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The Swedish team for the World Orienteering Championships has been selected. The goal is 6 medals – of which two gold medals.  Source: Orientering.se Damer Tove Alexandersson, Stora Tuna – sprint, medel, stafett, lång Annika Billstam, Linné – medel, stafett, lång Lena Eliasson, Domnarvet – sprintstafett, Sprint Lilian Forsgren, Tisaren ...

Swiss World Champion sprint from 2011, Daniel Hubmann, uses Twitter to complain about the map quality at the cancelled World Cup sprint in Lysekil last Saturday.  – Never ran a WC-Sprint on such a bad map. Too many thicknesses of lines, Hubmann writes on Twitter. The above map sample and picture ...

[With 30+ illustrations] Finding the good micro-routechoices seemed to be the main problem for the runners in the men’s class in the World Cup middle distance race in Munkedal, Sweden Sunday. The fight for victory was close; William Lind (lost 26 seconds at leg 10, finished 25 seconds behind in 2nd) ...

Today’s World Cup Sprint race in Lysekil, Sweden was unfortunately cancelled due to problems with the touchless punching system. The race was part of the pre-WOC for next years World Championships in Sweden. The video below of Norway’s Martin Vister punching the last control illustrates the problem. When watching the ...

  Quickie: Leg by leg through the Women’s World Cup Long distance in Halden – GPS-routes along with actual split times from WinSplits. No comments. For each leg, the three best split times on the leg + the three best overall are shown. Click to see larger image. Original GPS-tracking ...

Quickie: Leg by leg through the Men’s World Cup Long distance in Halden – GPS-routes along with actual split times from WinSplits. No comments. Click to see larger image. Original GPS-tracking is available here in 2DRerun.

[Webroute]: An interesting 2.2 km long leg as the fourth leg in the women’s course in the World Cup long distance in Halden. Which route would you choose? Take a look at the map, make up your opinion and draw the route in the Webroute below. Any comments are of ...

  [Webroute] At the 6th leg in the World Cup Long in Halden the men meet a real challenge: A 3.2 kilometer leg where you can either run far around on roads or navigate the smaller paths and terrain direct. Which route would you choose? Take a look at the ...

  [Webroute]: An interesting 2 km long leg already to the second leg in the men’s course in the World Cup long distance in Halden. Which route would you choose? Take a look at the map, make up your opinion and draw the route in the Webroute below. Any comments ...

– Last year three Danish Orienteers came and stayed here in Melbourne and helped run training, coaching and mapping. This year we have made a formal program and can offer two scholarships worth $2500 and accommodation through our lovely summer months, David Jaffe, Vice President Orienteering Victoria says in an e-mail. ...