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 ...
Read More »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 – ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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, ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »woO-TV: WOC Long Final Runthrough with Headcam
WoO-TV has prepared a runthrough video of the last (and decisive) part of the mens course in the WOC 2008 long distance final with a headcam. Alongside the video the map along with a GPS track is shown in a split screen and the running speed in minutes/km. Headcam-runner is ...
Read More »WOC Relay: All pictures added and country results updated
Pictures from todays Relay have now been added to the country pages which give pictures and results of all runners sorted by country. The WOC history by country has also been updated with the results from todays WOC Relay. World of O Runner profiles and World of O Ranking will ...
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