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– I never even thought of running fast, just reading myself towards the next flag, cruising around the bushes, Lena Eliasson explains about her favourite course in 2013. Eliasson won the bronze medal at WOC long distance in Finland this year – but the Swedish top runner doesn’t even mention ...

– I have counted and so far this year I have set courses for about 75 trainings, Czech national team runner and Halden SK coach Eva Jurenikova answers when asked about how many courses she has set so far in 2013. Her highlight of the year on the course side ...

– It was a good course that lured you into high speed the first controls, and then became a lot trickier before you had to speed up again towards the end, Swedish top runner Gustav Bergman tells about his favourite course of 2013. The course Bergman is talking about is ...

– It kept me busy all the way and I found it challenging enough considering my physical abilities on that day, Edgars Bertuks says about his favourite course in 2013 – the WOC Middle distance. And from this interview with the Latvian World Champion middle distance from 2012, it is ...

– My fav course of the year would have to be the WOC 2013 Sprint. I won with big marginal even without being able to find all the best routechoices, World Champion sprint from Vuokatti, Finland earlier this year, Mårten Boström, says when asked about his favourite course this year ...

– I will only keep the sprint race in Matera, because that was the race I enjoyed the most this year and I always felt short in time to take proper decisions, multiple World Champion Thierry Gueorgiou answers when asked about the best course he run in 2013. Choosing a ...

What was the best orienteering course of 2013? Last year’s winner had  some great technical orienteering in Portugal – in 2011 the WOC middle distance in France took the first place and the year before a very special Jukola relay won. Which course will take the prestigious top spot this year? ...

IFK Lidingö and OK Pan Århus took the victories in Smålandskavlen after very tight and exciting last legs. In the mens class Lidingö’s Fredrik Johansson won with a gap of 39 seconds down to Södertälje-Nykvarn’s Jonas Leandersson. Of four teams starting together on the last leg, Kalevan Rasti’s Thierry Gueorgiou ...

Portugal offered interesting challenges and nice terrain for the participants in the European Youth Orienteering Championships in Obidos, Portugal. Three races were offered – a sprint on Friday, Long distance Saturday and Relay on Sunday. The main categories are M18/W18, but there is also competition in M16 and W16. Sweden ...