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Here updates will be posted from the International Orienteering Coaches Conference 2015 during the three days the conference lasts. From Monday August 24th until Wednesday August 26th representatives of seven of the leading orienteering nations – Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland – will gather in southern Austria ...

From Monday until Wednesday representatives of seven of the leading orienteering nations – Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland – will gather in southern Austria to talk about how elite orienteering is developed in their country.  The last conference of this type in 2009 was covered on Ultimate Orienteering ...

[Live from Friday 22:15 CET] NightHawk is working hard to become Norway’s answer to Jukola and 10Mila. There is still a way to go in building up the Jukola & 10Mila atmosphere, but tonight more than 300 runners will head into the night together in a forest close to Oslo, Norway at the ...

Nearly 2000 pictures from WOC 2015 have been sorted by country & runner and has been posted at WorldofO.com’s Facebook page and at the WorldofO athlete profiles. There is one album for each country in the WorldofO.com’s Facebook page. There were eight countries sharing the 27 medals handed out – here are ...

The WOC 2015 Long distance in the men’s class was a very tight race where the lead changed 8(!) times during the race. Although there were not many routechoice legs at first sight, the runners did choose a lot of different routes in the Scottish wilderness. The short routechoice leg ...

[Updated with statement from Thierry Gueorgiou] The second last control in the WOC Middle was decisive for the medals in both the men’s and the women’s class. In the women’s class Emma Johansson lost a certain gold medal due to a mistake at this control. In the men’s class Thierry ...

[Live all day – starting 11:00 CET, decided 16:45 CET – no live GPS-tracking expected] This may very well be the last “real long distance World Championships race”; it is staged in so remote Scottish wilderness that there is not even mobile phone coverage, thus there will be no live ...

World of O is following the IOF Ex General Assembly in Inverness, Scotland, today. The question to be discussed is the splitting of the World Orienteering Championships into a forest part and an urban part. See some background information here

Denmark’s women and Switzerland’s men were in a different league than the others today – running in the lead nearly from start until finish, and deciding the relay already after two legs. The Danish women had a 4 minute lead after two legs – Switzerland’s men “only” around 2 minutes. Fantastic race ...

The women’s race was very dramatic. An early starting Emma Johansson had a fantastic race until a mistake at the second last control – costing her more than 90 seconds. Runner after runner failed to beat her despite the big mistake, but in the end both Annika Billstam and Merja ...