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Today Live: WUOC Long distance from 0830 CET

The World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) starts continues with Long distance in Tartu today with the first start at 0830 CET. There was good online coverage with both text commentary and several split times at yesterdays sprint distance, so expect similar coverage for the long distance today. Report from WUOC ...

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WUOC Sprint: Gold for Dlabaja and Stalder

Tomas Dlabaja (CZE) and Seline Stalder (SUI) took the gold medals over the sprint distance in the World University Orienteering Champs (WUOC) in Tartuu, Estonia today. The course was described as an interesting sprint course – the map will be available at the organizers page later today. Dlabaja finished 6th ...

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WUOC with World Champion on startline

The World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) starts with the Sprint in Tartuu today. Along with the World Military Orienteering Championships, the WUOC is the most important “indepent” championships, and a victory at the WUOC has high prestige. On the starting line in the WUOC is amongst many other top elite ...

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WoO Runners: Pictures from JWOC and Sälen on

Pictures of most runners from this year JWOC in Gothenburg, Sweden, have now been added to World of O Runners. In addition, many pictures from the World Cup round at Sälen, Sweden have been added. Results JWOC Sprint with links to runner profiles Results JWOC Long with links to runner ...

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WC Overall: Open between Hubmann and Gueorgiou

Daniel Hubmann (SUI) has a 87 points lead on Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA) before the World Cup Final in Switzerland in October, but as the World Cup points for the two last competitions are added to the current score – and the last World Cup competitions are middle and sprint – ...

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WC Sälen: Three in a row and overall WC for Hausken

Anne Margrethe Hausken (NOR) took her third World Cup victory in a row at O-ringen in Sweden today – giving her 7 World Cup victories so far this season. That gives her 780 World Cup points so far – with Minna Kauppi in second spot with 567 points. Thus with ...

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WC Sälen: Hubmann best in open downhill middle

Daniel Hubmann beat Thierry Gueorgiou with more than 20 seconds from the third last control to the finish – securing him the victory with three small seconds before Gueorgiou in the last of the three World Cup races here at O-ringen in Sälen. – I had a nearly perfect race, ...

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WC Long Sälen: Hausken and Föhr

The World Cup over long distance with pair start at O-ringen in Sälen today brought another victory for Anne Margrethe Hausken (Norway) in the womens class – with Minna Kauppi and Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien in the next spots. With this she secures her lead in the overall World Cup with ...

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WC Sälen: Hausken Sprint Queen

Anne Margrethe Hausken (Norway – upper picture) continues to dominate the sprint distance with her victory in todays World Cup event at O-ringen in Sälen, Sweden. With this Hausken has taken her third World Cup victory in sprint in a row this year, after winning at the European Champs and ...

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WC Sälen: Öberg on top – Gueorgiou back!

Peter Öberg (Sweden – upper picture) took his first individual World Cup victory with his win in the sprint at the World Cup event at O-ringen in Sälen, Sweden today. A very popular third place took Thierry Gueorgiou (France – lower picture), who is back in the top after his ...

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