The runner chosen for April is Kiril Nikolov from Bulgaria. In Norway Kiril Nikolov is known as “The flying Bulgarian”, due to Geir Nilsen of OPN.no winning the price “The Orienteering Picture of the Year” with a picture of Kiril Nikolov entitled “The flying Bulgarian”. See Asplövets version of the ...

The runner chosen for August is Mats Haldin from Finland. Mats Haldin has been a very important man in Halden SKs Tiomila and Jukola success the last years – and will be missed when he travels over the border to Sweden and IFK Göteborg next year. Already in 2002 he ...

The runner chosen for March is Jonn Are Myhren running for The Netherlands in 2007 – and changing to Norway in 2008. – After two years in The Netherlands I change back to Norway. Why do I do it? The reason is obvious. I was offered a place in one ...

The runner chosen for July is Signe Søes from Denmark. A spot within the top 10 should be well within reach at the WOC in Czech Republic in 2008 Signe Søes is one of the two Danish women who managed two top 15 results at the World Orienteering Champs in ...

The runner chosen for February is Lukás Barták from Slovakia. I have seldom seen a happier winner than Lukás Barták after getting Slovakia the silver medal on home ground at the last leg at the World University Orienteering Champs in 2006 (see pictures of the team below). 16th and 13th ...

The runner chosen for May is Daniel Hubmann from Switzerland. Hubmann turned professional before the 2007 season, and was by many thought to be the favorite among the Swiss men in the major competitions this season – as he fought a tight fight with Thierry Gueorgiou for the overall World ...

The runner chosen for January is Céline Dodin from France. The World of O Wall Calendar has only one runner from each of 12 selected countries – and why not choose Thierry Gueorgiou for France, you might ask? Well, french orienteering is more than Thierry – others deserve some attention ...

The World of O Wall Calendar 2008 is a free download high-quality PDF-file which you can print out and hang on the wall. It contains all international competitions from World of O Calendar (as of January 5th), along with chosen pictures from World of O Runners from 2007. This preview ...

Another small bonus leg – this time from the “Lang-SM” in Toppwald at september 23rd 2007 – the leg is leg 12 for the category HE. First take a look at the map without routes – and think about how you would attack this leg (if the map is too ...

Just a small bonus leg from this years Norwegian Champs long distance at September 13th covered at December 22nd. The main thing here is not the route choices in themselves, but rather what happens when you are really tired (after the long leg covered on December 22nd and 17 more ...