The World Championships Sprint courses in Strömstad did not have many very decisive routechoice legs – the way to victory was to run a stable race with good execution – and to avoid the few (quite obvious) routes were you could lose 10-15 seconds. The above leg to the 13th ...
Read More »WOC 2016 Sprint: Maps & Results
Gold for Maja Alm (Denmark) and Jerker Lysell (Sweden) in World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Sprint in Strömstad, Sweden which opened this year’s championships. Three medals for Switzerland – but the Gold medals went to the Nordic countries Sweden and Denmark. Men: Lysell with strong middle part In the men’s class Jerker ...
Read More »WOC 2016 Sprint Qual: Maps and Results
Tue Lassen (DEN), Jonas Leandersson (SWE), Daniel Hubmann (SUI)/Martin Regborn (SWE), Sari Anttonen (FIN), Judith Wyder (SUI) and Cecile Klysner (DEN) were the heat winners in the opening race of the World Orienteering Championships 2016 in Strömstad, Sweden. There were no big surprises in the qualification – one of the ...
Read More »WOC 2016 Sprint Favourite Preview – LIVE from 09:00 CET
[Qual Live From 09:00 CET, Finals from 15:41 CET] The World Orienteering Championships starts on Saturday August 20th at 09:00 CET with sprint qualification in Strömstad. Program: Qual Women 09:00. Qual Men 10:00. Final Women 15:41. Final Men 16:46 Web TV (only final): Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, International (IOF Live Centre) Other Live ...
Read More »WOC 2016: All You Need To Know
The World Orienteering Championships starts on Saturday August 20th at 09:00 CET with sprint qualification in Strömstad – a small town on the west coast of Sweden. The first medals are fought for in the Sprint final Saturday evening (start from 15:41 – all medal decisions ready at 18:00) and the Sprint Relay Sunday evening ...
Read More »WOC 2016 Countdown -3: Maps & Terrain
3 Days from now the World Orienteering Championships 2016 (WOC 2016) starts with the individual Sprint in Strömstad, Sweden. We continue the countdown to the championships here at WorldofO.com continues with a look at old maps and terrain for the WOC 2016 races. The central part of any orienteering competition – event the World ...
Read More »WOC 2016 Countdown -4: Team Pages & Favourites
4 Days from now – on Saturday August 20th – the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) starts with the individual Sprint in Strömstad, Sweden. The World Championships is the highlight on the international orienteering calendar. The countdown to the championships here at WorldofO.com starts with publishing the WOC 2016 Team pages ...
Read More »Summer-O 2016: FIN5
Today’s event in the Summer-O 2016 series is FIN5 in Finland. FIN5 was organized close to Hamina in southeastern Finland from July 10th until July 16th 2016. Overall winners in FIN5 2016 were Frederic Tranchand (France) and Marika Teini* (Finland) Julia Novikova (Russia). The terrain did offer quite a few routechoice alternatives due ...
Read More »JWOC 2016 Relay: Maps and Results
Switzerland wins both relays with big margins. With this the Swiss junior athletes show that they are the best both physically and technically in Swiss Alpine terrain. On the Swiss winning team in the women’s class (see photo below by Remi Steinegger) Paula Gross started in 5th place. Sofie Bachmann ...
Read More »JWOC 2016 Middle Men: GPS and Splits Analysis
Two runners had the speed to win the Middle distance at the Junior World Championships Middle 2016: Thomas Curiger and Joey Hadorn (both Switzerland). In the end Thomas Curiger (Switzerland) won the Junior World Championships Middle due to excellent orienteering combined with one of the highest running speeds in the start field. Only the ...
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