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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.

WOC 2021 Relay Men: GPS and Splits illustrations

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  Sweden won the men’s WOC 2021 Relay 51 seconds ahead of Norway with Switzerland 2 minutes behind. Read on for GPS-illustrations and splitsbrowser illustrations of the women’s WOC 2021 Relay. The central parts of the WOC 2021 relay is already covered in the Maps, Results and GPS-animations article. This article is a collection ...

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WOC 2021 Relay Women: GPS and Splits illustrations

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Sweden’s women took a clear victory, 2:33 ahead of Switzerland with Norway more than 7 minutes down. Read on for GPS-illustrations and splitsbrowser illustrations of the women’s WOC 2021 Relay. The central parts of the WOC 2021 relay is already covered in the Maps, Results and GPS-animations article. This article is a collection ...

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WOC 2021 Relay: Maps, Results and GPS animation

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Sweden won the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Relay in both the men’s and women’s class in very interesting and technical terrain in Czech Republic earlier today. In the women’s class Sweden (Lisa Risby, Sara Hagström, Tove Alexandersson) took a clear victory, 2:33 ahead of Switzerland (Elena Roos, Sabine Hauswirth, Simona ...

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WOC 2021 Relay Favourite Preview: LIVE from 16:10 CET

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The World Orienteering Championships (WOC) women’s relay starts at 16:20 CET, the men’s at 18:25 CET. Sweden is reigning champions in both the women’s and men’s class, and have won 4 of 5 gold medals in this championship so far. Can Sweden continue their success with another double? Follow the race live: ...

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WOC 2021 Middle Men: GPS analysis – how was the race decided?

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Consistency was the key to win a medal in the tricky Czech terrain of World Orienteering Championships (WOC) 2021 Middle distance. All runners did mistakes – but Matthias Kyburz made less mistakes than the others, and in addition had a physical edge in the last part of the race. Read ...

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WOC 2021 Middle: Maps, Results and Splits analysis

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Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) took the victories in the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Middle distance in Czech Republic today. Silver and bronze went to Gustav Bergman (Sweden) and Ruslan Glibov (Ukraine) in the men’s class and Andrine Benjaminsen (Norway) and Simona Aebersold (Switzerland) in the women’s class. ...

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WOC 2021 Sprint Relay: GPS & Splits Analysis

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Route choices were decisive in this very interesting Sprint Relay in Doksy, Czech Republic – the second race of the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) 2021. In mostly flat terrain, which looked straightforward on paper, course setter Radek Novotny had made some very interesting challenges for the runners.  As reported in ...

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WOC 2021 Middle Favourite Preview: LIVE TV from 16:20 CET

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The World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Middle starts with a qualifier in the morning (09:00 CET) and continues later in the day with finals from 15:50 16:04 CET (Men) and 17:15 17:33 CET (Women). The Middle is the most open of all the races in the championships, especially in the men’s class with ...

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WOC 2021 Sprint Relay: Maps and Results

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  Sweden won the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Sprint Relay for the third time in a row after a fantastic start by Tove Alexandersson. The Swedish team ran an excellent relay alone in the lead, increasing the speed leg by leg with Emil Svensk and Gustav Bergman increasing the lead ...

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