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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.

EOC Sprint 2023: Maps, Results and Analysis

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Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) and Sara Hagström (Sweden) won the European Championships (EOC) Sprint in the historical city center of Verona, on a day were high speed and flawless orienteering was required in the relatively easy courses set in the flat terrain. In the men’s class, the battle for the gold ...

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EOC 2023: All You Need To Know

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The European Orienteering Championships (EOC) starts off individual Sprint in Verona Italy on Wednesday October 4th – with qualification from 09:00 CET and the final from 14:30. The championships continues with Sprint Relay on Friday and KO-Sprint on Sunday. EOC 2023 is the second pure sprint EOC – after Switzerland in 2021 ...

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World Cup Czechia 2023 Long: BIG analysis Men

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The long distance competition in the sandstone area in Korce, Czechia offered many interesting routechoice legs in addition to tricky orienteering! Here we take a closer look at the decisive routechoice legs in the men’s course – read on to understand which controls were most challenging for the runners and ...

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World Cup Czechia 2023 Long: Maps, Results and Analysis

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Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) won the women’s class  and Kasper Fosser (Norway) won the men’s class in today’s World Cup Long distance in very challenging sandstone terrain in Korce, Czechia – featuring lots of interesting route choice legs along with tricky orienteering between the sandstones in the steep slopes.  Simona Aebersold (Switzerland) and Sara ...

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World Cup Czechia Middle: Analysis

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The sandstone area in Korce, Czechia offered tricky orienteering in spectacular terrain! Read on to understand which controls were most challenging for the runners, how the best solved the challenges, and why Jannis Bonek (Austria) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) could finish the day on the top of the podium. For maps, results ...

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World Cup Czechia Middle: Maps and Results

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Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) won the women’s class  and Jannis Bonek (Austria) won the men’s class in today’s World Cup Middle distance in very interesting sandstone terrain in Korce, Czechia. Simona Aebersold (Switzerland) and Sanna Fast (Sweden) took the second and third place in the women’s class, while Albin Ridefelt (Sweden) and Matthias ...

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World Cup Sprint Czechia 2023: Maps, Results & Analysis

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Ralph Street (Great Britain) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) were fastest in the tricky sprint course in the historic centre of Česká Lípa – with some challenging multi-level orienteering and some interesting route choice legs around an old castle. This was Street’s first World Cup victory – one year ahead of the ...

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World Cup Czechia 2023: All You Need To Know

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The second Orienteering World Cup Round of 2023 is about to begin in Ceska Lipa and Korce in Czechia from August 2nd until August 6th. The World Cup round starts with Sprint on Wednesday August 2nd, continues with a Sprint Relay on Thursday and finishes off with two forest races in the ...

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