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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.

World Cup Czechia Middle: Analysis

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The sandstone area in Korce, Czechia offered tricky orienteering in spectacular terrain! Read on to understand which controls were most challenging for the runners, how the best solved the challenges, and why Jannis Bonek (Austria) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) could finish the day on the top of the podium. For maps, results ...

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World Cup Czechia Middle: Maps and Results

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Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) won the women’s class  and Jannis Bonek (Austria) won the men’s class in today’s World Cup Middle distance in very interesting sandstone terrain in Korce, Czechia. Simona Aebersold (Switzerland) and Sanna Fast (Sweden) took the second and third place in the women’s class, while Albin Ridefelt (Sweden) and Matthias ...

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World Cup Sprint Czechia 2023: Maps, Results & Analysis

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Ralph Street (Great Britain) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) were fastest in the tricky sprint course in the historic centre of Česká Lípa – with some challenging multi-level orienteering and some interesting route choice legs around an old castle. This was Street’s first World Cup victory – one year ahead of the ...

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World Cup Czechia 2023: All You Need To Know

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The second Orienteering World Cup Round of 2023 is about to begin in Ceska Lipa and Korce in Czechia from August 2nd until August 6th. The World Cup round starts with Sprint on Wednesday August 2nd, continues with a Sprint Relay on Thursday and finishes off with two forest races in the ...

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WOC 2023 Relay: Maps and Results

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Switzerland’s men and Sweden’s women took the Gold medals in today’s World Orienteering Championships (WOC) relay in Flims Laax, Switzerland today. In the men’s class silver and bronze went to Finland and Sweden, while Switzerland and Norway joined Sweden on the podium in the women’s class. The terrain was quite different from ...

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WOC Middle 2023: Maps and Results

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Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) and Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) – both the silver medalists from the Long distance – took the Gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Middle distance 2023 in Flims Laax, Switzerland. In the women’s class Natalia Gemperle (Switzerland) took silver and  Hanna Lundberg (Sweden) bronze. In the ...

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WOC 2023 Middle: LIVE from 10:33 – TV from 11:35 CET

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WOC Middle Race & Favourites Preview: Everybody expects an epic race in spectacular and very demanding terrain when the Middle final of the 2023 World Orienteering Championships (WOC) will be decided within 13:10 (women) and 14:50 (men) today. The women start from 10:33 until 12:30 with expected winning time of 34 minutes, and ...

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