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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.

WOC 2021 Relay Favourite Preview: LIVE from 16:10 CET

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The World Orienteering Championships (WOC) women’s relay starts at 16:20 CET, the men’s at 18:25 CET. Sweden is reigning champions in both the women’s and men’s class, and have won 4 of 5 gold medals in this championship so far. Can Sweden continue their success with another double? Follow the race live: ...

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WOC 2021 Middle Men: GPS analysis – how was the race decided?

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Consistency was the key to win a medal in the tricky Czech terrain of World Orienteering Championships (WOC) 2021 Middle distance. All runners did mistakes – but Matthias Kyburz made less mistakes than the others, and in addition had a physical edge in the last part of the race. Read ...

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WOC 2021 Middle: Maps, Results and Splits analysis

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Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) took the victories in the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Middle distance in Czech Republic today. Silver and bronze went to Gustav Bergman (Sweden) and Ruslan Glibov (Ukraine) in the men’s class and Andrine Benjaminsen (Norway) and Simona Aebersold (Switzerland) in the women’s class. ...

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WOC 2021 Sprint Relay: GPS & Splits Analysis

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Route choices were decisive in this very interesting Sprint Relay in Doksy, Czech Republic – the second race of the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) 2021. In mostly flat terrain, which looked straightforward on paper, course setter Radek Novotny had made some very interesting challenges for the runners.  As reported in ...

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WOC 2021 Middle Favourite Preview: LIVE TV from 16:20 CET

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The World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Middle starts with a qualifier in the morning (09:00 CET) and continues later in the day with finals from 15:50 16:04 CET (Men) and 17:15 17:33 CET (Women). The Middle is the most open of all the races in the championships, especially in the men’s class with ...

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WOC 2021 Sprint Relay: Maps and Results

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  Sweden won the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Sprint Relay for the third time in a row after a fantastic start by Tove Alexandersson. The Swedish team ran an excellent relay alone in the lead, increasing the speed leg by leg with Emil Svensk and Gustav Bergman increasing the lead ...

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WOC Sprint Relay 2021: Preview – LIVE TV from 18:10 CET

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The WOC Sprint Relay starts Sunday at 18:10 CET – and should be one of the highlights of the championships from a viewer’s viewpoint. The two big favourites are Sweden and Switzerland – with the battle for bronze being very open. The Sprint Relay is organized in the town centre ...

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WOC Sprint Women 2021: How was the race won & lost?

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[Updated with detailed analysis leg-by-leg] The World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Sprint 2021 was a very special sprint in an old fortress area, with high walls, tunnels and tricky orienteering from start until finish.  Here we take a detailed look at some of the most interesting legs on the women’s course. ...

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WOC Sprint Men 2021: How was the race won & lost?

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The World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Sprint 2021 was a very special sprint in an old fortress area, with high walls, tunnels and tricky orienteering from start until finish.  Here we take a detailed look at some of the most interesting legs on the men’s course. One example leg is the ...

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