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Welcome to Lena Eliasson

Say welcome to Lena Eliassons new blog – now to be found here at World of O. Lena is ranked 13th in IOF ranking, and got a 4th spot at the WOC Sprint distance in Denmark last year. Her blog is Swedish language, but includes some maps which others can ...

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Jukola video competition: Extended deadline

The deadline for the Jukola video competition has been extended until May 30th. Voting for the videos will be started in the beginning of June. As announced earlier, clips will be shown as they are submitted – and the best clips will be rewarded with Virkiä Jukola merchandise. The clips ...

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Submit your videos!

The Jukola video competition is open for submissions! Deadline for submissions is May 25th. Clips will be shown as they are submitted – and the best clips will as previously announced be rewarded with Virkiä Jukola merchandise. The clips will be broadcast between June 14-June 17 in the two giant ...

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NOC 2007: Swiss domination by Merz and Niggli

5 of 8 gold medals went to Switzerland in Nordic Open Championships 2007 at Bornholm, Denmark – thanks mostly to excellent performances by Matthias Merz with three gold medals and Simone Niggli with two gold medals and one silver medal. Both of them also finished the championships with victories at ...

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Jukola video competition

It has now been opened up for submission of videos to the Jukola video competition – deadline for submissions is May 25th! The best clips will as previously announced be rewarded with Virkiä Jukola merchandise, and the clips will be broadcast between June 14-June 17 in the two giant tv ...

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NOC relay today from 10.00 with online Tracking

Today the Nordic Orienteering Championships continues with the relay with the first start at 10.00. There will be online tracking available at TracTrac.dk (according to the TracTrac page). With no relays in the Orienteering World Cup anymore, the relay in the Nordic Orienteering Champs is the only fight left between ...

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Splitsbrowser fra NOC Sprint

Simone Niggli lost nearly 3 minutes at the 9th of 14 controls – after being in the lead at control number 8 with nearly a minute. This was because she did not see the 9th control at the map, as it was exactly between the 8th and 10th control on ...

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Sprint gold for Merz and Jansson

Victories for Matthias MerzMatthias Merz (Switzerland) and Helena Jansson (Sweden) in todays sprint in the Nordic Orienteering Championships at Bornholm, Denmark. Home favorite Søren Bobach took the Gold medal in the mens junior class, whereas Siri Ulvestad (Norway) won gold in the womens junior class. Below you find the six ...

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NOC sprint today from 14.45

Today the Nordic Orienteering Championships starts with the sprint distance at 14.45. The last runner, Matthias Müller, starts at 17.28. It has often been said that it is more difficult to win the Nordic Champs than the World Championships, as all the Nordic countries can have up to 10 runners ...

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