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Jan Kocbach

Jan Kocbach is the founder of WorldofO.com - taking care of everything from site development to writing articles, photography and analysis.

Jukola: Another one for Kalevan Rasti

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With Thierry Gueorgiou for Kalevan Rasti starting the last leg around 2 minutes ahead of Daniel Hubmann for Kristiansand OK, it looked like we could have a very interesting last leg with a fight between two of the best orienteers of the last 10 years. However both Gueorgiou and Hubmann ...

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Jukola 2013: And we are off!

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Around 1600 teams started into the night at 22:00 CET – Jukola 2013 has started. Favourites are Halden SK and Kalevan Rasti – but even if everyone expects the two big ones to fight for victory – everything can happen in the 7 leg relay. Follow the online results and ...

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Danish victory in Venla: OK Pan Århus

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Emma Klingenberg decided the Venla relay for the Danish club OK Pan Århus after a close fight with Halden’s Mari Fasting on the last leg. Klingenberg and Fasting each took different route choices on the leg to the second last control – and Klingenberg’s route proved faster. – I was ...

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Jukola 2013: All you need to know!

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22:00 CET on Saturday Jukola  starts – the largest orienteering relay event in the world. 9 hours earlier at 13:00 CET the women start their relay – the Venla relay. Here you find all the information you need about the  Jukola and Venla relays. Jukola 2013 is organized  in Jämsä around ...

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NORT Stage 2: Quick GPS Analysis

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Many interesting route choices in the men’s middle distance at NORT in Oslo today – the leg from 15-16 seen above maybe being the most decisive. The winner Carl Godager Kaas was more than 30 seconds faster than Gustav Bergman (second in the end, only three seconds behind Kaas). Links ...

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Huippuliiga and Silva League Wrap-up

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Frederic Tranchands victory in  the overall Finnish orienteering league (Huippuliiga) after starting as number 52(!) in the chasing start was the highlight of this orienteering weekend – the start field was very good. There were also very strong start fields in the three Silva League races in Sweden. In the prestigious ...

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Thierry Gueorgiou wins exciting 10Mila for Kalevan Rasti!

– I had a very good flow, but I was still running too fast for my technique, Thierry Gueorgiou said about his opening speed on the last leg of the 10Mila relay 2013 – after leading Kalevan Rasti to victory in 10Mila 2013. – I had the best legs of ...

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