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Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008‘ is an extremely long leg from the Highlands Open Long Distance in Cesuna di Roana, Italy – August 31st 2008. Thank you very much to Cristian Bellotto for providing both map and routes of the best runners for this interesting leg. Please provide ...

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is leg 18 in Men Elite from the 6. Nationaler Baselbieter OL @ 2008-09-14 (OLV Baselland). A really long leg in alpine terrain – towards the end of the course. Thank you to Stefan Lombriser (running himself) and Marcel Schiess for this tip. ...

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is leg 11 the longest course in the British Senior Home Internationals (2008-10-26). The leg was submitted by James Tullie. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would ...

Minna Kauppi and Daniel Hubmann have been awarded with “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ titles in the womens and mens class, respectively! Among the women, Minna Kauppi got 29.4% of the votes – winning ahead of Vroni König-Salmi with 23.7% of the votes. The mens class saw a very clear ...

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is leg from the Hungarian Champs Long Distance – October 25th 2008 – where Daniel Hubmann made one of the most impressive runs of the year. Many world class runners where present – and Hubmann won with impressive 5 minutes. Hungary is the ...

… got nearly to the top in the “Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ – both getting the second place in the women and men category, respectively. Vroni König Salmi had the comeback of 2008 in international orienteering with her silver medal in the WOC 2008 Middle Distance – an achievement valued ...

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is leg 3 in DE from the 9. Nationaler OL Solothurn @ 2008-10-12 – a street orienteering race. A short leg – you should decide very fast… The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at ...

… start our countdown on the podium in the “Orienteering Achievement of 2008″. Anne Margrethe Hausken’s great achievements in 2008 – dominating the sprint distance in international orienteering and winning the overall World Cup – gave her the third position with 18 % of the votes in the womens class. ...

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is control 4 on the 5th leg from the Tampere-Jukola 2008 at June 14th 2008. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would attack this leg (if the ...

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is from the Swiss Champs in MTB-O – leg 12 in the Men Elite course – 2008-08-17. There were many other legs which looked more tricky, but all competitors had taken similar routes. In that respect, this seemingly simple leg is more interesting… ...