Did the qualifiers get to the final based on their own achievements only, or did they get help from other runners through either co-working or following? Grouping of runners is always a hot topic at the major orienteering champs. The below analysis of the results regarding runners running in packs ...

The EOC Long Qualification was fast with some technically challenging parts (see map extract). Many runners did some smaller errors, but still the gap from the winner to the last qualifier in each heat was as low as 3.49 in one of the mens heats – and below 5.30 in ...

Matthias Merz, Erik Öhlund and Pasi Ikonen won the three mens heats, whereas Anne Margrethe Hausken, Emma Engstrand and Signe Söes won the three womens heats. No big surprises in todays EOC Long Qualification – most of the big favorites went to the final. Results Men Heat A 1 Merz,Matthias ...

The Qual was actually more interesting than the Final seen from a routechoice perspective – at least there were several choices for many of the legs. Here you see a comparison of routechoices along with running time for some of the most interesting legs in the EOC Sprint Qualification. The ...

There were not many interesting routechoice alternatives in the EOC Sprint Final 2008, but still it is interesting to see where the fight for the medals was won. Below you see routechoices compared for the top runners in both the Women and Men EOC Sprint Final 2008. For many legs, ...

The EOC Sprint Final was flat and fast – and the orienteering was a bit more challenging than in the qualifications, which was said to be very technically easy. Winning times were in the low end for sprint – the fastest women Anne Margrethe Hausken running the 2.6 kilometers long ...

Gold for Emil Wingstedt (SWE) in EOC Sprint distance! Daniel Hubmann (SUI) and Andrey Khramov (RUS) are in the next spots. Wingstedt is the king of sprint – with 2 WOC Gold medals and 3 EOC Gold medals over the Sprint distance. Last year at WOC Wingstedt was pushed down ...

Gold for Anne Margrethe Hausken (NOR) in EOC Sprint distance! Heli Jukkola (FIN) and Helena Jansson (SWE) are in the next spots. Hausken har previously a Silver medal from the sprint distance in WOC in Japan in 2005, a Gold medal from NOC 2005 in Norway and a Bronze medal ...

Minna Kauppi, Heli Jukkola and Helena Jansson won the three womens heats, whereas Michal Smola, Emil Wingstedt and Jamie Stevenson won the three mens heats. Women – Heat 1 1 Minna Kauppi FIN 11:19 2 Sofia Johansson SWE 11:30 3 Anna Margarethe Hausken NOR 11:39 Women – Heat 2 1 ...

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