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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.

Course of the Year 2023: Last Chance to Vote!

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Monday December 25th is the last chance to vote in Course of the Year 2023 – and win prizes worth more than 5500 Euro! Did you already deliver your vote?  See Top 8 for now above – and deliver your vote here: Vote for Course of the Year 2023 here! ...

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Route To Christmas: Day 24 2023

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The final leg in Route to Christmas 2023 is a leg from the World Masters Championships in exciting karst-terrain in Slovakia. The chosen leg is the 6th leg from the M40 Long Final.  This is what the bulletin said about the terrain:  The Silická plateau is located between 500 and 630 ...

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Route To Christmas: Day 23 2023

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2023 is leg 19 from the French Championships long distance. I got some help with the analysis from one of the runners – Matthieu Puech. He had the following tip about the terrain when considering where to run on this leg: Light green was ...

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Route To Christmas: Day 22 2023

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2023 is another leg from the Junior World Championships 2023 – a course which is also in the Top 12 in the Course of the Year 2023 after a few days of voting. Thanks a lot to Iounut Zinca  for the tip! Take a look at the ...

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Course of the Year 2023: Preliminary Top 12

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Did you check out all the great courses nominated for “Course of the Year 2023″? Monday is the last chance to vote – here you can check out which courses are in the Top 12 so far.  Still not delivered your vote? Do so here: Vote for Course of the Year 2023 ...

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Route To Christmas: Day 21 2023

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2023 is leg 6 in men’s course from the Norwegian Championships long distance. The leg is not very long, but there is still an interesting route choice puzzle for you here. Here is the terrain description from the invitation: The terrain has partly good runnability ...

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Route To Christmas: Day 20 2023

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2023 is a very long leg from the women’s course in the Swedish Championships Long distance. Thanks to Björn Johansson for the tip! The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you ...

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Vote for Course of the Year 2023 Now!

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What was the best orienteering course of 2023? Set up your personal Top 5 List from the nominated maps – and win prizes from our sponsors! The nominated maps have been chosen based on submissions from the WorldofO.com readers and some of the world’s top orienteers. Now YOU can choose “The Course ...

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Route To Christmas: Day 19 2023

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2023 is a very interesting long leg from the Czech Championships Long distance – a course that came to my attention after being nominated for Course of the Year 2023. The course has several interesting legs where I struggled to find a solution I was really ...

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Route To Christmas: Day 18 2023

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2023 is another leg from the Japanese Championships Long distance – you can take a look at yesterday’s leg here to learn more about this terrain. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and ...

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