Teams from all over the world arrived – black ribbon for earthquake victims in Italy.
Little by little, the participants of the IRO Rescue Dogs World Championship arrived
in Turin. Including many rescue dog teams which were only recently in use in central
Italy in Amatrice and the surrounding area, after the earthquake. They were not
competing in the competition at the World Championship. That would have given the
wrong message. They were present to be honoured.
The Japanese were also there for the World Championship, after an interim stop a
few days earlier, with the rescue dog professionals of the Vienna fire brigade,
to acclimatise the dogs after the long flight, and to train a little more.
Hidehiro Murase had already participated in the IRO World Championship 15 times,
and became Vice World Champion for rubble work in 2015. His son Shimpei, also with
an Alsatian like his dad, was also competing again, and hoping for a great result.
At the same time as the Japanese, the President of the IRO, Markus Bock also flew
to Turin. He said: “Great! The whole of Europe. Teams from Asia. The whole world.
That is really a World Championship!
With some teams still on their way, all supposed to be arriving up until the magnificent
opening ceremony, the first ones to arrive were already undergoing the obligatory
veterinary checks. All the checks were ok.
What were the vets Dr Giovanna Barranca and Dr Andrea Galimberti checking?
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Of course chip checks, to see whether the dog is registered. Various vaccinations.
Health. Heart. Circulation. Fitness. Only really healthy dogs are allowed to compete
in the IRO World Championship.
19 teams from Austria were taking part in the World Championship, 18 from Germany,
13 from Slovenia, and 11 from Hungary. The other teams came from the Netherlands,
Czech Republic, Belgium, Finland, Italy, Slovakia, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Switzerland,
Spain, France, Ukraine etc.
Results www.iro-worldchampionship.org/ergebnisse/?lang=en
Tracking
Peter Schüler, Austria – Malinois: Dora vom Lothar Sturm: 275 points
Christa Steinborn, Germany – Deutscher Schäferhund: Djuma: 273 points
Liia Rikkinen, Finland – Malinois: Blaze Cobra: 247 points
Area
Dagmar Banarova, Slovakia – Englischer Springer Spaniel: Chester: 293 points
Jenniefer Ericsson, Sweden – Border Collie: Kronvallarens Troja: 286 points
Sebastijan Strasek, Slovenia – Labrador Retriever: Thor: 286 points
Rubble
Anne-Charlotte Bengtsson, Sweden – Golden Retriever: Vassruggens: 288 points
Dr Isabella Kühn, Germany – Border Collie: Spark: 281 points
Sara Smerdel, Slovenia – Labrador Retriever: Kornay: 279 points
Team
Sweden – SBK
Hungary – KEA
The International Rescue Dog Organisation (IRO) was founded in1993 as a worldwide
umbrella organisation of the national rescue dog’s organisations, with the aim of
maintaining and protecting people’s health using trained dogs. The IRO is a registered
charitable association, whose board of directors consists of an international team.
The umbrella organisation is based in Austria (Salzburg). Members of the IRO are
national rescue dog organisations – currently 116 organisations from 41 countries
in the world on all continents.
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