[Updated with split time analysis] Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) were strongest in today’s long distance World Cup race in Tasmania. With 13.2 km for the men and 9.4 km for the women in very hilly terrain – described as “cool” by the athletes. This was a very ...

The toughest leg of the year? Good luck finding a solution you are really happy with on this one. The long leg to the third control in the men’s course at the Tasmania World Cup race long distance is not an easy one. Try to solve it yourself below! See ...

Daniel Hubmann (Switzerland) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) were the best in the tough and tricky middle distance World Cup race in Tasmania today. Alexandersson did an amazing performance and was nearly 3 minutes ahead of Mari Fasting (Norway) in second. In the men’s class the race was much closer – ...

In the following leg-by-leg analysis of the Men’s World Cup sprint in Tasmania on January 3rd 2015 you can see the route choice alternatives with lengths (in meters) for each leg – along with the split times and accumulated split times of the top athletes. The men’s course was nearly ...

Several women were trapped by the course setters “tricks” in the first World Cup race of the year – the sprint race organized around the buildings of  Launcetown, Tasmania. The first part of the course was the most tricky one seen purely from the map – but most time was ...

Mathias Kyburz (Switzerland) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) won the first World Cup race of the 2015 season – a sprint race in Tasmania dominated by Swiss and Swedish runners. In the men’s class Kyburz won ahead of Daniel Hubmann (also Switzerland) with Gustav Bergman (Sweden) in third. Both Kyburz and ...

[Updated with map] Olav Lundanes, Matthias Kyburz, Tove Alexandersson and Judith Wyder were heat winners when the World Cup started with a qualification in Tasmania’s second largest city, Launceston, today. The World Cup continues with the sprint final tomorrow morning 09:46 local time (23:46 CET this evening). The qualification race ...

The Orienteering World Cup starts already January 2nd/3rd with a sprint race in Tasmania. The next week the World Cup continues with two more races – a middle distance race on Thursday (Wednesday evening/night European time) and a long distance race on Saturday (Friday evening/night European time). Program Friday January ...