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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.

Anastasia Denisova about Course of the Year 2016

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The big surprise on international orienteering scene in 2016, Anastasia Denisova, shares her favourite orienteering courses of 2016 with the readers in this interview. Her best race of the season was the medal giving World Championships Sprint – but it was another race in the World Championships which impressed the Belarus ...

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Johan Runesson about Course of the Year 2016:

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– I really liked that the course had so many different parts and that it demanded you as an orienteer to be alert all the time, Swedish national team runner Johan Runesson says when describing his favourite orienteering course of 2016. – One second you were running full speed thinking ...

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Course of the Year 2016: Submit your suggestions!

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What was the best orienteering course of 2016? The World Champs long distance in Scotland won in 2015 and the World Champs middle distance in Italy won in 2014. Before that we had two years with Portuguese winners: a spectacular sprint between boulders and old buildings in 2013 and some great technical orienteering at Portugal O-Meeting in ...

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World Cup Final 2016: Maps and Results

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  The Swiss runners dominated on home ground in the World Cup final this year again – with 4 victories of 5 possible. Switzerland started the weekend with Sprint Relay victory Friday. Saturday brought a double for Switzerland with Matthias Kyburz and Judith Wyder winning the Long distance. In Sunday’s ...

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World Cup Final 2016: All You Need To Know!

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[LIVE webTV with Per Forsberg/Thomas Bührer commentating + GPS-tracking. Sprint Relay Friday 16:00 CET, Long Saturday 13:00 CET, Sprint Sunday 14:15 CET] The overall World Cup will decided this weekend when Aarau in Switzerland welcomes the world orienteering elite to the World Cup Final the coming weekend from Friday October 14th until Sunday ...

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Suunto Games 2016 Middle: Maps and Results

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Jonas Leandersson (Sweden) and Judith Wyder (Switzerland) were strongest at Suunto Games Middle distance in Estonia. Suunto Games is organized in the area of next year’s World Orienteering Championships (WOC), with many of the world’s top ranked runners on the start list.  It was a good day for Sweden in ...

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Suunto Games 2016 Long: Maps and Results

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Helena Jansson and Olav Lundanes were fastest in the Long distance race of Suunto Games 2016 in next years’ World Orienteering Championships (WOC) area in Estonia. Lundanes had another tight battle with Swiss Matthias Kyburz – winning with only 16 seconds. Jansson had a crushing victory with nearly 6 minutes ...

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