The strongest moments occur just the second when an athlete understands that he reached his big goal – after countless hours of training. Experiencing the World Champs close to the action was fantastic as always – here are some of the top WOC 2011 moments in pictures as seen from just behind the finish line.

It is the sixth year in a row I have been present at the World Championships in Orienteering – this time as an volunteer as part of the organizers’ technology team and in addition as a journalist/photographer. If you have never witnessed a World Championships in Orienteering from close up, I can recommend it highly. Why not see it all for yourself next year when the World Champs is organized in Switzerland?

See also all WOC 2011 pictures sorted by country.

WOC Relay – Gold for French men

The relay is always the race with the strongest feelings -as the runners work together towards a common goal. For the French men it was very special – after failing three times in a row under dramatic consequences. Strong feelings – great happiness for Thierry Gueorgiou, Francois Gonon and Philippe Adamski! Read the interview here.

WOC Relay – Bronze for Swedish men

Nearly as happy as the French men were for their gold medal, the Swedish men were for their bronze medal – especially Olle Boström (read on his blog in Swedish here) who was close to strangling last leg runner David Andersson after he run Sweden in to a bronze medal (see photo at the top of this article). - Strong and wonderful with a medal.

WOC Relay – Gold for Finnish women

Coming back and winning a gold medal after a giant mistake in the start of the leg (see GPS replay video here) makes the experience really special for Minna Kauppi. The bad races earlier in the World Championships – the long distance in which Kauppi never found the first control – didn’t make it any weaker. - It was a mental win. I have just been waiting for this week to end, but we girls agreed that we would finish this one together and win.

WOC Relay – Silver for Czech women

Taking silver after being beaten with one meter in the run-in doesn’t often give you the feeling of winning the silver medal, but the Czech women celebrated their silver medal just as a gold medal. Eva Jurenikova was especially high up – after a disappointing long distance where she lost the medal in the last part. - After finishing 5th or 6th in WOC relay so many times before, we were extremely happy to see Dana coming to the finish just one meter behind Minna. My first WOC medal! (read Eva Jurenikova’s WOC summary in her blog)

WOC Long – Gold for Thierry Gueorgiou

In the run-in – and when crossing the finish line – you could mostly see relief and tiredness in the face of Thierry Guergiou. The big smile came some minutes later when the new World Champion on long distance was congratulated by the gold medalist in the womens class…

- When I ran into the finish as a World Champion in Trin in 2003, I was very happy – but not extremely happy. The reason: I had already seen this in my inner mind so many times before. It was “just once more becoming World Champion”.

WOC Long – Silver for Pasi Ikonen

- Ten years of waiting is now over and big goal reached in the form of WOC-silver medal! That just about sums it up for Ikonen – but add to it that Ikonen got a big disappointment earlier in the week – not qualifying for the final on the middle distance. Read more about the race at Ikonen’s blog.

WOC Long – Gold for Annika Billstam

Annika Billstam was not registered at the radio control – and it was thus a few nervous seconds after finishing the gold medal race. – I was very nervous just when I came into the finish, as I heard the speaker say that they would need to check that I had taken all the controls. But everything was OK.

Relief, happiness and tiredness combined!

WOC Long – Silver for Dana Brozkova

Dana Brozkova took yet another WOC medal – after not performing on this level since the EOC silver in Bulgaria in 2010. A very, very happy Brozkova after her 4th individual WOC medal since 2006 – always up there when it counts.

WOC Middle – Gold for Helena Jansson

The most happy orienteer of the year? Not far from it for Helena Jansson after her gold medal in WOC middle distance. - It did not feel like a gold race, but it was! After silver and bronze in sprint and long – the gold medal on the middle distance tasted very good for the popular Swedish woman.

WOC Middle – Gold for Thierry Guergiou

Another gold medal – another big relief for the big favourite. Maybe the mind was already turned towards the relay the day after just after crossing the finish line? The focus after the race was more on how the race had been “too easy” than on the fact that he had achieved one of his big goals.

