Orienteering News

[Updated with some GPS-illustrations and GPS-animations of last leg] Sweden won both the men’s and the women’s relay at the last day of the World Orienteering Championships 2019 in Norway after a thriller relay. In the women’s class silver and bronze went to Switzerland and Russia – in the men’s ...

The women’s WOC 2019 Middle distance offered a tight battle for the gold medal between Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Simona Aebersold (SUI) – and an equally exciting battle for the bronze medal between Venla Harju (FIN), Natalia Gemperle (RUS), Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg (NOR), Sabina Hauswirth (SUI) and Lina Strand ...

[Including team setups] Can Norway’s men take the fourth WOC Relay gold medal in a row? Can Sweden’s women continue their strong results in this championships with a third gold medal of three possible? Or will we finally get some non-Nordic gold-medals in this championship which has been dominated by Norway and ...

Where did the top runners lost time in the World Orienteering Championships Middle Final for the men? This article looks into the details – showing how Olav Lundanes (NOR) managed to decide the race against Gustav Bergman (SWE), early leader Emil Svensk (SWE) and Magne Dæhli (NOR). Emil Svensk took ...

Olav Lundanes (NOR) and Tove Alexandersson (SWE) won the World Orienteering Championships Middle distance after very tight battles in both classes. Lundanes had a victory margin of 11 seconds down to Gustav Bergman (SWE) in second place while Alexandersson’s winner margin down to Simona Aebersold (SUI) was only 5 seconds. ...

First start women 13:17, first start men 15:46, women’s race decided 15:50, men’s race decided 18:20, TV-broadcast from 13:45] The Middle distance on Friday August 16th is the second medal race at the World Orienteering Championships – a very open race in the men’s class while Tove Alexandersson is still a clear favourite ...

The women’s course had several interesting routechoice legs, but they were not decisive for the victory as Tove Alexandersson (SWE) had a winning margin which was so large that she could have taken the wrong routechoice every time and still won.  But Alexandersson is not only a fast runner, she ...

Kasper Fosser (NOR) won his silver medal on the two long legs – winning both with nearly half a minute. Olav Lundanes (NOR) won his gold medal due to his fast finish – from the 11th control to the finish, the Norwegian 6 times WOC Gold medalist was 1:51 faster ...

[Article updated with some split time analysis] The big pre-race favourites Olav Lundanes (NOR) and Tove Alexandersson (SWE) won the World Orienteering Championships Long distance – each of them taking the fourth Long distance title in a row. For Lundanes this was his 6th WOC Long gold medal! While Alexandersson ...

[First start men 10:24, first start women 13:15, men’s race decided 16:00, women’s race decided 18:10, TV-broadcast from 13:30] The Long distance on Wednesday August 14th is the first medal race at the World Orienteering Championships – a very tough race with around 100 minutes running time for the men and 80 ...