World of O News

For today’s leg in Route to Christmas we are back in Europe – to a long leg in hilly terrain in Switzerland. Todays leg in Route to Christmas is leg 14 in the Men Elite course from the first day of the Swiss O-week 2011, organized at July 31th 2011. ...

In today’s Route to Christmas we are traveling all the way to New Zealand – to a very interesting, open terrain south of Auckland on the map Ngapuriri. Todays leg in Route to Christmas is leg 8 in the Red 1 course. The leg is as usually first provided without ...

In today’s Route to Christmas we are moving north from Austria to Germany. Todays leg is the 4th leg in the German Championships long distance in Bad Harzburg, Germany – close to the area which will be used for WMOC 2012 in Bad Harzburg. Thanks to Christian Gieseler for the ...

More than 400 votes have been given for “Course of the Year 2011″ – here are the courses which are in the Top 10 so far arbitrary sorted. A tight fight in the top – so nothing is decided yet… Still not devlivered your vote? Do so here: Vote for ...

Todays leg in Route to Christmas takes us to beautiful Austrian terrain – to the JEC 2011 in Arnoldstein, Austria. In the Bulletin the runners were met with the following warning: – You are on the way to the largest rock fallen area in the Alps. So be careful in ...

Set up your personal Top 5 List from the 49 nominated maps – and win prizes from our sponsors! The nominated maps have been chosen based on submissions from the WorldofO.com readers and some of the worlds top orienteers through the last weeks. Now YOU can choose “The Course of ...

– It was interesting orienteering from the start point to the finish, and I think it was the most complete orienteer of the day who won. You had to be really good both physically, technically and mentally, Olle Boström (Sweden) says about his choice for “Course of the Year 2011″. ...

– I only ran 5-10 competitions this year, so I have not got so I have not got so many alternatives to choose from, this years silver medalist from the World Championships middle distance, Peter Öberg (Sweden), explains. And just the WOC middle distance final is Öberg’s choice for “Course ...

Czech Republic on top and Switzerland on the bottom: That is how World Champion Daniel Hubmann (Switzerland) summarizes the best and worst courses of the year. – I have been running some really nice races this year, but I choose the World Cup race in Czech Republic, middle distance, as ...

– A good old long distance, few controls and just lots of hard work. I didn’t fully appreciate it while running, mostly I was just really tired, but it is such a good feeling afterwards when you reach the finish and have fought your way through that whole long course, ...