Thierry Gueorgiou and Simone Niggli took home the victories in todays World Cup over the middle distance in Switzerland – in a terrain which was not as technical as many of the runners had expected. Simone Niggli had already decided the overall World Cup in the womens class – and ...
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This is what Thierry Gueorgiou answered when asked why he won today’s World Cup over the long distance in Annecy, France. Gueorgiou won with a clear margin ahead of Matthias Müller and Olav Lundanes. In the womens class the victory yet again went to Simone Niggli ahead of Helena Jansson ...
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The World Cup finishes with technical orienteering and a strong starting field in the three final races in France and Switzerland the two first weekends in October. The very strong starting field is mainly due to the fact that most teams will use the week between the WC in France ...
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As always: A very dramatic WOC relay with France in one of the main roles in the mens class. In the end Russia took the gold medals in the mens class whereas Finland took the gold medals in the womens class. Norway took silver in both mens and womens class. ...
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A quick grouping analysis from WOC 2010 Middle Final. See this article for background information and information about the method. As expected, there is much less grouping in the middle distance – the maximum grouping time in the mens class is of 23 minutes and the maximum time a runner ...
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Very popular victories to Carl Waaler Kaas (NOR) and Minna Kauppi (FIN) in today’s middle distance at the World Champs in Trondheim. While Kauppi had a clear victory, the mens class was tight all the way until the end – Kaas finishing only a few seconds ahead of Peter Öberg. ...
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The middle distance starts at 12:40 CET – with the winner in the mens class in the finish around 16:20 CET. Again the excellent live services including live GPS tracking, video streaming and Live Blog will make this a very interesting day for all orienteering lovers. The two big favorites ...
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With a GPS on all runners, it is now possible to analyze how the runners interact in the forest – also inbetween the controls. The World Champs in Trondheim is the last(?) WOC Long distance with 2 minute start interval (that is, at least for a while, due to an ...
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Double Norway with gold for Olav Lundanes and silver for Anders Nordberg. A very disappointed Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA) took the bronze and is very hungry for showing his strength on the middle distance on Saturday. Francois Gonon (FRA) came 27 seconds too late for the bronze medal in 4th. The ...
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Gold for Simone Niggli ahead of Marianne Andersen in the WOC Long distance in Trondheim, Norway today. The bronze went to Emma Claesson after an impressive last half of the course. This was Simone Niggli’s 17th WOC gold medal for Simone Niggli – that is a hard one to beat! ...
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