– There were some difficult controls, but most of the race was really easy. I mean, yeah, easier than expected. You only had to follow the depression alignment and reentrants. We did 10 times more difficult trainings during our preparations and training camps.

Read the full interview with Thierry Gueorgiou here.

WOC Middle – Silver for Peter Öberg

Peter Öberg celebrated his silver medal like a gold medal – no wonder after few top results earlier in the season and injury problems.

WOC Sprint – Gold for Linnea Gustafsson, silver for Helena Jansson

Three very happy Swedish girls after winning a triple on the WOC Sprint – the first medal discipline of the World Championships 2011. The strongest feelings for Helena Jansson – on Linnea Gustafsson’s behalf for winning the gold medal. What a great day for the Swedish sprint women!

WOC Sprint – Gold for Daniel Hubmann

Big happiness for the Swiss superstar who has fought hard with injuries the last year. - The sprint discipline has always been a loved and also successful discipline for me. In Chambery I finally managed to be the fastest at a World Championships – in the 8th try after being very close several times.

Read Hubmann’s description of all his WOC sprints on his webpage – including the map with his route from each race.

WOC Sprint – 5th place for Ionut Zinca

The Romanian Ionut Zinca was maybe the happiest men in the sprint after his 5th place – the podium place was a big surprise for most. The picture below is taken just after he understands that the race was really good enough for a 5th place.

- I said before this World Championships that if I would get only one gold medal, it would be the relay, an extremely happy Thierry Gueorgiou said after securing the gold medal for France in todays WOC relay.

This was the fourth time in a row that Gueorgiou has been in the lead at the last leg in a WOC relay for France – but the first time he succeeded.

This is the race I have prepared most for this season

- I felt very guilty for Francois and Philippe – and also Damien – because I have destroyed so many opportunities. Especially for Francois as he is getting older – Philippe is still young.

- This is the race I have prepared most for this season. I think I prepared well, because I felt more relaxed for the relay than for the individual races.

Run like a middle distance

Gueorgiou started out together with Olav Lundanes of Norway, David Andersson of Sweden and Mamleev of Italy – but was soon alone in the tricky French terrain.

- When I saw that I would run out in front, I knew I had to run just like if it was a middle distance race and not care about the others, and hope the forking would help me. I had the same forking as Olav Lundanes to the first two controls, but to number three I did not see him anymore.

Tero show

- Then I had a small 15 second mistake on number 4. I then said to myself that this had to be my last mistake today.

If I will continue, I need to find some new challenges

From there and in it was a pure Tero-show – slowly increasing the lead second by second.

- I knew before the start after watching the women that this race would be a really difficult race – just about technique. It was much more tricky than yesterday.

- I will decide at the end of the season if I continue. If I will continue, I need to find some new challenges. Some of the boys say that 3 middle distance gold medals in a row may be a good challenge, but I don’t know.

Next year the World Champs will go in Switzerland – in terrain which suits Gueorgiou quite well. If he decides to continue, he is more hungry for Finland though.

- For sure I will not check the website of next years WOC tonight like a usually do. If I continue, it will be for the middle distance.

Doing the job

In the circus after the relay, everything was focused on Gueorgiou – but Francois Gonon and Philippe Adamski are of course just as important for the French gold medal.

- My job was to come back without mistakes, Philippe Adamski said after the first leg. – I was very tired, but I did my job. I lost some time on a long leg, but did no mistakes.

Francois Gonon did also his job – yet again.

- I am very satisfied. My job was to come back without any big crash, and that went well. Of course my dream was to get away alone, but I think this is a very good position for Thierry, Gonon commented just after Gueorgiou run into the forest on the last leg.

- Serious work pays off

The French trainer Alain Berger is quitting after this season – today he felt relieved and happy after the gold medal.

- I feel like a finished job. A combination of relief and happiness, Berger commented. – They really deserved this. It is good to see that serious work pays off. This is what I want our young runners to know.

The future of the French team in terms of a new trainer is not clear yet – the position is still open. But Berger will continue until after the season.

