JWOC 2013: All you need to know!

Follow the world’s best juniors LIVE from Czech Republic on Long Monday, Middle Qual Tuesday, Middle Final Wednesday, Sprint Friday and Relay Saturday. The organizers will provide live webTV, live results and live GPS-tracking – there should be excellent opportunities to follow the best junior orienteers from all over the world.

Top links:

• Winner polls: JWOC long men –  JWOC long women
• Team overview JWOC 2013 – with pictures and athlete information
• Start list JWOC 2013 long and results JWOC 2012 long (other startlists will be available from here)
• JWOC 2013 LIVE (choose the appropriate race on the menu on the top). For all finals there will be live results, live GPS-tracking and speaker sound. There will be live webTV from the relay (via Czech TV which has a live TV broadcast).

The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) 2013 is organized in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic from July 1st until July 6th. The terrain used is very varied – with three different terrain types used for long, middle and relay (see below for details): Partly hilly with many route choice options (long), partly stony detailed terrain (middle) and partly flat forest (relay). The sprint is a city sprint in Hradec Králové.

Program

All times below are in CET.

• Monday: Long – 09:30 – 16:45. Men 9.9 km / 620 m (67 min). Women 7.1 km / 470 m (59 min)
• Tuesday: Middle Qualification – 12:00 – 15:00. Men 3.3-3.4 km (22 min). Women 2.7-2.8 km (20 min)
• Wednesday: Middle Final – 11:30 – 16:15. Men 3.6 km / 120 m (26 min). Women 3.0 km / 110 m (27 min)
• Thursday: Rest day
• Friday: Sprint – 12:00 – 15:15. Men 3.6 km / 60 m. Women 3.0 km / 56 m.
• Saturday: Relay – 10:00 – 15:00 (Women from 10:00 – men from 12:00). Men 5.8-6.0 km / 80 m (36 min). Women 4.5-4.7 km (36 min).

Useful links

• JWOC 2013 webpage
• Startlist long (other startlists will be available from here)
• Bulletin 4 – with all relevant info about the championships

Terrain and maps

Long

The terrain for the long distance will offer many route choice options. The terrain is moderately hilly to hilly, consisting of several ridges and valleys. 450–650m a.s.l. The forest consists of coniferous forest. Quite large sections of young forest and felled areas. There are grass fields, but grass does not hinder running. Runnability is very good to good – limited only on steep slopes and in young forest and dense areas. Developed network of forest roads and paths enables fast running.

Middle

The terrain for middle consists of stony slopes, 550–710 m a.s.l. – crowned by cliffs up to 10 m high! Plenty of boulders up to 5 m high. Uneven ground. The vegetation consists of old coniferous forest – with some areas of diffuse thickets. Runnability is generally good, but in places significantly limited by stony ground and fallen branches. Few paths and tracks.

Sprint

The sprint is a typical city sprint in a mostly flat city – except for a 10-15 meter high steep slope around the old town. Partly urban area in the old city center and partly parks.

Relay

The relay is organized in a flat area with some gentle slopes. Mixed forest of variable runnability – some under-vegetation (grass). Developed network of forest roads and paths, partly rectangular. Major forest roads enable extremely fast running