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

WC Sälen: Hausken Sprint Queen

Anne Margrethe Hausken (Norway – upper picture) continues to dominate the sprint distance with her victory in todays World Cup event at O-ringen in Sälen, Sweden. With this Hausken has taken her third World Cup victory in sprint in a row this year, after winning at the European Champs and ...

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WC Sälen: Öberg on top – Gueorgiou back!

Peter Öberg (Sweden – upper picture) took his first individual World Cup victory with his win in the sprint at the World Cup event at O-ringen in Sälen, Sweden today. A very popular third place took Thierry Gueorgiou (France – lower picture), who is back in the top after his ...

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woO-TV: WOC Long Final Runthrough with Headcam

WoO-TV has prepared a runthrough video of the last (and decisive) part of the mens course in the WOC 2008 long distance final with a headcam. Alongside the video the map along with a GPS track is shown in a split screen and the running speed in minutes/km. Headcam-runner is ...

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WOC Relay: All pictures added and country results updated

Pictures from todays Relay have now been added to the country pages which give pictures and results of all runners sorted by country. The WOC history by country has also been updated with the results from todays WOC Relay. World of O Runner profiles and World of O Ranking will ...

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WOC Relay: Gold for Great Britain after big drama

After a very exciting last leg, Great Britain got the gold medal before Russia in the mens class in the WOC Relay in Olomouc, Czech Republic. France was in the lead in most of the last leg, but at the end of the leg the crowd went quiet as the ...

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WOC Relay: Gold for Finlands women

Finlands Minna Kauppi took home the gold medal for Finland in the WOC relay after a very strong last leg where she caught leading Switzerland with 3 minutes – and in the end was more than 2 minutes ahead of Russia in second spot with Sweden in third spot for ...

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woO-TV: WOC Middle Final Runthrough with Headcam

For those of you who have not had the possibility to run through the WOC 2008 Middle course, woO-TV has prepared a runthrough video of the first (and tricky) part of the womens course with a headcam. Alongside the video the map along with a GPS track is shown in ...

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Best ever for Czech Republic, France and Slovakia

Dana Brozkova’s gold medal in the long distance was the first World Orienteering Championships gold medal ever for Czech Republic in the womens class over the long distance. The bronze medal of Francois Gonon was also the first ever medal for France at the long distance at a WOC – ...

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WOC Long Final: 400 pictures and WOC history updated

Pictures of most runners from todays Long Final have now been added to the country pages which give pictures and results of all runners sorted by country. The WOC history by country has also been updated with the results from todays WOC Long distance. Pictures and results from WOC 2008 ...

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WOC Long: Gold for Hubmann and Brozkova

Very popular gold medals for Dana Brozkova (CZE) and Daniel Hubmann (SUI) at the long distance at the World Orienteering Championships in Olomouc today. In both cases there was a tough fight between the medalists all the way to the end – the races being decided only in the very ...

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