World of O News

– If you look at the number of “controlpacks”, you can see that the average number of controls attacked alone for the women’s Top 10 is 4 controls (out of 20), Martin Lerjen of O-zeugs comments the women’s middle distance in the “pre-WOC” races in Italy this weekend. This weekend ...

The IOF is planning to renew the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) program – now is your chance to influence the decisions on the future program. Is there a need for qualification or quotas for the long distance or the sprint distance? Should the mixed sprint relay also be introduced at ...

Daniel Hubmann, Baptiste Rollier and Tove Alexandersson impressed in the Swiss and Swedish WOC selection races in the Asiago area this weekend. In today’s long distance Alexandersson (Sweden) won with 6.5 minutes ahead of Judith Wyder (Switzerland) – while Daniel Hubmann  (Switzerland) won the men’s class one minute ahead of ...

GPS-tracking, maps and 2DRerun from 10-mila is now available using the links below. Men relay Men leg 1: Omaps – 2DRerun Men leg 2: Omaps – 2DRerun Men leg 3: Omaps – 2DRerun Men leg 4: Omaps – 2DRerun Men leg 5: Omaps – 2DRerun Men leg 6: Omaps – ...

OK Pan Århus won the women’s relay and Kalevan Rasti the men’s relay – both after exciting fights through all legs. Both OK Pan Århus and Kalevan Rasti were big favourites ahead of the race – being tipped by more than 50% in the poll at WorldofO ahead of the ...

10MILA countdown: One day left until one of the main highlights of the spring season for an orienteer: 10MILA. Kalevan Rasti, Halden, Lidingö, Hiidenkiertäjät, Kristiansand, Vaajakosken Terä, OK Linné and Södertälje are the biggest favourites among the men. Halden, OK Tisaren, Domnarvet, Tampereen Pyrintö and Pan Århus are some of the ...

Here is a selection of 10Mila videos to get you in the right mood ahead of 10Mila. Why not take a look at the complete 14 hour 2013 arena production – perfect for a long night without sleep! Or: The start from 10Mila 2012. The slowmotion video from 10Mila 2008. ...

Time for analysis of the women! As for the men’s race, the EOC long distance was not so much about route choices as it was about avoiding losing time by direction mistakes and mistakes close to the control. However, there were more women choosing slower route choices – and bigger ...

[Updated with Performance Index+more analysis] The EOC Long distance 2014 in Portugal did not offer too many route choice challenges – the race was more about avoiding loosing a few seconds here and a few seconds there than about taking the optimal route choices. Daniel Hubmann has only four legs ...

Gold for Sweden’s men and Switzerland’s women in very tight and exciting relays in the last race at EOC 2014 today! While Switzerland’s Judith Wyder decided the race early on the last leg in the women’s class, the fight for gold was intense all the way to the finish in ...