Comments on: Who did the Orienteering Achievement of the Year 2017?

By: An Frederickx

An Frederickx — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:15:56 +0000

Yannick Michiels – because he puts Belgium on the international O-map (pun intended). After all those years of training and with some disappointments, he kept going and got finally some reward for that!

By: Jan Kocbach

Jan Kocbach — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 23:06:17 +0000

Thanks for all the great suggestions! Now we close for new suggestions and prepare the voting!

By: Georg Groell

Georg Groell — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 22:32:56 +0000

Prize EOC Spectator Races

By: Georg Groell

Georg Groell — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 20:56:10 +0000

I nominate Thierry Gueorgiou’s WOC Middle Distance for this year’s best achievement. The Frenchman dominated the Orienteering world during the last ~10 years and that’s why he is also known as the king of orienteering. He, however, had some struggles during the last 3 years and he didn’t manage to get a podium at WOC middle distances and one started to believe if Thierry would be ever back on top again, as he is already quite old for a sportsman. This season started not as expected for Thierry and he got “only” 19th at the Middle Distance World Cup in Finland and he said that this year’s WOC would be his last one. Thus, the pressure on Thierry was really big. Nevertheless, Thierry managed to perform an excellent run in a very technical demanding WOC middle distance and he surprised the Orienteering world with a victory in his last individual race at WOC. I can’t imagine a more beautiful way to end such a successful orienteering career.