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WOC Sprint Qual: Maps and Results

[Updated with change in results in Men heat 2 after jury decision] Two heat victories for Denmark – and no big surprises in today’s WOC Sprint Qualification – all favourites went on to the final. Heat winners were Rasmus Thrane Hansen (Denmark), Øystein Kvaal Østerbø (Norway), Jerker Lysell (Sweden), Simone ...

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WOC Sprint: Live from 08:00 / 16:54 CET

The first final in this year World Championships is the sprint final which start Monday early evening at 16:54 CET. The  qualifications are run in the morning from 08:00 CET. Three heat for men and three for women – 15 runners from each heat qualify for the finals. Links to live ...

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WOC Long Qual: SuperQuick GPS Analysis & Results

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The Long Qualification courses had one really interesting route choice leg – the long leg from 4-5 in the men’s heats / 2-3 in the women’s heats. The rest of the course was all about accurate orienteering – especially direction running and actually finding the control point. Typically, the route ...

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WOC Long Qual: Maps and GPS-tracking

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Maps and GPS-tracking from WOC Long Qualification are now available. Map Heat 1 GPS-tracking (paid service – will cost you 10 Euro) Maps will be available here See also: WOC 2013: All you need to know WOC Long Qual: Live from 08:30 CET – including a look at the favourites, ...

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WOC Long Qual: Live from 08:30 CET

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Live GPS (men only), live results and a “simple” live webTV production is promised from the opening race in this years World Orienteering Championships in Vuokatti, Finland.  The long distance qualification starts early Sunday morning – with the final being run on Tuesday. 15 runners from each of the 3 ...

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WOC 2013: All you need to know!

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[Update: Direct link to live services] The World Orienteering Championships starts on Sunday July 7th at 08:30 CET (09:30 local Finnish time) with Long distance qualification east of Vuokatti, Finland. The first medals are handed out Monday evening in sprint – after a busy day with sprint qualification in the ...

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JWOC Sprint: Maps and Results

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Gold went to Heidi Mårtensson (Norway) and Florian Schneider (Switzerland) in JWOC sprint in Hradec Kravlove, Czech Republic today. In the mens class it was very close to a Czech victory on homeground – with Michal Hubacek only 4 seconds behind Schneider – whereas Tim Robertson (New Zealand) secured New ...

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JWOC Middle Final: Maps and Results

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Miri Thrane Ødum and Emil Svensk won Gold medals on tricky middle distance courses in Czech Republic today. Very stony terrain (see the women’s course above) made the orienteering difficult – and few managed to get through the course without mistakes. The tricky orienteering seemed to favor the Scandinavian runners ...

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