- This guy [Thierry Gueorgiou] does not need anyone, but we have good young runners who need a good trainer.

Results

1. France
2. Norway, +4.04
3. Sweden, +4.15
4. Switzerland, +4.47
5. Russia, +9.24
6. Lithuania, +9.31

• Official results

Map and GPS-tracking

• Map and GPS-tracking last leg
• Map and GPS-tracking leg 1+2

Minna Kauppi secured the gold medal for Finland after a thriller of a relay! The lead changed a countless number of times during the last leg. At some point it looked like Marianne Andersen had the gold in her pocket for Norway. Estonia was also up there at some time in the lead. Then Switzerland, Czech Republic – and of course Sweden also was on gold course at some point.

In the end Minna Kauppi took the gold for Finland ahead of Czech Republic (Dana Brozkova) and Sweden (Annika Billstam).

- This was the best gold medal ever, Kauppi said in the interview after the race – even if she already has 7 gold medals – 4 of them from the relay.

- It was the same as it always is [in a WOC relay]. I do a big mistake, and then there is big drama, a happy gold medalist Minna Kauppi said after the race.

Below you see a snapshot of the tracking towards one of the last controls on the last loop. Finland has just made a mistake along with Switerland – and it (again) looked like the game was lost for Minna and Finland. However, Finland came back in the lead, forming a small group with Sweden and Czech Republic.

- It was a mental win. I have just been waiting for this week to end, but we girls agreed that we would finish this one together and win, the very, very happy Finnish star of orienteering said after her race.

- I made a big mistake at the 2nd control – and found the 6th control before the 2nd. Then there was a long leg to the 3rd control where I could cool down. And I started seeing more and more runners and realized I was coming closer to the lead.

Results

1. Finland
2. Czech Republic, +0.01
3. Sweden, +0.02
4. Norway, +0.56
5. Denmark, +1.03
6. Estonia, +1.17

• Full results here

Map and GPS-tracking

• Map and GPS-tracking last leg
• Map and GPS-tracking leg 1+2

Gueorgiou was the only one who managed to keep up both orienteering technique and speed all the way through the WOC middle distance.  In this article I take a look at the GPS data of the top runners from the WOC Middle distance final.

In the GPS analysis, I use autOanalysis illustrations. This is a comparison of two runners – step by step. The fastest runners  always has a blue line. The slower runner has a green line where he is faster, a red line where he is slower, and an orange line where he is equal. This is a good way to illustrate in which part of the race a runner gained/lost time.

Guergiou versus Öberg

• Gueorgiou versus Öberg autOanalysis – please open this while you read the text below

We start off by a step by step comparison between Gueorgiou and Öberg using autOanalysis on the GPS-data and the Winsplit graph.

• All the way up to control 10, Öberg is fighting on equal terms with Gueorgou – behind ahead until control number 5.  Öberg is less than 30 seconds behind on control 10. This actually includes most of the tricky orienteering in the race. Note that both Gueorgiou and Öberg loose time to “Superman” in the most tricky part between control 8 and 12.
• At control 10, it looks like Öberg gets tired (either mentally and/or physically), and after that he can no longer keep up the speed of Gueorgiou. This is partly due to small mistakes and partly due to slower running speed as it looks.
• At control 11, Öberg does the mistake which makes Gueorgiou’s lead get up to a minute. On the autOanalysis it may look like it is on the way to control 12 (and that Öberg is faster to 11), but Öberg has actually not been on the control yet.
• On the long leg to 13 Öberg looses another 30 seconds by choosing the “safe route” on the path the last part to the control.
• In the rest of the course, Öberg has slower speed than Gueorgiou, and looses some seconds all the way. The only other mistake of Öberg is to number 18.

See also:

• Gueorgiou versus Lundanes
• Lundanes versus Öberg

At the bottom of this article I also included some specific legs from the mens race.

Jansson versus Bobach

• Jansson versus Bobach – please open this while you read the text below

We now make a similar step by step comparison between Helena Jansson and Ida Bobach for the womens course.

