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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.

Venla 2011 – Decisive GPS-tracking moments

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What a thriller finish! Domnarvets GoIF’s Lena Eliasson took the victory ahead of Tampereen Pyrintö’s Anni-Maija Fincke after being behind for 15 of 17 controls. Everybody had prepared for a Finnish victory when Fincke missed the tricky 16th control and Eliasson could slip by to take the victory. This was ...

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Jukola and Venla: Interactive graphs of race development

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Here are some interactive illustrations to see the race development in the Jukola and Venla relays the last years. Taking a look at the Jukola statistics for Kalevan Rasti, we see that even if KR got second last year, it is their largest gap to the winner since 1998. The big ...

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Battle of the long night: Gueorgiou versus Nordberg

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– Looking forward to my battle with the night legend, are the words of the King of Middle distance – Thierry Gueorgiou – before the battle against Anders Nordberg at tonights long night leg of Jukola – the third leg. The 3rd leg is set to start at 00:11 CET ...

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Jukola 2011: All you need to know!

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21:55 CET on Saturday more than 1500 men head into the forest – nearly 9 hours earlier at 14:10 CET nearly 1100 women start their relay. The Jukola relay is the highlight of the season for many runners – here you find all the information you need about the  Jukola ...

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NORT Stage 1: Swiss and Swedish domination

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[Updated with Final results and maps] Swiss domination among the men – Swedish among the women. Five Swiss men in the top of NORT Stage 1 – with young Matthias Kyburz on the top! Three Swedish women on top – Linnea Gustafsson taking the victory. In the mens class,  Merz ...

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NORT Stage 1: Live from 08:00 and 15:00 CET

[Updated with maps!] Follow live GPS tracking from the qualification (08:00) and live GPS tracking and live TV from the final (15:00) from stage 1 of the Nordic Orienteering Tour today! The Nordic Orienteering Tours (NORT) marks the first part of the 2011 World Cup, and with 300 World Cup ...

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Nordic Orienteering Tour: All you need to know!

3 stages – 3 countries – 9 days. Already the qualification Thursday morning will be very important for the overall results – a 30-35 minute “prolonged sprint” with the race time counting in the overall results – part of the terrain being described as rather hilly and physically demanding “offering ...

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WoO Fantasy World Cup 2011: Join in on the fun!

New year – new rules – more fun! The World Cup starts the following Thursday at the Nordic Orienteering Tour, and it is now time to set up your own Team of Elite Runners, and follow them through this years World Cup. The WoO Fantasy World Cup is a ‘for-fun’ ...

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Finally! 3DRerun open to everyone!

3DRerun: Orienteering Analysis the Fun way

3DRerun: Orienteering Analysis the Fun way. And cool visualization! And a lot more than that as well! After more than a year of development 3DRerun is now open for YOU to use! Thanks to elite orienteers, national teams and others who have given valuable feedback, 3DRerun has now entered open ...

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