In a common proposal for the IOF General Assembly, the Nordic orienteering federations (NORD) suggest several changes to the international orienteering calendar which is thought to provide higher quality and more attractive events. The proposal consist of the following points (see the full proposal here): Splitting of WOC into urban ...
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World Cup Mixed Sprint Relay: How did you like it?
The first ever (unofficial) World Cup race in Mixed Sprint Relay was run last Sunday in Turkey. What is your opinion about the “new” race format – and how well did it work in Turkey? Was it fun to run? Yes (Gustav Bergman) All participants (athletes, coaches, officials) are asked ...
Read More »Portugal O-Meeting: Gueorgiou and Magnusson (and Niggli)
[With maps and results] The World Ranking event at Portugal O-Meeting (day 3) has traditionally been one of the most important races in the winter-season – were the world orienteering elite had its first real test. This year the start field was not as strong as usually due to the ...
Read More »World Cup Sprint Relay: Maps and Results
Sweden won the first unofficial World Cup race in mixed sprint relay today ahead of Denmark and the Swedish second team. Switzerland and Sweden were the big favourites ahead of the race – Switzerland however failed and got two teams disqualified. The best Swiss team finished 5th in the end. ...
Read More »Route choice analysis: World Cup Middle Turkey
There were a few longer legs with some route choice challenges in the World Cup Middle distance race in Turkey today – even if the race was decided more by mistakes in the tricky (or even in the easy) parts than by route choices. Below you get a quick analysis ...
Read More »World Cup Turkey Middle: Maps and Results
Daniel Hubmann won a clear victory in the men’s class in the first World Cup race in 2014 – with last year’s overall World Cup winner Matthias Kyburz in second. In the women’s class Sweden tookt he double: Tove Alexandersson ahead of Helena Jansson. It was again a Swiss/Swedish day ...
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