Comments on: IOF General Assembly Friday: WOC in the Future to be decided

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:48:55 +0000

One up for forest sport. also i would say it would be fair, if every country has the same number of orienteers.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:45:17 +0000

And if you are a country that only has one runner in an event with no qualification, you will never be able to get a WOC placing to move up to the next tier.

By: someone from small orienteering nation

someone from small orienteering nation — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:44:08 +0000

KEEP WOC AS IT IS
lets keep in mind that eliminating qualification races does not help the small nations. it means making into the final is less of an achievement, and it makes better results in the final harder (due to so many strong nation runners).
it is also unfair that a “weak nation” have less starters. look at New Zealand. they have many up and coming great runners, but in these proposed systems, not all of them will be allowed to run! how then will New Zealand improve to become a strong nation?
lets also remember that it is all the strong nations that want a system that guarantees them lots of starters, so that they have better chances of medals.

By: Tornai Szabolcs

Tornai Szabolcs — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:41:08 +0000

KEEP WOC AS IT IS!
Only profit-hungry people want to change it! Top orienteers all together have protested against such changes.