• Helena Jansson is faster than Ida Bobach from the start – and has gained an advantage of more than a minute at control 4. As you can see from the autOanalysis, neither Jansson nor Bobach have a perfect race in this part of the course. Bobach looses time to the first control and out of the second control – and then even more time to control 4. Jansson looses time on the second part of the second leg. Actually another Danish woman – Signe Søes – is in the lead at the 4th control – another 30 seconds ahead of Jansson. Judith Wyder looses her gold medal chances to the third control.
• From control number 4 to the finish, Bobach is actually faster than Jansson – but none of them have a perfect race. Bobach does not have the optimal route on the long leg to number 8 – but still beats Jansson on the leg as Jansson does around a minute mistake just into the control.
• Bobach is also slower out of the 9th control – loosing time down the steep hill – nearly 20 seconds are lost before coming down to the path.
• Then Bobach is very fast in the open area around the spectator control, but again looses some time when getting into the forest. To 14 Bobach is again faster. It looks like Bobach was fresher in the end of the course – this is also were she secured her silver medal. Comparing Bobach versys Wyder you see how Bobach gains a lot of time in the last loop.
• Comparing Wyder versus Kauppi you see how Kauppi looses time to Wyder in the last loop – effetively loosing the bronze medal.

See also:

• Jansson versus Wyder
• Bobach versys Wyder
• Wyder versus Kauppi

Men’s middle distance: 6-7a

Men’s middle distance: 7-8

Men’s middle distance: 12-13

- Don’t look for success, only a race without mistakes, Thierry had written on the note in his control description holder for the last preparations. And that is just what he went out and did. The note continues with “Enjoy: You versus You” and “It is for you, 110%”. And for sure he did enjoy – at least after the race…

Read the interview with Thierry Gueorgiou – The King of Middle – made after his gold medal in Middle distance at WOC 2011.

- The race is over up there

This was Gueorgiou’s 9th individual World Champs gold medal, but it didn’t come easy even if it was a very expected gold medal from both media and fans.

It was really hard to recover from the long distance

- It wasn’t the easiest gold medal. It was really hard to recover from the long distance. I was really tired, so all the long way up to the 7th control I had to struggle and push myself hard. I told myself “- OK, the race is over up there, so give everything you have up to control number 7″.

Looking at what many of the other competitors did on the way to number 7 (see also this video with the biggest mistakes) – this was not excactly an easy control – but still Gueorgiou pushed hard.

Recover ahead of the last part

- I forced myself to not start walking up that long hill. I lost control for some second on the way, but I regained control quite fast. In many ways this terrain reminded my of the terrain from the WOC short distance in Trin in 2003 (Editor’s comment: Gueorgiou’s first WOC gold medal, see the map here).

The terrain changed characteristics after the 7th control. From good visibility and few cliffs to an area with more cliffs – and more tricky orienteering.

- After the 7th control there was slower terrain where you could not run so fast, so I could get some rest. That was good because I could recover ahead of the last part.

In the last part of the course after the arena passing the orienteering was – as it often is – less tricky.

- Then from just before the arena it was just to push hard again for the rest of the course.

Disappointment turned to joy and relief

Tero – as he is called in Finland – expected really tricky orienteering on this middle distance race. As you can see from the note he had in his control description holder, the main focus of the day was “IN CONTROL – Nothing else matters”.  When asked about the difficulty of the course, the “King of middle” was quite harsh.

There were some difficult controls, but most of the race was really easy

- There were some difficult controls, but most of the race was really easy. I mean, yeah, easier than expected. You only had to follow the depression alignment and reentrants. We did 10 times more difficult trainings during our preparations and training camps.

The first terrain to be mapped in the WOC 2011 area was “Montagne de Bange” (see map here) – and Gueorgiou has spent countless hours there improving his technique day by day. With all the training in more tricky terrain – even at night (see example of a night training at Le Revard here) – it is no wonder Gueorgiou manages the WOC terrain better than most others. And also that he was disappointed when his competitors would have “an advantage” compared to what could have been…

- I expected less visibility and when I saw the forest was quite open I knew that athletes who prepared specially for middle could be faster than me today.

