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Spectacular and Fun in Turkey: Antalya O-Days

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Day 3 of Antalya O-Days in Turkey was an extraordinary orienteering experience. Big rocks spread around the terrain with grass in between – like in a fantasy map. Very technical orienteering – but yet with good runnability. Add to that magnificent views – snow-topped mountains made the scenery perfect. Intriguing videos from ...

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POM Monsanto Evening Sprint: Wow!

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The sprint in Monsanto and the rocky surroundings at the third day of Portugal O-Meeting is one of those spectacular orienteering experiences which makes an orienteer travel for many, many hours. The mix of old city and rock labyrinth makes it an experience you will remember for a long time. ...

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POM Day 3 WRE: Maps and Results

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History repeats: Yet another win for both Thierry Gueorgiou (France) and Simone Niggli (Switzerland) in the technical and interesting middle distance race at Day 3 of Portugal O-Meeting 2013. Compared to the two first days, the terrain required more careful orienteering, some interesting route choices and very scenic orienteering with ...

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POM Day 2: Maps and Results

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The opponents are getting closer, but Simone Niggli and Thierry Gueorgiou were again the fastest at the second day of Portugal O-Meeting 2013. Today was a middle distance race in the same area as Day 1 – again many interesting technical challenges, but less route choices compared to Day 1. ...

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POM 2013 Day 1: Maps and Results

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Thierry Gueorgiou and Simone Niggli handled the tricky high-speed orienteering at the first stage of Portugal O-Meeting 2013 best. The open and fast terrain with rocks of varying size and small green areas spread out, made it important to be in control all the way. The two big names in ...

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Portugal O-Meeting 2013: Preview

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Portugal O-meeting (POM) has been the international season opening the last years – with most of the world elite on the startlist. With the World Cup opening in New Zealand this year, the start field is a little bit weaker than normal ; still 5 of the 10 highest ranked ...

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NAOM 2013: Maps and Results

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Portugal is THE place to run in February – with Portugal O-Meeting next weekend being the biggest race . Many top runners are already present in Portugal – the start field at last weekend’s NAOM 2013 had very high quality. Two middle distance races were offered – the second one ...

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