I am a Finnish fine art photographer transformed into sports photographer for the record breaking weekend of Jukola Orienteering Relay in Paimio, Finland.
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NIGHT ORIENTEERING JUKOLA STYLE
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Deep twilight has already set and the sun is sleeping below the horizon. Then suddenly hundreds of dancing head lamps in different moving formations illuminate the forest for a brief moment and disappear again.
Please spread the word, Your support is very much appreciated. KIITOS!
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DRAMA AT THE CHANGEOVER
It is the most exciting place to be at Jukola - the changeover area is a busy beehive that lives throughout the night.
02:17 am June 14th, 2015
WARNING - Orienteering Crossing
The routes to and from the forest went over the highway 110 in Louna-Jukola 2015.
Official Louna-Jukola postcard
My photo of the Venla relay start was selected for the official Louna-Jukola postcard. Hundreds of postcards with a special Jukola stamp were sent only hours after the race started . Graphic design is by Antti Vaalikivi and Clou Graphics.
Louna-Jukola WINNER Mats Dahlen [FIN]
2015 Louna-Jukola WINNER Mats Dahlen [FIN] orienteered for Kristiansand OK [NOR]. Here he is keeping it calm at the change over area at 03:14 am before his 4th leg run.
1) Kristiansand OK NOR 8.07.27 (Vegard Danielsen 1.23.20/24., Milos Nykodym 1.10.40/4., Baptiste Rollier 1.33.07/2., Mats Dahlen 50.01/2., Hans gunnar Omdal 46.13/2., Martin Hubmann 1.08.33/2., Daniel Hubmann 1.15.31/1.), 2) Halden SK NOR 8.08.57 (Emil Wingstedt 1.23.10/17., Jarkko Huovila 1.10.33/1., Fredric Portin 1.31.06/1., Mattias Karlsson 49.14/1., Mats Haldin 48.39/1., Marcus Millegård 1.08.29/1., Magne Dähli 1.17.44/2.), 3) Kalevan Rasti FIN 8.11.07 (Kiril NIkolov 1.22.35/4., Hannu Airila 1.12.09/9., Philippe Adamski 1.35.34/3., Jan Petrzela 47.51/4., Jere Pajunen 47.50/4., Jan Prochazka 1.09.08/4., Thierry Gueorgiou 1.15.57/3.)
Mats Dahlen keeping it calm waiting for Baptiste Rollier at the change over area.
Baptiste Rollier taking a breather after sending Mats on his leg.
JUKOLA RELAY NIGHT MAGIC
Here are a couple of photos - more tomorrow. I gotta catch some sleep before my 6th leg run (now on 4-minute video).
![JUKOLA 3rd CHANGE OVER - FREDRIC PORTIN [FIN] TAKES HALDEN SK [NOR] TO CLEAR LEAD](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/504d960084ae9202895fb433/1434610679606-DGB6X04ZS9I6I6DQV861/image-asset.jpeg)
LAST CONTROL - VENLA RELAY TOP 12 ANCHORS
VENLA RELAY TOP 12 | Louna-Jukola 2015 :
1) Domnarvets GoIF SWE 2.53.11 (Dana Safka Brozkova, Karolina A Höjsgaard, Lena Eliasson, Emma Johansson 2) Alfta ÖSA OK SWE 2.56.16 (Galina Vinogradova, Sara Eskilsson, Josefine Engström, Natalia Vinogradova 3) Järla Orientering SWE 2.56.23 (Karolin Ohlsson , Elsa Jansson, Emma Klingenberg, Elin Hemmyr Skantze 4) SK Pohjantähti FIN 2.56.29 (Heini Wennman, Anna Haataja, Marttiina Joensuu, Sofia Haajanen 5) Leksands OK SWE 2.56.33 (Elin Dahlstedt-Tysk, Linnea Gustafsson, Helena Jansson., Rahel Friedrich 6) Tampereen Pyrintö FIN 2.56.52 (Lotta Karhola, Sonja Kyrölä, Venla Niemi, Saila Kinni 7) Nydalens SK NOR 2.58.12(Elise Egseth, Anne Johanne Lind, Marte Narum, Anne M Hausken Nordberg 8) Halden SK NOR 2.58.19 (Hollie, Eva Jurenikova, Ida Marie Näss Björgul, Sabine Hauswirth (photo missing) 9) OK Tisaren SWE 2.58.37 (Lilian Forsgren, Lovisa Persson, Andrea Svensson, Simone Niggli 10) IFK Lidingö SOK SWE 2.59.39 Sarina Jenzer, Annica Gustafsson, Anna Bachman, Helena Karlsson 11) Bäkkelagets SK NOR 3.00.00 Tone Wigemyr 12) OK Pan Århus DEN 3.00.18 Ida Bobach
2) Alfta ÖSA OK SWE Natalia Vinogradova
4) SK Pohjantähti FIN Sofia Haajanen
6) Tampereen Pyrintö FIN Saila Kinni
9) OK Tisaren SWE Simone Niggli
11) Bäkkelagets SK NOR Tone Wigemyr
1) Domnarvets GoIF SWE Emma Johansson
3) Järla Orientering SWE Elin Hemmyr Skantze
5) Leksands OK SWE Rahel Friedrich
7) Nydalens SK NOR Anne M Hausken Nordberg
10) IFK Lidingö SOK SWE Helena Karlsson
12) OK Pan Århus DEN Ida Bobach
1 HOUR UNTIL VENLA RELAY START - MEDIA TENT - JUNE 13TH
Greetings from Jukola media tent! I am getting ready to photograph Venla race andits start in one hour.
Media tent with journalists and photographers as well as webcast and social media crew.
2 DAYS 22 HOURS UNTIL RACE START - DRESS REHEARSAL - June 10th
The heart of the Competition Center is almost ready for Saturday.
A colleague Ilkka Seppä checking out the angles on the bridge by the start area.
Soldiers working hard to get everything ready - seriously, they've done a stellar job getting the infrastructure ready.