Orienteering News

Live from 11:31 CET! None of the Top 6 men from WOC Long 2011 are on the start in today’s WOC long distance. Actually only 2 of the best 10 from last year are on the start – and only 4 of the best 10 women from 2011 are on ...

This is your chance to get a feel for how the athletes experienced the WOC Middle Final. This HeadCam video takes you through the women course – synchronized with the map. The complete video (including some embarrassing mistakes) can be seen synchronized with map in 3DRerun. Alternatively you can see the ...

Minna Kauppi with third WOC middle gold after great race! With maps, results and autOanalysis! Minna Kauppi (Finland) took the gold medal in today’s WOC middle distance after the big favourite Simone Niggli orienteered to the wrong control. But even with a perfect race by Niggli, Kauppi would have been ...

Bertuks against all odds! With Maps and Results and autOanalysis! – My goal was to improve my personal best – a 9th place, Edgars Bertuks  said after his surprising gold medal in WOC middle distance. The Latvian runner introduced himself to the orienteering world by winning the first leg in the ...

Live from 12:00 CET! Who are the favourites to take the WOC Middle title in this year’s WOC in Switzerland? The technical terrain makes the race more open in the women’s class – and usually more suited for Thierry Gueorgiou in the men’s class. However, with Gueorgiou just back from ...

See the routes of Heat winners Thierry Gueorgiou, Carl Waaler Kaas, Gernot Kerschbaumer, Tove Alexandersson, Simone Niggli and Tatiana Riabkina from the WOC Middle distance qualification. Carl Waaler Kaas Gernot Kerschbaumer Thierry Gueorgiou Simone Niggli Tatiana Riabkina Tove Alexandersson

Nearly all women made mistakes today according to the split times – and many of the men as well. A tricky middle distance was offered – a lot like the World Orienteering Championships in France last year. Heat winners were Thierry Gueorgiou, Gernot Kerschbaumer, Carl Waaler Kaas, Tatiana Riabkina, Simone ...

Thierry Gueorgiou is back on the start line today for the WOC middle distance qualification. That will give both him and everybody else a first answer as to wether he can get yet another middle distance title.  The middle distance is the most open race – and the middle distance ...

Looking at the routes and races of the top runners in the qualification may give an indication of what to expect in the long distance final on Thursday. Below routes of the heat winners in the Long Qualification and some selected favourites and/or outsiders are shown. In addition to the ...

[Update: Improved map quality]- One of the terrains with best runnability we I have been in on the trainings, Anders Norberg (Norway) said after running a steady qualification run in today’s WOC long qualification. Heat winners today were Olav Lundanes, Matthias Merz, Edgard Bertuks, Tatiana Riabkina, Simone Niggli and Minna ...