- The race should have been on Montagne de Bange.

New orienteering technique

On all his trainings on the tricky WOC training maps, the French master of technique has been developing a new orienteering technique to handle the difficulties.

I could return to my normal technique

- I worked hard on developing a new technique to handle the terrain here, but in fact I did not even need it. I started out with the new technique, but then the visibility was so good that I could return to my normal technique. Looking far ahead to see the easily identifiable features, and run fast through the terrain (Editors comment: The full speed – no mistake technique).

All in for number 10!

This was Gueorgious 9th individual WOC gold medal – but also the 9th gold medal overall. The relay gold medal is still missing for the French team.

Now the only thing that matters is the relay

- Now the only thing that matters is the relay tomorrow. I hope I will recover faster than after the long distance. The long distance was physically though, but the 2 hours after the race were very hard as wll. Standing in the finish area with fans and media.

Thanks a lot to Tam of the WOC 2011 Team for translating part of the interview.

2200 photos from all races so far sorted by runner and/or country are now available in runners.worldofo.com. All photos are free to use on the Internet as long as you link to WorldofO.com AND the runner profile where you found the picture. In addition team results by country have been updated, and also the WOC history.

• WOC 2011 Team pages with updated results and pictures
• WOC 2011 pictures sorted by country
• Runner profiles – pictures are uploaded for each runner
• Runner profiles – pictures are uploaded for each runner
• WOC history by country

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Sweden tops the medal overview with 3xgold, 3xsilver and 2xbronze ahead of France with 2xgold and 1xbronze, Switzerland with 1xgold and 1xbronze. In fourth we have Finland, Denmark and Czech Republic – all with 1 silver – and finally Norway with 1 bronze medal.

Below you find all results of the medal countries so far in the Championships – taken from the WOC 2011 Team pages. See also the WOC history sorted by country which has been updated with the races from WOC 2011 and the World of O Ranking which also has been updated.

Medal overview

Sweden is the best country of the World Champs – here is the medal table:

Results overview

Below you find all results from the 7 medal countries.

Sweden

	Name	Sprint	Middle	Long	Relay
1.	Tove ALEXANDERSSON
2.	David Andersson			20th place Qual: 5th place
3.	Annika Billstam		9th place Qual: 2nd place	medal Qual: 2nd place
4.	Olle BOSTRöM		21st place Qual: 6th place	6th place Qual: 5th place
5.	Emma Claesson			18th place Qual: 5th place
6.	Lena Eliasson	medal Qual: 1st place	44th place Qual: 1st place
7.	Linnea Gustafsson	medal Qual: 1st place
8.	Anders Holmberg	medal Qual: 1st place		19th place Qual: 2nd place
9.	Helena Jansson	medal Qual: 3rd place	medal Qual: 2nd place	medal Qual: 3rd place
10.	William Lind	Qual: 18th place
11.	Jerker Lysell	DSQ Qual: 9th place
12.	Peter Öberg		medal Qual: 1st place
13.	Johan Runesson		41st place Qual: 7th place

France

	Name	Sprint	Middle	Long	Relay
1.	Philippe Adamski		9th place Qual: 3rd place	7th place Qual: 1st place
2.	Lucas BASSET
3.	Charlotte Bouchet		20th place Qual: 13rd place
4.	Amélie Chataing		10th place Qual: 3rd place	16th place Qual: 4th place
5.	Vincent Coupat	28th place Qual: 11st place
6.	Karine D’harreville	32nd place Qual: 11st place
7.	Céline Dodin		34th place Qual: 10th place	17th place Qual: 9th place
8.	François Gonon		6th place Qual: 8th place	medal Qual: 1st place
9.	Thierry Gueorgiou		medal Qual: 2nd place	medal Qual: 1st place
10.	Thibaut POUPARD	17th place Qual: 3rd place
11.	Frédéric Tranchand	10th place Qual: 5th place
12.	Léa Vercellotti	18th place Qual: 5th place		28th place Qual: 10th place

