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Sweden at the Top of the Medal Ranking List

[Press Release – 10/07/09 – Mario Facchini – Newspower Press Office] – SWEDEN TAKES IT ALL AT THE JWOC 2009 – Golden Relay for Sweden and Switzerland – In Val Canali, in the men’s relay, Sweden rules the group – Among ladies, Switzerland grabs the gold, thanks to a lightening ...

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JWOC Relay: Live from 14:30 CET

The JWOC Relay today from 14:30 CET is the last JWOC competition. The LiveBlog below will give you all the updates you need during the very exciting and open relays. There are no obvious favourites – several countries can take the victory in both the mens and womens relays. Vote ...

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Fantasy JWOC: L-Team takes it home!

[Updated: Results are official] L-Team with manager Lukas took the overall victory in the Fantasy JWOC 2009 according to the preliminary results. Note that results will be checked and updated Saturday. Please report any errors in the comments. I’d also be very pleased to get some feedback on the Fantasy ...

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Taivainen Rules the Middle Distance of the JWOC

[Press Release – 10/07/09 – Mario Facchini – Newspower Press Office] – Alexandersson grabs the third swedish Gold. – In the middle distance of San Martino di Castrozza, forecasts fulfilled -The Nordic countries take it all, leaving only a silver for Switzerland -Gold for Taivainen (FIN) and Alexandersson (SWE) [All ...

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JWOC Middle Final: Maps and Results

Very challenging orienteering met the runners at today’s middle distance finals. A tricky start with several rocky areas was a problem for several runners. Then came an easy middle part, before the really tricky last part where many runners did mistakes. In the end, Olli-Markus Taivainen won the mens class ...

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JWOC Middle Final: Live from 09:00 CET

The most tricky and rocky areas around San Martino have been saved for todays JWOC Middle Final – the worlds best junior orienteers are going to meet really challenging orienteering today. The A-Finals start at 10:10 CET for the women and 10:21 CET for the men, respectively – whereas B- ...

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JWOC Middle Qual: Maps and Results

Live speaker sound, quite a lot of technical orienteering and the most interesting leg for routechoices in the JWOC so far. That’s what the JWOC Middle Qualification gave us today. Most favourites when on to the final – and tomorrow we are ready for the big day – The Middle ...

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JWOC Middle Qual: Live from 09:00 CET

With technically demanding rocky terrain, and only 60 of 170 men to the A-final in todays JWOC Middle Qualification, the race is going to be an exciting one even if it is ‘only’ a qualification race. The small nations are particularly interested in the Middle Qualification, as a A-final qualification ...

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Fantasy JWOC: L-Team on top

With two of three JWOC competitions finished, the L-Team with manager Lukas has taken the lead in the Fantasy JWOC. For the first Fantasy JWOC competition – the Sprint Final – the all-Swiss team OLG Herzogenbuchsee took the lead. The Swiss however didn’t manage that well on the Long distance, ...

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Bergmann, Bobach and Hubmann routechoice JWOC Long

… and also routechoice of the three best women from the JWOC Long distance are now available. Above you see the top three womens routechoice for two decisive controls. The blue line is Jenny Lönnkvist – who looses 35 seconds to Marika Teini (purple) to the 3rd control and another ...

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