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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 Sprint: Maps and Results

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Another double for Switzerland with gold for Matthias Müller and Simone Niggli. Get the statements from the runners, the maps and the results here. For Niggli it was yet another gold medal – the 16th in the row – for Müller it was the first WOC gold medal. The biggest ...

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WOC Sprint Qual: Maps and Results

No big surprises in the sprint qualification – the first race in this World Championships in Trondheim. All favorites went on to the final, and the runners are now transferring down to the city center for the sprint final. Maps Map Women Qual – A heat Map Women Qual – ...

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WOC 2010 Sprint: Live from 09:00 CET

Starttimes for WOC Sprint Qual sorted by country are now available at the WOC 2010 Team page and will be a good tool to follow your favourite countries in the WOC Sprint Qualification which starts today from 09:00 CET. The finals start at 13:40 CET. Important links and information The ...

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WOC 2010: All you need to know!

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The World Orienteering Championships start Sunday morning 09:00 CET with Sprint qualification. Impressive coverage with live video, GPS-tracking and live results for the championships is promised by the organizers (somewhat less coverage for qualifications than for finals, though). The first WOC final where medals are awarded starts already Sunday from ...

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Road to WOC: Japan (with maps)

The terrain from the Japan WOC selection races – held in Japan in April – does not at all look like the terrain the Japanese runners will meet in Trondheim in August. It is, however, not easy to find terrain in Japan which has much resemblance with the Trondheim marshes… ...

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Road to WOC: Russia (with maps)

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The Russian WOC selection process is quite different from what you see in many of the other top orienteering countries in the world. The selection races were held in Priozersk near Sankt-Petersburg July 2nd-July 6th a few weeks ago (see map from the long distance above), but 3 of 6 ...

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Road to WOC: Czech Republic (with maps)

The Czech trainer Radek Novotny has gotten impressive results out of his team the last years – can they continue the same way in the Nordic terrain in Trondheim? The Czech Team had their selection races in parallel with the Nordic Orienteering Tour – skipping the NORT altogether in order ...

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Road to WOC: Fjord-o Nordvestgaloppen 2010 (Maps)

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Updated: Victories for Lundanes and Hausken! Anders Nordberg, Francois Gonon, Anne Margrethe Hausken, Audun Weltzien, Helena Jansson and a lot of other top runners choose Fjord-o Nordvestgaloppen as part of their preparation for the World Orienteering Champs in Trondheim the second week of August. In the series “Road to WOC” ...

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JWOC Relay: Live from 10:00 CET

We are now ready for the last event in this years Junior World Championships in Denmark – the relay. The start is 10:00 CET for the women and 11:00 CET for the men. The internet coverage should be good in the relay area, and we therefore expect to have intermediate ...

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JWOC Middle: Map and results

Victories went to Gaute Hallan Steiwer (Norway) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) in today’s JWOC Middle distance in Denmark. Sweden took four of six medals – silver by Jonas Landersson, bronze by Olle Boström and silver by Lilian Forsgren. Sarina Jenzer (Switzerland) took the bronze in the womens class. The race ...

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