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Press release, WOC 2007: The newly released Bulletin 3 gives the athletes and other some more information about how the WOC-races will be. And the longdistance will create a historic moment with the longest WOC-courses ever for both men and women.
The men will fight on a course of 18,1 kilometer with 28 controls. This is the first time a WOC-course will pass the 18 km mark. The previous record was in Sweden 1989, 17,7km. Last years course in Denmark was also long, 17,5km.
The womens course for the longdistance will also be the longest ever, 11,9km. This is just 100 meter longer than the course in Switzerland 2003.
There will, however, not be a record for number of controls. The mens course in Switzerland 2003 had 34 controls. It remains to be seen if the races will be the fastest ever for a longdistance. Petter Thoresen ran close to 5min/km in 1989, and this means the race this year must have a winning time close to 95 minutes to be the fastest race ever. Will it be possible?
Come to Kiev and see it yourself on the 23rd of August!
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Source: Press release issued by the WOC organizers. World of O will cover WOC 2007 fully.
