Orienteering News

Thierry Gueorgiou and Jarkko Houvila will be the big favourites for the finals tomorrow after both winning their qual heats with more than two minutes. Other heat winners were Daniel Hubmann, Jenny Johanson, Radka Brozkova and Helena Jansson. Note that “unbeatable” Simone did not manage to win … Read complete ...

Just take a look at the pictures, the satellite pictures and the maps – they speak for themselves: The next week will be a fantastic one for all those lucky enough to be running the World Cup Final in France. Read complete story »

The new ‘World of O’ addition ‘De Laatste Post’ has an interesting (english language) article today about how many runners from which countries are allowed to run the World Cup races in 2007. Apparently, the smaller nations seem to have a problem next year if the runners from that country ...

Some like Micro-O – some not. Micro-O is – however – not dead, even if it was not included in the WOC program for 2006. The World Cup Event at Hovden 22/6/2007 is planned as a middle distance with Micro-O, and strong forces within the orienteering movement are still working ...

Holger Hott Johansen decided a tight relay for Kristiansand OK after fighting against Wings Øystein Kvaal Østerbø during most of the last leg. In the womens category, the relay was decided for Bækkelaget through a magnificent run by Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen at the sec … Read complete story »

Anders Nordberg and Marianne Andersen took the gold medals in todays Norwegian Championships middle distance at Hovden – featuring Micro. See the map (mens course) and some pictures from the race and the flower seremony here. Men Women Map The quality is not the best – hopefully better qu … ...

Anne Margrethe Hausken and Holger Hott Johansen took the gold medals in todays Norwegian Championships long distance at Hovden. An error of 2-3 minutes at the 7th control cost double silver medalist from WOC in Denmark, Marianne Andersen, the possibility to fight for the gold medal. Instead, Anne M … ...

… but the Slovakian home team winning silver medals seemed to be happiest men in todays WUOC relay at Soroska in Slovakia. Both relays were very tight and exciting all the way until the finish – and nothing was certain about the gold medals until Matthias Merz crossed the finish ...

The map from yesterdays World University Orienteering Championships over the middle distance is now available. The middle distance terrain was very different from the special karst terrain the runners met at the long distance. The terrain had steep slopes and was rich of details originating from sli … Read complete ...

Øystein Kvaal Østerbø and Dana Brozkova won the gold medals in todays city-sprint in the old city of Koscice in the World University Orienteering Championships. Østerbø had a large margin for a sprint race – 12 seconds – whereas Brozkova won by only 2 seconds after … Read complete story ...