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From October 3 to 5 Germany hosts one of the main events for chain saw experts - World Logging Championship. This year to compete for the champion's title there will come 130 participants from 30 countries, including Russia. Traditionally, Husqvarna, Ltd., Russian representative of the global leader in outdoor power products Husqvarna AB, will assist the Russian delegation in organization of their trip.
The World Logging Championships is held since 1970, and is the most expected event for professionals. Competitions allow to evaluate the level of preparation of experts at the international level. Being partly a show, the event is of extremely professional character. The World Championship as a true world-important event, is traditionally held in different countries. Thus, the previous Championship took place in Estonia, and the 26th - in Italy. The Championship of 2008 will pass in the Tripsdrill national park of Germany located near Stuttgart, in Baden Württemberg.
By the principle of Olympic Games, the participating countries send the best of the best to the Championship to defend the honour of their country and compete for the a rank of the best logger in the world. Two participants of the 28th World Championship from Russia (I.Shvetsov, Kondopoga Forest Enterprize, Inc., Karelia, and A.Surovtsev, Pudozh Forest Enterprize, Inc., Karelia) were defined last year within the framework of the Third All-Russia Husqvarna Logging Cup 2007. The third participant of the combined team had became A.Sokolov (Lahdenpohja Forest Enterprize, Inc., Karelia), having shown high results at the open championship of fellers of the Republic of Karelia 2008. This year for the first time Russia will be represented at the World Championship in the Junior nomination: to compete for the Junoir's gold there goes Vladimir Dashugin (Kondopoga Forest Enterprize, Inc., Karelia). All Russian fellers will use innovative model of Husqvarna 576ÕÐ chain saw at the championship.
According to the rules approved by the International committee, participants of the Championship compete in 5 various disciplines: felling, knotting, preparation of chain-saw to work, combined crosscutting and accuracy of sawing. Every discipline demands the highest skill of performance - at evaluation the considers the smallest details. For this reason organizers of the competition have made a decision to offer the felling competition this year on the covered stadium area, where not only speed is evaluated, but also accuracy of felling. It will create identical conditions for all participants, having provided wind protection capable to affect the result.
«First of all, our support of the Russian team is a tribute to professionals of the Russian forestry branche and our contribution to education of experts of the international level, - Alexander Goncharov, head of the professional equipment department (Husqvarna, Ltd.), has noted. - Besides, Husqvarna chain-saws today enjoy record popularity both in the European countries, and here in Russia, that imposes certain responsibility on us, and also is the reason of Husqvarna's participation in destiny of the Russian combined team».
The site of Husqvarna representative office in Russia in the News section provides online demonstration of the course of competitions and intermediate results during the Championship.
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