to hear advice from the World Champions. The SkiO Youth, Junior and Elite teams have the same coach and train together. It makes the team bigger and gives young athletes the opportunity to learn from the older ones. We have had camps and weekend trainings together in the summer and in autumn, including high-quality trainings and meetings in the evenings. The SkiO team’s preparation gets better every year – the training camps increase the team’s unity, active organizers are able to organize competitions within a week and the team is full of athletes who enjoy ski-orienteering and being part of the Estonian National team.

Tell me about your older sister, Daisy. Is she, in some way, an inspiration to you? What other person do you see as a reference?

D. K. - My sister Daisy has set a good pattern for me and she is my biggest inspiration. As we spend much time together, I can see how dedicated she is to everything she deals with. A younger sister’s goal is to be better than her older sister and, for me, it has been a really big motivation for years. My goal in the last few years has been to beat her and I can say that I did it several times, which was really satisfying. I have learned a lot from her in different fields and her success makes me work harder, because I want to be at least as good and steady as she is. My father, who is also my coach, is my biggest supporter and the most important person in my sport career and, therefore, also in my life. I am immensely thankful for his commitment to my sport career. He is the one who is the most critical of my acts and his opinions, most of the times, matter the most to me.

What are your main goals for 2017, both in SkiO and MTBO?

D. K. - As it is going to be my last year as a Junior, it's my last chance to perform well and get better results than ever before. In SkiO, my main goal is to get in shape for the Junior World Championships, in Finland, and put my skis on the line with the other Juniors. Probably I’m also going to Krasnoyarsk, to the Elite World Championships, and this will be the second important competition-week this Winter. The main goal for me in the Summer is going to be the MTBO Junior World Championships in Lithuania. The terrains there are similar to Estonia and, as shown in the World Cup, in Kaunas, the races are going to be very technical and I hope I can turn this into my strength. But currently I’m more focused on the Ski Orienteering season and the MTBO season still seems quite distant. I'm going to help, as a volunteer, to organize the WOC in Estonia next Summer and I am already waiting for it with excitement to see the world’s best orienteers in Estonia. I also believe that Estonians will perform well on homeland and we’ll have many reasons to be proud of them.

What advice would you leave to the young athletes who are starting out?

D. K. - Try different orienteering disciplines and find the one which is right for you.

Joaquim Margarido

Orienteering in Brazil: Latest news

1. Brazilian Orienteering Confederation (CBO), Parana Orienteering Federation and Gralha Azul Orienteering Club organized last weekend in Lapa, Paraná (Brazil), the 1st South Cup in Orienteering, which was attended by nearly 300 athletes. Winning the Long Distance stage and being 3rd in the Middle Distance, Everton Daniel Markus (COSM) was a major contender in the Men Elite class, followed by Marciano Kaminski and Claudinei Nitsch, both from CASUSA. In the Women Elite, Franciely Chiles (COSM) won both stages and was the featured figure, with her teammate Camila Cortinhas and Raquel Arendt (IDESP) ranked second and third. The event also included a Sprint race that had in João Pedro Jaber (ADAAN) and Franciely Chiles the big winners in the Elite category. Complete results and further information at http://www.cbo.org.br/evento/116.

2. “When we better know ourselves, we're able to do things better!” By seeking to scrutinize their current situation and, based on the established results, define future strategies, CBO's board met their “real” affiliates. The way was to remove from the registry those whose link to CBO was “dormant” for three years or more, reaching the number of 4,655. With 740 members, the Orienteering Federation of Rio de Janeiro is the most represented Federation, while among the clubs, the Orienteering Club of Curitiba is the most represented in the CBO, with 292 members. “We understand that the CBO board should have a clear and honest view on the current situation, without manipulating numbers”, can be read at http://www.cbo.org.br/noticia/101, thus justifying the fact that about 12,000 entries were removed from the records. Based on the current numbers, a Working Group addresses now to the preparation of a Strategic Plan, which will be presented during the next General Assembly, on 18th March. Potential affiliates, internal processes, reactions of members about what is being done, technology linked to Orienteering, integration with other sports and nature are, among others, just some of the next challenges.

3. Regarding the ongoing reorganization of Orienteering in Brazil, the approximation of the IOF to the CBO with the aim to develop Orienteering in South America, the need to regulate the pattern of National competitions, the geographical dimension of Brazil and the inherent financial and logistical difficulties, Paraná Orienteering Federation presented, last December, a proposal to change the format of CamBOr, the Brazilian Orienteering Championships. It's intended that CamBOr would be contested in an unique annual event, similar to the IOF's main events, that is, having a Model Event, a Sprint stage, a Middle Distance stage and a Long Distance stage in its program. The event would integrate three parallel competitions: The Brazilian Orienteering Championships Elite, the Brazilian Orienteering Championships Master and the Brazilian Orienteering Championships Junior. The proposal was submitted to the Presidents of the Federations and gathered 11 votes in favor and 0 votes against, so it was approved the change in the organization of CamBOr, which will be carried out in a single event from 2019. The full story can be read at http://www.cbo.org.br/noticia/108.

4. It's Summer time in Brazil and, with Orienteering activities reduced to a minimum, PrisMagazine decided to do a retrospective of 2016 in its first edition of the new year. The President of Brazilian Orienteering Confederation, Luiz Sérgio Mendes, signs the usual column “Word of the President”, exposing the CBO's expectations for 2017 and bringing some news. Also the Technical Director of CBO, Gilson Schropfer, writes about the main changes in the General Rules of Foot Orienteering that the Confederation will put into practice from now on. The Magazine's “core” recovers the main activities of the Brazilian Federations during the year 2016 and shows, in the “PrisMagazine Gallery”, some of the most beautiful images captured by the collaborators' lenses at Orienteering events throughout the year. Finally, the 2017 Calendar is presented, with the events that will take place next February. The PrisMagazine is available (in Portuguese) at www.prismagazine.com.br.

Joaquim Margarido