Anne Margrethe Hausken and Michal Smola …

… 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. ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 10 2008

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 ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 9 2008

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… ...

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Achievement of 2008: 16 hours to vote!

Still the fight for “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ is not decided – you now have only 16 hours left to place your vote if you have not voted yet. The poll closes at midnight CET tonight. Please help spreading the news – and give all these great achievements by ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 8 2008

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is leg 10 in HE from the Swiss Champs Sprint distance 2008 @ 2008-09-06. Again – not all the best have drawn their routes – but still an interesting leg. There is especially one route which is difficult to spot… The leg is ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 7 2008

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is leg 7 in HE from the Swiss Champs long distance 2008 @ 2008-09-07 – OLG Cordoba. This is a really long leg today… The top runners did not draw their route, but it is still an interesting leg. The leg is as ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 6 2008

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is leg 5 in H21E from the Swiss Champs Middle Distance at April 12th 2008. Note that few of the best have drawn their route (but the winner Matthias Merz has), and therefore not too much can be taken from the results. Maybe ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 5 2008

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is leg 6 in H21E from the Løvspretten @ 2008-05-12 organized by Hamar OK og Løten OL. 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 ...

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2500 votes – 49 countries – 6 days to vote

The fight for “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ is very tight in the women class with 6 days to vote. Three women are within around 50 votes – YOUR vote can decide who will win! In the men class, one athlete has taken a larger lead – but nothing is ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 4 2008

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is leg 3 from the Spring Cup 2008 Classic @ 2008-03-29. FIF Hillerød. H 21 E1. 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 ...

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