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Wants head-to-head duels in International O-Champs

– In the future probably only head-to-head duels and sprint concepts are interesting for further development as TV sports. Within a short time frame this must have consequences for which disciplines are on the program when international championships are organized. This is part of Bjørnar Valstad’s comments after the two ...

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KnockOut: Victories for Hertner and Jansson

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Fabien Hertner and Helena Jansson won todays KnockOut-sprint at the Nordic Orienteering Tour after big mistakes by favorites Simone Niggli and Daniel Hubmann made in the finals. Hertner was in the lead all the way from the start in both the semifinal and the final – and nobody was even ...

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KnockOut Sprint: Orienteering out to the people?

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At 19:30 CET today when the KnockOut Sprint finals start in Stockholm we might get the first part of the answer: Is the KnockOut Sprint format the way to get orienteering out to the public outside the orienteering community? The KnockOut sprint in the Nordic Orienteering Tour is a true ...

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Jukola+Venla: Maps and full GPS tracking

There are many highlights in the GPS tracking from the very technical Jukola and Venla relays. See how Anders Nordberg decided 10Mila for Halden SK on the long, dark and rainy 3rd leg – giving his team mates a lead of more than 5 minutes. Decisive moments – Jukola relay ...

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Venla: Victory for Tampereen Pyrintö

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Tampereen Pyrintö’s Anni-Maija Fincke decided the Venla relay after an exciting last leg. Everything was set for a Domnarvets victory as Dana Brozkova changed over to Lena Eliasson with a one minute lead, but Eliasson did big mistakes at the start of the last leg – paving the way for ...

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Jukola: All you need to know

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21:55 CET on Saturday more than 1500 men head into the forest – nearly 9 hours earlier at 13:00 CET 1100 women start their relay. The Jukola relay is the highlight of the season for many runners – here you find all the information you need about the biggest ever ...

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Fantasy World Cup: New leader!

– Reading the national teams’ and runners’ webpages, partly with the help of Google translator, I got some background information, the new leader in the Fantasy World Cup writes in an email. The new leader is Manager Ulis with the Team “OrientExpress”. – Helena Jansson was said to skip the ...

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NORT Stage 1: Maps and Results

A very good start for the Nordic Orienteering Tour today – excellent TV coverage, live GPS tracking and very interesting races in both men’s and women’s categories in Helsinki today. We got yet another successful day for the Swiss duo Daniel Hubmann and Simone Niggli. Both decided the races after ...

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Nordic Orienteering Tour: All you need to know

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The same importance for orienteering as Tour de Ski has had for cross country skiing: That is what Norway, Sweden and Finland hope for with the Nordic Orienteering Tour starting Thursday June 17th in Finland – and continuing next week in Sweden and Norway. This years edition has three races ...

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