Course of the Year: Gustav Bergman shares many courses with us

– 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 ...

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Edgars Bertuks: WOC, WOC, WOC …

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– 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 ...

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Interview: Boström about Course of the Year 2013

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– 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 ...

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Interview: Gueorgiou picks Matera sprint race

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– 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 ...

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Smålandskavlen: Maps and Results

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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 ...

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EYOC 2013: Maps and Results

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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 ...

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JEC Relay: Maps and Results

The JEC relay was a thriller in the mens class – French Nicolas Rio coming from “nowhere” and securing a home victory for France. In the women’s class Sweden took the gold medal. The weather was again rainy and cold – with temperatures well below 10°C. You can find a ...

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WC Overall to Niggli&Kyburz: Maps and Results

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[With analysis] Simone Niggli crowned her fantastic orienteering career with victory in today’s World Cup final sprint race in Baden – which also gave her the overall World Cup 2013. Matthias Kyburz in the men’s class did like Niggli: Won the World Cup final and the overall World Cup in ...

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