Switzerland

	Name	Sprint	Middle	Long	Relay
1.	Bettina AEBI			15th place Qual: 12nd place
2.	Ines Brodmann		23rd place Qual: 9th place
3.	Rahel Friederich	9th place Qual: 4th place		11st place Qual: 7th place
4.	Fabian Hertner
5.	Daniel Hubmann	medal Qual: 3rd place		5th place Qual: 6th place
6.	Matthias KYBURZ	20th place Qual: 1st place
7.	Marc Lauenstein			8th place Qual: 4th place
8.	Sara Lüscher			22nd place Qual: 3rd place
9.	Matthias Merz	6th place Qual: 3rd place	16th place Qual: 4th place
10.	Matthias Müller	medal Qual: 1st place	8th place Qual: 2nd place
11.	Brigitte MÜHLEMANN		32nd place Qual: 12nd place
12.	Baptiste Rollier		10th place Qual: 3rd place	4th place Qual: 6th place
13.	Judith Wyder	19th place Qual: 1st place	medal Qual: 5th place

Czech Republic

	Name	Sprint	Middle	Long	Relay
1.	Dana Brožková		14th place Qual: 8th place	medal Qual: 1st place
2.	Adam Chromy		36th place Qual: 8th place
3.	Iveta Duchova	25th place Qual: 9th place	16th place Qual: 6th place
4.	Daniel HAJEK			40th place Qual: 15th place
5.	Eva Juřeníková	10th place Qual: 2nd place		4th place Qual: 3rd place
6.	Stepan Kodeda	18th place Qual: 4th place		Qual: 18th place
7.	Jan Prochazka	8th place Qual: 6th place	32nd place Qual: 13rd place
8.	Jan Šedivý			27th place Qual: 8th place
9.	Eduard Smehlik		Qual: 32nd place
10.	Tomáš Dlabaja	31st place Qual: 7th place
11.	Monika TOPINKOVA	44th place Qual: 13rd place
12.	Martina ZVERINOVA		22nd place Qual: 4th place	DSQ Qual: 8th place

Finland

	Name	Sprint	Middle	Long	Relay
1.	Anni-Maija Fincke	6th place Qual: 8th place		6th place Qual: 4th place
2.	Tero Föhr		18th place Qual: 11st place	9th place Qual: 3rd place
3.	Bodil Holmström		13rd place Qual: 11st place
4.	Jarkko Huovila		33rd place Qual: 10th place
5.	Pasi Ikonen		Qual: 16th place	medal Qual: 3rd place
6.	Minna Kauppi		4th place Qual: 1st place	DSQ Qual: 1st place
7.	Saila Kinni		17th place Qual: 7th place
8.	Olli-Pekka KOISTINEN	16th place Qual: 5th place
9.	Jonne LEHTO			25th place Qual: 13rd place
10.	Venla Niemi	16th place Qual: 7th place
11.	Merja Rantanen		8th place Qual: 1st place	8th place Qual: 2nd place
12.	Olli-Markus Taivainen	29th place Qual: 15th place
13.	Tuomas Tervo	13rd place Qual: 9th place

Denmark

	Name	Sprint	Middle	Long	Relay
1.	Maja Alm	4th place Qual: 3rd place	6th place Qual: 4th place
2.	Claus Bloch
3.	Ida Bobach	21st place Qual: 6th place	medal Qual: 10th place
4.	Søren Bobach
5.	Christian Christensen			30th place Qual: 11st place
6.	Rasmus Thrane Hansen	19th place Qual: 2nd place		Qual: 20th place
7.	Emma Klingenberg	6th place Qual: 7th place		40th place Qual: 11st place
8.	Signe Klinting			Qual: 18th place
9.	Tue Lassen		7th place Qual: 3rd place	37th place Qual: 3rd place
10.	Signe Søes		26th place Qual: 9th place	7th place Qual: 1st place
11.	Søren Schwartz SøRENSEN

