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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.

1st Kenyan Sprint Champs: Map & Results

The grounds of the Kenyan Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) and a small area of forest belonging to the Kenyan Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) was the venue for the 2008 Kenyan Sprint Orienteering Championships (see map). This terrain, roughly 20km west of the capital Nairobi, was chosen for the race at ...

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Top 2008 events: Nordvestgaloppen 2008

How do you orienteer and plan your routechoices in the terrain used for Nordvestgaloppen 2008 in Western Norway? Nordvestgaloppen 2008 – staged from July 30th until August 3rd 2008 in Voss in Western Norway – is one of the events featured in the article series “Top Multiday O-events 2008″ at ...

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Wanted: Top Multiday o-events of 2008

What are the best multiday orienteering events of 2008? It is not always easy to find all the interesting orienteering events out there – and to choose between them when you singled out your main favorites. World of O Calendar, and lately the World of O Wall Calendar, has made ...

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Kenya Sprint-O-Champs: Relocated due to political unrest

The first Kenyan Sprint Orienteering Championships has been relocated to an alternative competition terrain due to the political unrest in the country – but now everything is ready for the race. It is now only three days away! The Bushtrekkers-Kenya orienteering club is organizing the first Kenyan Sprint Orienteering Championships ...

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Free calendar 12 runners – 12 countries: Download now!

The World of O Wall Calendar 2008 – “12 runners – 12 countries” – is now ready for download! Compared to the preview version from December, more than 80 new competitions are included – including all WRE competitions. Thanks a lot for everybody contributing to making World of O Calendar ...

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WoO Wall Calendar 2008: November preview

The runner chosen for November is Anne Margrethe Hausken from Norway. Hausken was a very promising junior – but overstrained her body after her first international season in 1998 and was completely without training for two years. In 2001 she did her comeback very carefully, focusing on the short races ...

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Last chance for additions to WoO Wall Calendar 2008!

Today will be your last chance to add events to the WoO Wall Calender 2008! More than 50 events have been added the last 10 days since the preview of the WoO Wall Calender 2008 started – but there is still room for more! Especially September (only 3 events!), October, ...

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WoO Wall Calendar 2008: December preview

The runner chosen for December is Klaus Schgaguler from Italy. Back in 2005, Schgaguler made his best international result until now with his 19th place over the middle distance at the World Orienteering Championships in Japan. After being in at least one A-final in the WOC every year since 2003 ...

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WoO Wall Calendar 2008: September preview

The runner chosen for September is Leif Bader from Germany. Leif has improved steadily the last years – even if he had to fight with some injuries. His best WOC results until now is the 22nd place at the Long distance at the World Orienteering Champs in Kiev, Ukraine in ...

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WoO Wall Calendar 2008: October preview

The runner chosen for October is Vyacheslav Mukhidinov from Ukraine. Vyacheslav was one of the big surprises at the World Orienteering Champs in Ukraine in 2007, with his very strong 5th spot on the though and hot Long distance race. Back on home ground 7 years later, he surprised everybody… ...

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