http://news.worldofo.com Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 http://news.worldofo.com/2026/01/09/course-of-the-year-2025-knock-out-sprint-world-cup-final-uster/#comment-141721 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:51:34 +0000 http://news.worldofo.com/?p=21517#comment-141721 Fantastic KO-courses, which were a joy to follow on TV. Forking is certainly necessary to create interesting KO-sprints, and here it was executed in a superb way (though I still struggle to really understand the system for the semifinals;-)).

]]> http://news.worldofo.com/2025/12/24/route-to-christmas-day-24-2025/#comment-141160 Thu, 25 Dec 2025 11:29:46 +0000 http://news.worldofo.com/?p=21444#comment-141160 I think you have to consider the runners here: With Simona (and Natalia) taking the purple option, it automatically becomes a better-looking choice since they are so very strong runners in steep hills.

]]> http://news.worldofo.com/2025/12/23/route-to-christmas-day-23-2025/#comment-141159 Thu, 25 Dec 2025 11:27:13 +0000 http://news.worldofo.com/?p=21454#comment-141159 I agree: I also found the 180 degree return way too obvious.
In a real interval start event it would be even worse, since later starters would be pretty much certain to meet several competitors on the hike up to the start. :-(
They could have avoided this particular problem by marking a route to the start via the housing area, but with the selected map issue point, they obviously didn’t do so.

]]> http://news.worldofo.com/2025/12/24/route-to-christmas-day-24-2025/#comment-141140 Wed, 24 Dec 2025 22:35:49 +0000 http://news.worldofo.com/?p=21444#comment-141140 Huge thanks for another incredible Route to Christmas. I’m not looking forward to the withdrawal … it’s a long wait until the next year Route to Christmas!

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