The 18th edition of the traditional Route to Christmas here at World of O starts with a long, interesting leg from the Italian stage race Cansiglio O-Meeting. Enjoy the challenges – just like the competitors! Your job in Route to Christmas is to take a good look at the day’s leg, decide which ...
Read More »World Cup Final 2024: Maps, Results and Splits Analysis
Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) won both the long distance, the middle distance and anchored Sweden to victory on the women’s relay in this weekend’s World Cup final in Kuopio, Finland. In the men’s class Miika Kirmula (Finland) won the long distance, Eirik Langedal Breivik (Norway) the middle distance and Sweden won ...
Read More »World Cup Final 2024: All You Need To Know
Starting with a long distance race on Thursday – and continuing with a middle distance on Saturday and a relay on Sunday – the World’s best orienteers will gather in Kuopio, Finland to compete for the final time on the international scene this season. The terrain looks amazing as always in ...
Read More »EOC 2024 Relay: Analysis, Maps and Results
Norway’s men and Switzerland’s women won the European Orienteering Championships (EOC) relay in Hungary. Silver and bronze went to Sweden and Switzerland in the men’s class, while Norway and Sweden took the remaining medals in the women’s class. After very technical orienteering on the middle distance and tricky routechoices on the ...
Read More »EOC 2024 Long: Analysis, Maps and Results
The big favourites Kasper Fosser (Norway) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) took clear victories at the European Orienteering Championships (EOC) Long distance in Hungary – both with a margin of around 4 minutes to their closest competitors. In the men’s class Daniel Hubmann (Switzerland) took an impressive silver medal – 18 ...
Read More »EOC 2024 Middle: Analysis, Maps and Results
Eirik Langedal Breivik (Norway) and Simona Aebersold (Switzerland) won the European Orienteering Championships (EOC) Middle on very technical, Hungarian terrain that really challenged the runners. We saw big mistakes by many athletes, with Breivik and Aebersold managing to navigate well in the steep hills while keeping high speed. In the ...
Read More »EOC 2024: All You Need To Know
Challenging forest terrain, interesting routechoices and high temperatures await as European Orienteering Championships (EOC) start in Hungary on Friday with Middle Qualification. The championships continue with Middle Final on Saturday, Long on Sunday and finishes off with the Relay on Tuesday. The world’s top orienteers return to the forest when ...
Read More »WOC 2024 Knock-Out Sprint: Analysis, Maps and Results
Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) and Riccardo Rancan (Switzerland) won the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Knock-Out Sprint – the last race of the championships. Silver and bronze went to Karolin Ohlsson (Sweden) and Simona Aebersold (Switzerland) in the women’s class, and Jørgen Baklid (Norway) and Jonatan Gustafsson (Sweden) in the men’s class. While ...
Read More »WOC 2024 Sprint Relay: Analysis by Course Setter Ackland
Graeme Ackland in the WOC 2024 course setting team has made a detailed analysis of the WOC Sprint Relay 2024, published here at WorldofO.com. – It was a very exciting race with lots of small errors and changes of lead, Ackland comments. The race analysis goes through the race and discusses ...
Read More »WOC 2024 Sprint Relay: Maps, Results and brief Analysis
Switzerland won the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Sprint Relay after a very strong performance by Simona Aebersold on the last leg where she outran Sweden’s Tove Alexandersson, who was later disqualified for skipping a control. Finland took the second place with Norway in third. The two big favourites, Switzerland and ...
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