!!!Orientierungslauf

Orienteering (cross country running), a competitive sport originating 
in Scandinavia, in which the participants, using a map and a compass, 
must pass a certain number of checkpoints, either on foot or on skis. 
The orienteering organisation in Austria is the Vienna-based 
Oesterreichischer Fachverband fuer Orientierungslauf (Austrian 
Orienteering Association), which was founded in 1966 and has about 
1200 members. Although this sport, which is dominated internationally 
by Scandinavian runners, is a fringe sport in Austria, the Austrian 
Lucie Boehm became world champion in the 1997 sprint competition.


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