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Nice forest &crazy rocks! Simone Niggli and Daniel Hubmann finished on top – in the men’s class Hubmann was joined by four other Swiss runners on top of the results list. The Swiss runners offered just what the spectators came for, while the Swiss organizers offered an interesting race, some ...

World Cup leader Tove Alexandersson has decided not to start Saturday’s middle distance World Cup race out of tactical reasons. Even  winning on Saturday will not increase her chances to win the overall World Cup, and therefore the Swedish star wants to start on Sunday with rested legs. Of course ...

[Sprint Relay from Friday 15:00 CET / Middle Saturday 12:00 CET / Sprint Sunday 13:20 CET] In the World Cup final this weekend there will be a fight for the overall World Cup victory – but just as important is the good bye to three big Swiss stars: Simone Niggli, ...

Enough is enough: After 23 WOC gold medals and countless top races in orienteering, Simone Niggli today announced that she retires from elite orienteering. World of O thanks Niggli warmly for all the great moments she has given us throughout the years. – The motivation for races in the summer ...

[Warning – long post with many maps] Swedish Champs long with great long distance orienteering. Finnish Champs middle with 5 different nations on Top 5 for men. Swiss Champs middle which finally were successful for “little brother” Hubmann – Martin took the victory ahead of Daniel. Norwegian Champs with a ...

– It was with mixed feelings I travelled to JWOC. Unsure of my shape, unsure of how much I would be able to run and unsure of my expectations. I was happy if I could just make it to some of the races – and that wasn’t at all the ...

– It is cool to see that the last Swiss guys who took medals at JWOCs, they are now in the elite team and they are now the World Champions. So for me, that’s cool to see my future will maybe be the same, says Swiss Florian Schneider – winning ...

Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) was the big star of the orienteering events in World Games 2013 with three times gold – winning a close battle in the opening sprint distance, a clear victory in the middle distance and a deciding the mixed sprint relay for Switzerland on the third leg. Annika ...

Friday August 2nd – Sunday August 4th: Orienteering in World Games 2013 in Cali, Colombia offers live streaming, GPS-tracking and live results. Norwegian Jørn Sundy will be speaker on the live streaming. With many medalists from the World Championships in Vuokatti on the start list the sprint (Friday), middle distance ...

The strong feelings involved – for both winners and losers – is what makes sports interesting. Read on for some selected moments from WOC 2013 – both the winners in pictures and the disappointments in the athletes own words. All photos from WOC 2013 are posted on the World of ...