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An incredible race by Olav Lundanes – winning the WOC Long distance nearly 3 minutes ahead of Swiss Matthias Merz. The Norwegian runner was fastest all the way from the start until the finish. Both his speed and his technical performance was one step ahead of the competitors. With this ...

Today’s long distance is a tough race with a lot of route choice option. Use these webroutes to draw YOUR choice on this tough race! Map men (with GPS tracking) Map women (with GPS tracking) Webroutes for most of the interesting legs Women 2-3: http://maps.worldofo.com/webroute/?id=498 Women 3-4:http://maps.worldofo.com/webroute/?id=499 Women 5-6: http://maps.worldofo.com/webroute/?id=500 ...

Probable outcome: Removal of WOC Qualification races seems very probable as all suggested programs are without qualification.  A split WOC – Forest and Urban alternating years – is one possible scenario – but as of now it is difficult to know if this has enough support among the member federations. ...

Live from 11:31 CET! None of the Top 6 men from WOC Long 2011 are on the start in today’s WOC long distance. Actually only 2 of the best 10 from last year are on the start – and only 4 of the best 10 women from 2011 are on ...

This is your chance to get a feel for how the athletes experienced the WOC Middle Final. This HeadCam video takes you through the women course – synchronized with the map. The complete video (including some embarrassing mistakes) can be seen synchronized with map in 3DRerun. Alternatively you can see the ...

Minna Kauppi with third WOC middle gold after great race! With maps, results and autOanalysis! Minna Kauppi (Finland) took the gold medal in today’s WOC middle distance after the big favourite Simone Niggli orienteered to the wrong control. But even with a perfect race by Niggli, Kauppi would have been ...

Bertuks against all odds! With Maps and Results and autOanalysis! – My goal was to improve my personal best – a 9th place, Edgars Bertuks  said after his surprising gold medal in WOC middle distance. The Latvian runner introduced himself to the orienteering world by winning the first leg in the ...

Live from 12:00 CET! Who are the favourites to take the WOC Middle title in this year’s WOC in Switzerland? The technical terrain makes the race more open in the women’s class – and usually more suited for Thierry Gueorgiou in the men’s class. However, with Gueorgiou just back from ...

See the routes of Heat winners Thierry Gueorgiou, Carl Waaler Kaas, Gernot Kerschbaumer, Tove Alexandersson, Simone Niggli and Tatiana Riabkina from the WOC Middle distance qualification. Carl Waaler Kaas Gernot Kerschbaumer Thierry Gueorgiou Simone Niggli Tatiana Riabkina Tove Alexandersson

Nearly all women made mistakes today according to the split times – and many of the men as well. A tricky middle distance was offered – a lot like the World Orienteering Championships in France last year. Heat winners were Thierry Gueorgiou, Gernot Kerschbaumer, Carl Waaler Kaas, Tatiana Riabkina, Simone ...