Olav Lundanes (Norway) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) took the victories in the World Cup race middle in Kongsberg, Norway today. The typically Nordic terrain suited the Nordic runners well – Top 3 in both the men’s and women’s class went to Sweden, Norway and Finland. The courses had a though ...
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World Cup Kongsberg & Imatra: All You Need to Know!
[Updated for Imatra] Middle and Long distance races in Norwegian wilderness around Kongsberg (June 7th-8th) and a sprint race and a mixed sprint relay in Imatra, Finland (June 11th-12th) as a “warm-up event” to Jukola. This is what the third round of the 2014 Orienteering World Cup offers. The races ...
Read More »Grouping and following at “pre-WOC” races in Italy
– If you look at the number of “controlpacks”, you can see that the average number of controls attacked alone for the women’s Top 10 is 4 controls (out of 20), Martin Lerjen of O-zeugs comments the women’s middle distance in the “pre-WOC” races in Italy this weekend. This weekend ...
Read More »What should the future JWOC look like?
The IOF is planning to renew the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) program – now is your chance to influence the decisions on the future program. Is there a need for qualification or quotas for the long distance or the sprint distance? Should the mixed sprint relay also be introduced at ...
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