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WOC Model Long: The WOC has started

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– This was easier than all the maps we have trained on during our preparations, one of the WOC participants said after visiting the model event for long distance today. Many of the competitors have already arrived in Savoie, France – and today it was time for the long distance ...

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WOC 2011 France: Early preview

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Saturday August 13th the World Champs in Orienteering starts off with Long Qualification – now all the top orienteers are in the last stages of their final preparations for the big highlight of the season. Read on for an early preview the action in Savoie, France from August 13th until ...

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JWOC Long: Live from 09:00 CET

The Junior World Championships continues with a very long long distance day in Poland today. The first start is at 09:00 CET – and the winners will be ready nearly 7 hours later. Nevertheless an exciting race is expected – it will be well worth following the race on the ...

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WOC selection races: Maps and Results

The Swiss, Czech and German had WOC selection races in France this weekend – and the French in Slovenia. Some of the maps and results are available online: A lot of challenging orienteering, and quite a few interesting results which made the job interesting for the selection of the respective ...

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JWOC Sprint: Maps and Results

The first ever JWOC victory for France by Lucas Basset – and another JWOC victory for Denmark with Ida Bobach. That is the results of Day 1 of the Junior World Championships in orienteering in Poland today. The championships continue with long distance Monday. Maps Map men Map women – ...

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JWOC Sprint: Live from 14:00 CET

The Junior World Championships starts with the Sprint today at 14:00 CET – follow the race through live results and LiveBlog here! The sprint in JWOC is usually a very open competition – as there is no qualification. Can runners from any of the “smaller orienteering nations” manage to take ...

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JWOC Poland 2011: All you need to know

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The Junior World Championships starts with the Sprint Sunday July 3rd at 14:00 CET – and continues with Long distance on Monday, Middle qualification on Wednesday, Middle final on Thursday and Relay on Friday. Expect a lot of interesting route choices in  the hilly terrain – above you see one ...

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NORT final: Maps, GPS analysis and results

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Daniel Hubmann and Annika Billstam won the exciting last stage of the Nordic Orienteering Tour south of Oslo today. It was a big day for Swiss and Swedish orienteering with 3 Swiss men on top and 3 Swedish women among the top 4. Both Hubmann and Billstam decided the victory ...

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NORT Final: Live from 14:00 CET!

With double World Champion Håvard Tveite as one of the course setters – a big fan of real forest orienteering on good maps – everything is set for a very interesting chasing start as the final competition in the Nordic Orienteering Tour. 4 x Switzerland – Hubmann, Kyburz, Merz and ...

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