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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.

Course of the Year 2024: Overall Top 20 as of now

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After 5 days of voting, courses from 10 countries are represented in the Top 20 of “Course of the Year 2024″: Italy, Czech Republic, Spain, Norway,  Sweden, Portugal, Great Britain, France, Hungary and Finland. Take a look at the courses below – and make your vote if you have not voted yet. ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 18 2024

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is from a low-profile World Ranking competition in Estonia called Magaziin orienteerumismängud, organized by OK Kobras. Thanks a lot for the tip, Janis Tamuzs! Here is Janis’ take on the terrain: The terrain is typical for the Baltics – green and clearings are generally rather unpleasant, ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 17 2024

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is a long and interesting leg in Slovenian Karst terrain. The chosen leg is the 7th leg from the second stage of Lipica Open – thanks a lot to course setter Ivan Nagy for the tip! The leg is as usually first provided without ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 16 2024

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In today’s edition of Route to Christmas 2024 we travel to New Zealand to a very interesting leg in steep terrain. Thanks a lot to course setter Jakob Knoef for the tip. Here is Jabob’s intro about the terrain – keep this in mind when considering your route choice on ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 15 2024

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is from a night orienteering race on the legendary urban Venezia map – the VeNotte 2024. Can you find a good way through the labyrinth of small roads and bridges? Thanks a lot for the tip and analysis, Luca Rosato! The leg is as usually first ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 14 2024

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is from a fun map in a very cool area in Czech Republic: Today we traveli to Czech sandstones – a dream area for orienteering! The leg is from the second stage of the Pekne Prazdniny race, organized this August. Thanks a lot ...

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Vote for Course of the Year 2024 Now!

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What was the best orienteering course of 2024? Set up your personal Top 5 List from the nominated maps – and win prizes from our sponsors! The nominated maps have been chosen based on submissions from the WorldofO.com readers and some of the world’s top orienteers. Now YOU can choose “The Course ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 13 2024

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is a long leg from the 2nd Austria Cup of the year – a long distance race in a quite hilly area between Graz and Vienna. Thanks a lot to Martin Veitsberger for the tip – Martin has given many tips for good legs ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 12 2024

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is another Sprint leg – this time a leg from a high profile event – the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Knock-Out Sprint.  Thanks a lot to Jon Cross for the suggestion and analysis. Jon writes that it would perhaps be interesting with a leg ...

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