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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.

Gueorgiou: – I had 20% of the normal capacity of my lung

Thierry Gueorgiou describes his nightmare at the WOC Relay in detail in the latest number of WOC News – a story you shouldn’t miss. Our team dream – the WOC relay gold medal – was gone but I started to realise that I was also in danger – I was ...

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Today Live: WUOC Middle distance from 0900 CET

The World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) starts continues with Middle distance in Tartu today with the first start at 0900 CET. You can follow the race online with both text commentary and several split times. Report from WUOC middle distance 2006 (source International University Sports): For the women, Norwegian Line ...

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Today Live: WUOC Long distance from 0830 CET

The World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) starts continues with Long distance in Tartu today with the first start at 0830 CET. There was good online coverage with both text commentary and several split times at yesterdays sprint distance, so expect similar coverage for the long distance today. Report from WUOC ...

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WUOC Sprint: Gold for Dlabaja and Stalder

Tomas Dlabaja (CZE) and Seline Stalder (SUI) took the gold medals over the sprint distance in the World University Orienteering Champs (WUOC) in Tartuu, Estonia today. The course was described as an interesting sprint course – the map will be available at the organizers page later today. Dlabaja finished 6th ...

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WUOC with World Champion on startline

The World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) starts with the Sprint in Tartuu today. Along with the World Military Orienteering Championships, the WUOC is the most important “indepent” championships, and a victory at the WUOC has high prestige. On the starting line in the WUOC is amongst many other top elite ...

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WoO Runners: Pictures from JWOC and Sälen on

Pictures of most runners from this year JWOC in Gothenburg, Sweden, have now been added to World of O Runners. In addition, many pictures from the World Cup round at Sälen, Sweden have been added. Results JWOC Sprint with links to runner profiles Results JWOC Long with links to runner ...

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WC Overall: Open between Hubmann and Gueorgiou

Daniel Hubmann (SUI) has a 87 points lead on Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA) before the World Cup Final in Switzerland in October, but as the World Cup points for the two last competitions are added to the current score – and the last World Cup competitions are middle and sprint – ...

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WC Sälen: Three in a row and overall WC for Hausken

Anne Margrethe Hausken (NOR) took her third World Cup victory in a row at O-ringen in Sweden today – giving her 7 World Cup victories so far this season. That gives her 780 World Cup points so far – with Minna Kauppi in second spot with 567 points. Thus with ...

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WC Sälen: Hubmann best in open downhill middle

Daniel Hubmann beat Thierry Gueorgiou with more than 20 seconds from the third last control to the finish – securing him the victory with three small seconds before Gueorgiou in the last of the three World Cup races here at O-ringen in Sälen. – I had a nearly perfect race, ...

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WC Long Sälen: Hausken and Föhr

The World Cup over long distance with pair start at O-ringen in Sälen today brought another victory for Anne Margrethe Hausken (Norway) in the womens class – with Minna Kauppi and Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien in the next spots. With this she secures her lead in the overall World Cup with ...

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