Comments on: Do we need control features in sprint orienteering?

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 11:05:22 +0000

Thanks for your comment. It was not to blame you as organizers. I think you have learned from those things and it helps to get really nice WOC2017.

By: Markus Puusepp

Markus Puusepp — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 10:10:32 +0000

Use of the site without an additional feature was 100% intentional. Location was easy to find for the course setter by looking at the adjacent house http://postimg.org/image/w99hxrw8j/ . Control description tells it is an open area, indicating that it is east of the impassable wall. Maybe not the perfect choice, I admit.

Organizers agree that we failed with keeping the course unknown for the runners in the quarantine. Also, the runners were starting beside a LED-screen which sometimes showed GPS-tracking that might have helped those standing there.

Mistakes were made, but Euromeeting was a test event for WOC 2017 organizers, so we will take into account what we hear from the athletes, coaches and also from the internet comments.

Markus Puusepp
Event Director and also the course setter for the sprint

By: Jagge

Jagge — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 18:13:21 +0000

Note also the last control of the WOC sprint finals 2015.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 21:58:24 +0000

Same comment as Jan. You can simply not place this control! Its against the rules. They should have put something there. And yes you can almost not miss this control, but you can simply not tell where it really stands. And dont know how they put it? Did they measure the distance from the edges of the building?!
Also they missed to make it impossible for the runners in the quarantine to see the last part of the course. They had a big advantage from it.