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WorldofO MiniNews: Short news stories & observations from the international orienteering scene

O-Ringen: Big Show – Fight for 80.000 SEK for overall victory

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LIVE Sunday – Friday: Only a selected few of the World Championships favourites are on the start list in the orienteering race with the biggest money prizes in the sport. The ones on the start – including most of the Swedish WOC team and Norwegian Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg – will ...

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Behind the Great Jukola Footage Part 2: KopterCam

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– It is completely feasible that in a few years, we will be up in the air for more than an hour, plus also have a lot of smaller kopters chasing the leading teams from above, David Brickhill-Jones, CEO of KopterCam, says when asked about the future for the technology. Seeing the ...

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British Team for WOC 2015 in Scotland selected

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Silver medalist from the World Championships Sprint in Finland in 2013 and bronze medalist from the European Championships Long in Portugal last year, Catherine Taylor are central parts of the British Team for the World Orienteering Championships in Scotland in July/August which has now been selected. The British runners have ...

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GBR WOC Selection race Sprint: Fraser and Egseth

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[Updated with map] Scott Fraser (Great Britain) and Elise Egseth (Norway) won the British Sprint selection race for the World Orienteering Championships. Scott Fraser and Cat Taylor (2nd) were the best in the British selection. Note! There might be some issues with some of the split times. From the Nopesport ...

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GBR WOC Selection Long: Gueorgiou and Fasting

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[Updated with map] Gueorgiou took another victory in the British selection races for the World Orienteering Championships in Scotland in August – this time over the long distance with a gap of 2 minutes down to Norwegian Carl Godager Kaas in second with Hans Gunnar Omdal (Norway) 7:20 down in ...

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GBR WOC Selection Middle: Gueorgiou and Alexandersson

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Two of the major favourites at the World Championships in Scotland in August used the Great Britain WOC selection races for part of their preparations. Thierry Gueorgiou was behind Norwegian Magne Dæhlie for most of the race, but took the victory after a strong finish. In the women’s race Alexandersson ...

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Finnish Team for WOC in Scotland selected

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– Double Junior World Champion Olli Ojanaho was considered for the team, but it was decided to not include him. He is only at the 270th place in the World Ranking, head coach Juha Taini comments the selection of the team. The Finnish Team for the World Orienteering Championships in Scotland ...

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JWOC Relay: GOLD for Sweden and Finland

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The Gold medalists from the long distance – Olli Ojanaho (Finland) and Sara Hagström (Sweden) – each anchored their teams to Gold medals at the Junior World Orienteering Championships relay in Rauland, Norway at the last day of the championships. While the Finnish men won a clear victory with few ...

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JWOC Long 2015: GPS and Splits Analysis

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Technical difficulties rather than major routechoice problems decided the Junior World Orienteering Championships Long distance 2015 in Rauland, Norway. Some of the top runners did several minutes of mistakes – often very close to the controls (see for example Markus Holter’s mistake at the 11th control above)   Analysis Men ...

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