Naughty Chinese Team

[PhilJ]

https://orienteering.sport/swiss-and-russian-dominance-at-a-dramatic-cism-military-world-games/

[DJM]

See also Attackpoint

[Big Jon]

Interesting given the IOF's desire to increase major events in China... Maybe time for a rethink, or was it just a few "rotten apples" rather than a systematic, team members, team officials, event organisers, planners etc attempt to cheat completely and totally in a cynical, corrupt way.
Memories of the Ma Family Army... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Junren

Problems when a totalitarian system decides to get good at a new sport... using any and every method possible.

[DaveK]

'Naughty' is hardly the right word to describe this awful deceit in (another) sporting event !

[mikey]

Big fuss about nothing.

https://www.milsport.one/news/news-post ... ts-council

[graeme]

Memories of the Ma Family Army... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Junren

Problems when a totalitarian system decides to get good at a new sport... using any and every method possible.

Wrong link?

[Big Jon]

Big fuss about nothing.

https://www.milsport.one/news/news-post ... ts-council

I believe an orienteering response has been "CISM, go f**k yourself" I totally agree.

[greywolf]

Big fuss about nothing.

https://www.milsport.one/news/news-post ... ts-council

which tells you everything you need to know about CISM

[Big Jon]

Big fuss about nothing.

https://www.milsport.one/news/news-post ... ts-council

which tells you everything you need to know about CISM

Knobbers

[DJM]

The scandal's made the BBC as well.

[Big Jon]

Seems like they might have been at it again in the "Aeronautical Pentathlon" - shooting, fencing, swimming, basketball skills and orienteering. Guess who dominated the results?

Top 3 in women and 1,2 &4 in men ... you've guessed correct. It was China, against a ragtag bunch of Swedes, Norwegians and Finns...

Given form in the real orienteering event I expect the results will be scrutinised very closely...

[DJM]

A new statement from IOF Council is here.

[Scott]

This, sadly, is the most media coverage I can remember orienteering getting for years.

[Gross]

Given form in the real orienteering event I expect the results will be scrutinised very closely...

JonBoy, CISM is a 'real' orienteering event and very well respected by the countries that compete. UK has never competed as a non-member of CISM due to the historical involvement of USSR / Russia.

Maybe not top national team from Sweden & Finaland but Lithuania etc send their top teams.

I did a training camp for the Finnish Team years ago & they were all top elite athletes

[greywolf]

so no coordinated cheating at the world cup, just another mapping / controlling / jury shambles

[edit] oh dear