All the runners in the Swedish Team for WOC 2006 have the capability to take home an individual gold medal – and the swedes are thus also among the hottest favourites for relay gold both in the men and women categories. If I have to pick two names from this ...

The Denmark WOC 2006 Team has been named at a press conference today. There are several strong runners in the danish team – some of whom will be fighting for gold medals at homeground in Århus this august. Claus Bloch at EOC 2006. Photo: Henrik Skoglund Silver in Japan Chris ...

The Ireland team for WOC 2006 consists of 6 runners, for which the goal will probably be to reach the A finals. Ireland did not have a team at WOC 2005 in Japan. In 2004, none in the Irish WOC team managed to reach the finals. Andrew Quin (result history) ...

The Czech team for WOC 2006 is strong as always. The best Czech runner now is probably Dana Brozkova, who has a 4th place from WOC 2004 as her best result. In addition, she has won several Park World Tour races. Michal Smola and TomᚠDlabaja are the best male ...

The star in the German WOC 2006 team is no doubt Karin Schmalfeld, who is one of the outsiders for a medal at WOC 2006. The best male German runner is probably still Ingo Horst, although Ingo is training less this season, and will concentrate only on the sprint and ...

Tania Robinson’s 16th place at the middle distance was New Zealand’s best result in at the WOC in Japan, and Tania will be out to improve on that in Denmark. Jenni Adams and Rob Jessop are also experienced WOC runners. New Zealand WOC 2006 teamJenni Adams (Result history) James Brads ...

The best runer in the French Team is no doubt Thierry Gueorgiou, who has been unbeatable in middle distance finals in the championships the last years. He shocked the Orienteering World by winning the middle distance in WOC 2003 in Switzerland with almost three minutes – and has continued im ...

The Netherlands has a small WOC team, consisting of only four runners. Of these Jonn Are Myhren – who previously presented Norway and competes for Swedish SNO – is probably the biggest hope. He managed a 21. place (middle) and 24. place (long) at the EOC in Estonia, and a ...

The US team is not the strongest team at the WOC – and for most runners the main goal is to reach the A-final at one or more distances. The sprint distance is probably the distance for which the changes are highest to manage a Top 30 placement. Results, maps ...

The Israeli team was selected in the middle of May, and consists of 5 runners. Israel’s main goal this year is to get a runner in one of the finals for the first time ever. Results You can see the results from this years Israeli Chamionships here. The race was ...