Orienteering News

Eskil Kinneberg (Norway) and Natalia Gemperle (Russia) won the WOC 2018 Middle distance on a tricky course in a green Latvian forest where several of the top favourites lost their medal chances due to mistakes. In the men’s class the battle for the medals was very tight, with Daniel Hubmann ...

[First woman starts 10:56, last woman 13:16, first man 13:12, last man 15:46 (all times CET, local time one hour later) #WOC2018].  Tove Alexandersson is again the main favourite in the women’s race – the men’s race is more open with 10-15 runners who can win on a good day.    ...

Sweden won the #WOC2018 Sprint Relay despite a non-optimal race by Tove Alexandersson, due to excellent relay legs by second and third leg runners Svensk and Leandersson. Ohlsson on the last leg did not have a perfect race, but the 47 second gap to Switzerland and 1:40 gap to Denmark was ...

Sweden won the WOC Sprint Relay for the second time in a row – after replacing three of the runners from last year’s winning team, with Karolin Ohlsson deciding after a secure run on the last leg. Switzerland finished second after a good last leg by Judith Wyder. The strongest ...

In a course which offered many interesting routechoice legs, there were only three women with the speed for victory in the women’s class in the WOC 2018 Sprint: The three medalists Maja Alm, Tove Alexandersson and Judith Wyder. The following analysis goes through the decisive points in the course – ...

The WOC 2018 Sprint courses offered several interesting routechoice legs – and many legs were also tricky from an execution point of view. Artificial barriers were used, otherwise the terrain would be too familiar for the runners who were working hard with previous orienteering maps and Google Maps to prepare themselves ...

 #WOC2018: Switzerland and Sweden are the big favourites – behind the battle for the last place on the podium is very open with Denmark and Russia among the strongest teams. Read on for a preview of the favourites for WOC 2018 Sprint Relay. First some key information about WOC SprintRelay 2018: Program: Start 15:50 ...

[Updated with some analysis and splits graphs] Maja Alm (DEN) and Daniel Hubmann (SUI) took the victories in the WOC 2018 Sprint (#WOC2018) after very tight races where we saw some decisive routechoices in the narrow streets of Riga, with lots of added artificial fences. The silver and bronze medals ...

[Qual from 08:00 CET – Final from 13:50 CET – #WOC2018] Daniel Hubmann (SUI), Matthias Kyburz (SUI), Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Maja Alm (DEN) are the biggest favourites on the individual Sprint which opens the World Orienteering Championships in Riga, Latvia – but the race is open with 10-15 runners or ...

The World Orienteering Championships 2018 (#WOC2018) starts on Saturday August 4th at 08:00 CET (09:00 local time) with sprint qualification in Riga, the capital of Latvia. The first medals are fought for in the Sprint final the same day from (from 13:50 CET) and the Sprint Relay Sunday afternoon (from 15:50 CET).  After a rest day on Monday, ...