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Norwegian Champs: Live GPS Tracking from 14:30 CET

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The Norwegian Champs start with the long distance today – expect some interesting long legs in the terrain around Ålen south of Trondheim. If you’ve got some time around 14:30 CET it will probably be interesting to watch the last part of the womens race – and the last part ...

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GPS Watches: Sweden now explicitly allows them

In Sweden you may now use your GPS watch actively in order to get faster and more securely from point A to B. Good news from the Swedish Orienteering Federation (SOFT) regarding the use of GPS watches in orienteering competitions for those who have invested in a GPS watch – ...

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WOC 2010 Preparations: Maps from Trainingcamps

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[Updated with Relay] The World Orienteering Elite have now turned their focus to Trondheim and WOC 2010. Several Teams have been in Trondheim the past week – and on last Friday the official Training camp started. Below you can take a look at the maps the World Orienteering Elite are ...

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Wrap-up: WOC 2009 Relay

Women Relay WOC 2009: 5th control

Thierry Gueorgiou, Martin Johansson, the Secretary General of WOC 2009, Matthias Merz, Simone Niggli and hundreds of orienteers have written their opinion about the WOC 2009 relay. The orienteering community also got the possibility to give their opinion through a poll. Now it is time to wrap it all up ...

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Fantasy World Cup: Scary securing the lead ahead of finals

The Scary Team with manager Anders Skarholt secured its lead ahead of the final two World Cup races at the World Cup Final in Switzerland in the end of September. The Bushmen Team is still in second spot – now 29 points behind the Scary Team. However, everything is open ...

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WOC 2009 Long: Map and Results

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Double for Switzerland in todays long distance! Simone Niggli and Daniel Hubmann both won clear victories in todays though long distance in Hungary. Silver medals went to the two other big profiles of this world championships: Marianne Andersen and Thierry Gueorgiou. Simone Niggli is back in the absolute top again ...

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WOC 2009 Long Final: Live from 11:00 CET

The Long distance is the Marathon distance of the World Orienteering Championships. With winning times of 1:40 or more for the men – the runners are completely exhausted when they come to the last part of the course – and thus keeping the concentration all the way to the finish ...

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More Photos and Results from Relay, Sprint, Long, Middle

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Results and pictures sorted by country have been very popular during this World Championships. Now both results and pictures have been updated for Sprint and Relay – and almost every runners have now been identified and sorted by runner and country, and are published on this page. Feel free to ...

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WOC 2009 Relay: Map and Results

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[Updated map links!] Utterly unbelievable last legs seems to be the new standard in WOC relays in the mens class. Switzerland took the Gold in the mens relay and Norway in the womens relay of the WOC 2009 relay – but this race will not be remembered for who took ...

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Fantasy World Cup: Scary back again!

The Scary Team and the Bushmen Team have been fighting for the lead in the World of O Fantasy World Cup for some time now. Bushmen took the lead back after the Middle distance – but now Scary is back on top. Sheffield Steelers – Best in World Cup race ...

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