Thierry Gueorgiou and Dana Brozkova took the gold medals in todays World Orienteering Champs middle distance. – My first middle distance victory since last year in Olomouc, a very happy Gueorgiou said after receiving his Gold medal. Brozkova has also not been on the top the since winning gold in ...
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WOC 2009 Middle Final: Live from 09:30 CET
Finally we are ready for the first big day of WOC 2009 – the Middle Final. It is going to be a very exciting race, and the organizers have promised both live video streaming and GPS tracking (pay-service – 5 Euro – see details below). Tip: Take a look at ...
Read More »Fantasy World Cup continuing with WOC Middle
The Fantasy World Cup continues with tomorrows WOC Middle Final in Miskolc, Hungary. 09:30 CET tomorrow is your latest chance to change your Fantasy World Cup Team – make sure to check the startlists to see that your favourites are really in the race! Fantasy World Cup Schedule during WOC ...
Read More »Sorted by Country: 800 Pictures from Middle/Long Qual
Pictures for almost every runners have now been identified and sorted by runner and country, and are published on this page. Feel free to use the pictures online as long as you put on a photobyline “Photo: WorldofO.com” and link back to WorldofO.com. Sorry that the pictures are not the ...
Read More »WOC Long Qual: Map and Results
Graham Gristwood, Baptiste Rollier, Thierry Gueorgiou, Minna Kauppi, Simone Niggli and Marianne Andersen won the six qualification heats in todays Long Qualification. All the top names got through to the finals – but some of the outsiders like Carl Waaler Kaas (old injury got worse during the race) did not ...
Read More »WOC 2009 Long Qual: Live from 09:00 CET
Starttimes for WOC Long Middle sorted by country are now available at the WOC 2009 Team page and will be a good tool to follow your favourite countries in the WOC Middle Qualification. There you will also find the results for each country in a nice table. Important facts 15 ...
Read More »WOC Middle Qual: Map and results
No big surprises in todays Middle Qualification in the World Orienteering Champs in Miskolc, Hungary. The biggest surprise was maybe that the king of the middle distance – Thierry Gueorgiou – did not win the middle distance qualification – a first since 2001! For the athletes, it was good to ...
Read More »WOC 2009 Middle Qual: Live from 10:00 CET
Starttimes for WOC Qual Middle sorted by country are now available at the WOC 2009 Team page and will be a good tool to follow your favourite countries in the WOC Middle Qualification. Important facts 15 runners will go to the final from each qualification heat in both mens and ...
Read More »WOC 2009: Old Maps and Training Maps [Video]
Fly through the areas where the World Orienteering Champs will be decided the coming week – and see what kind of hilly challenges the best orienteers will face! Below a video from Google Earth is embedded which includes old maps of embargoed areas and traning areas – and you can ...
Read More »WOC 2009: All you need to know
Who is in the WOC Team for my country? Where can I see the GPS tracking? When is the Long Final? WOC 2009 starts in Miskolc, Hungary with the Long distance Qualification the coming Sunday August 16th at 10:00 CET. Here you find all the information you need – including ...
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