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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.

WOC Sprint Relay 2021: Preview – LIVE TV from 18:10 CET

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The WOC Sprint Relay starts Sunday at 18:10 CET – and should be one of the highlights of the championships from a viewer’s viewpoint. The two big favourites are Sweden and Switzerland – with the battle for bronze being very open. The Sprint Relay is organized in the town centre ...

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WOC Sprint Women 2021: How was the race won & lost?

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[Updated with detailed analysis leg-by-leg] The World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Sprint 2021 was a very special sprint in an old fortress area, with high walls, tunnels and tricky orienteering from start until finish.  Here we take a detailed look at some of the most interesting legs on the women’s course. ...

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WOC Sprint Men 2021: How was the race won & lost?

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The World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Sprint 2021 was a very special sprint in an old fortress area, with high walls, tunnels and tricky orienteering from start until finish.  Here we take a detailed look at some of the most interesting legs on the men’s course. One example leg is the ...

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WOC Sprint 2021: Maps, Results and Splits Analysis

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Big day for Sweden: Isac von Krusenstierne and Tove Alexandersson (both Sweden) took the gold medals in today’s World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Sprint. In the men’s class Kasper Fosser (Norway) and Tim Robertson (New Zealand) took the other medals, while Natalia Gemperle (Russia) and Maja Alm (Denmark) were closest to Alexandersson ...

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WOC 2021 Sprint: Preview – LIVE TV from 14:50 CET

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[Qual from 09:00 CET, Final from 14:31 CET] Maja Alm (DEN) and Daniel Hubmann (SUI) are reigning champions, Tove Alexandersson is the big favourite in the women’s class and the men’s class is wide open with 8-10 potential winners on the individual Sprint which opens the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) in Czech Republic.. ...

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WOC 2021: All You Need To Know

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The first World Orienteering Championships (WOC) since 2019 will offer spectacular terrain and great competitions from Saturday July 3rd in Czech Republic! The first weekend is a sprint weekend, with the Sprint Saturday (14:50 CET) and Sprint Relay Sunday (18:10 CET).  After a rest day on Monday, WOC 2021 continues ...

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EOC 2021 Individual Sprint: Maps, Results & Analysis

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Double gold for Sweden with Tove Alexandersson and Emil Svensk in today’s European Orienteering Championships (EOC) Sprint. In the women’s class Alexandersson won ahead of two Swiss runners – Elena Roos and Simona Aebersold. In the men’s class Yannick Michiels (Belgium) took silver ahead of Gustav Bergman (Sweden) and Kasper ...

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EOC 2021 Knock-Out Sprint: Maps and Results

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Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) and Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) won the first Knock-Out Sprint in a championship when winning the European Orienteering Championships (EOC) Knock-Out Sprint in Neuchatel today. Kyburz won a tight battle with another Swiss runner – Joey Hadorn. Norwegian Kasper Fosser took bronze, and finished with that a long ...

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EOC 2021 Sprint Relay: Maps and Results

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Switzerland won a clear victory in the European Orienteering Championships (EOC) 2021 Sprint Relay on homeground in Neuchatel today, nearly a minute ahead of Sweden with Norway in third place. This was exactly the same podium as in the last EOC in 2018 – also organized in Switzerland. Simona Aebersold, ...

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