Orienteering News

The WOC middle distance will be an intense event featuring live GPS tracking, live results, webTV and LiveBlog to make this a great experience. The first start in the womens class is at 13:31 CET – in the mens class at 15:10 CET. The women will finish just around 15-20 ...

We have seldom seen this kind of spreading of chosen routes on the way to the first control in a World Championships. Many seemed to be tricked into taking a more risky direct route than the optimal one due to the good runnabillity in the forest to the first control ...

Thierry Gueorgiou and Annika Billstam both won very clear victories in the WOC Long distance today. Gueorgiou was the big favourite before the race – and he also managed to live up to the expectations – now being the first men to win gold medals in all individual disciplines. Billstam ...

Thierry Gueorgiou is the big favourite among the men, but in the women’s class it is more open in the WOC long distance which starts at 12:30 CET in Savoie, France today. Can Gueorgiou live up to the expectations he has set for himself? Can the Swedish women continue their ...

The WOC long distance is going to be a very interesting event to follow – live GPS tracking, live results, webTV and LiveBlog will make this a great experience even if it takes more than 4 hours from the first start until the medals are decided. The first start in ...

Linnea Gustafsson and Daniel Hubmann took the victories in the WOC sprint final in a Swiss and Swedish day here in Chamberly, France. In the womens class three Swedish women topped the results list – Helena Jansson and Lena Eliasson followed on the next places. In the mens class Anders ...

The Swiss men and the Swedish women are the biggest favourites in the WOC sprint – but it is difficult to point out THE big favourite both in the mens and the womens class. Can Kyburz impress the same way he did early this spring? Is the quite flat Chambery ...

Follow the Sprint Qualification from 09:00 CET and the Sprint Final from 15:00 CET. The first gold medals in the World Orienteering Championships 2011 will be awarded in the afternoon in Chambery – in the final you will have all the live services you would want: Live TV, live results, ...

A new HeadCam video from the WOC terrain – this time the complete Middle Qual course for the women. Again you can experience what the World Champs competitors experienced in the tricky French terrains – HeadCam video is synchronized with GPS position- the synchronization is done in 3DRerun with the ...

A new set of pages with picture slide-show of each WOC Team has been set up. Already 1000 pictures from WOC 2011 are in – from the middle qualification and long qualification. Check out the pictures of runners from your favourite team. As always pictures are free to use on ...