Norway

	Name	Sprint	Middle	Long	Relay
1.	Marianne Andersen		7th place Qual: 4th place
2.	Heidi Østlid Bagstevold		Qual: 16th place	5th place Qual: 5th place
3.	Vetle Ruud BRåTEN	42nd place Qual: 11st place
4.	Elise Egseth	12nd place Qual: 2nd place
5.	Mari Fasting		12nd place Qual: 6th place	DSQ Qual: 7th place
6.	Silje Ekroll Jahren	20th place Qual: 5th place
7.	Carl Waaler Kaas		13rd place Qual: 7th place	15th place Qual: 7th place
8.	Olav Lundanes		medal Qual: 5th place	10th place Qual: 2nd place
9.	Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen	17th place Qual: 3rd place
10.	Anders Nordberg		15th place Qual: 1st place	DSQ Qual: 4th place
11.	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø	11st place Qual: 5th place
12.	Gaute Hallan STEIWER	14th place Qual: 11st place
13.	Audun Weltzien		13rd place Qual: 14th place	DSQ Qual: 9th place
14.	Tone Wigemyr			12nd place Qual: 2nd place

The WOC relay is the last WOC event – and if it lives up to the drama of the last years, it will be the highlight of the championships. The start in the womens class is at 13:15 CET – in the mens class at 15:15 CET.

• Startlist relay (from the live page)
• All you need to know about WOC 2011
• You find all live services here (Live webTV, GPS-tracking, live audio, live results – note GPS-tracking probably only after the race)
• WOC 2011 webpage
• LiveBlog – see the bottom of this article

Other interesting WOC links:

• Routechoice analysis WOC Long Men
• WOC Middle – map and results
• Gueorgiou versus Öberg – step by step GPS-analysis
• WOC middle: HeadCam + GPS
• WOC long: GPS illustrations
• WOC Long final: Map, results, interviews
• WOC Sprint final: Map, results, interviews
• HeadCam video from WOC Long Qual synchronized with GPS – experience the WOC terrain like the stars
• HeadCam video from WOC Middle Qual synchronized with GPS
• WOC 2011 Team overview with pictures of most runners who have started so far in the World Champs
• Route of heat winners from WOC Long Qual and WOC Middle Qual

LiveBlog

You find the LiveBlog either in the window below – or as a separate page here. There is also a mobile version of the LiveBlog

Another HeadCam video – this time from the WOC Middle Final synchronized with GPS data in 3DRerun. Note that the quality is not the best as the bandwidth was too low to upload it all – but it should be good enough to get some experience of how it was out there.

You can click anywhere on the map with the left mouse button while holding down the ctrl-key, and let the video jump to that position

Note! There was a problem with the video earlier – please check again if you did not get it to work earlier.

• View video + GPS in 3DRerun – WOC Middle Final
• View video + GPS in 3DRerun – WOC Long final – part 1
• View video + GPS in 3DRerun – WOC Middle Qual
• See also video + GPS in 3DRerun from WOC long qualification

HeadCam runner for all videos is Matthieu Puech.

Technical information

The synchronization is done in 3DRerun with the HeadCam/GPS synchronization feature. You can easily do a similar comparison between GPS position and HeadCam video from your own trainings using 3DRerun by registering on the site and uploading your route.

• More information about using HeadCam video and synchronizing with your route
• Screencasts with instructions about how to use 3DRerun – including a screencast about HeadCam analysis

See how the WOC Middle distance was decided from this step by step comparison between Gueorgiou and Öberg using autOanalysis on the GPS-data. Öberg is nearly as fast in the start, but gets tired and can not keep up the orienteering all the way to the finish.

In the autOanalysis illustrations, the fastest runners has always a blue line. The slower runner has a green line where he is faster, a red line where he is slower, and an orange line where he is equal. This is a good way to illustrate in which part of the race a runner gained/lost time.

• Gueorgiou versus Öberg