World of O News

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is leg 12 from the Tampere-Jukola 2008 at June 14th 2008 – from the last leg. 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 ...

Todays leg in ‘Route to Christmas 2008′ is leg 3 from the XXIII Oravatonni in Finland at 2008-10-05 – organized by Mynämäen Suunnistajat. The category is M21A. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would ...

The ‘Route to Christmas’ series at World of O was very popular last year – and I’ve therefore decided to continue the series this Christmas as well. For now I found maps for the first 10 days – and based on tips from YOU, we’ll see if Route to Christmas ...

Voting for the “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ has now opened – and will be open from November 28th until December 9th. The past week all nominated runners have been presented at World of O and Ultimate Orienteering – and now everything is ready to name the Orienteering Achievement of ...

– Actually I’m not sure if my biggest achievement was to get a bronze medal in long distance in the World Champs or “almost” manage to reach a 4000m legendary summit in the French Alps. Both experiences were extremely challenging and I was immediately thinking to try again with “better ...

– Running up the finish straight at the WOC Relay with my team and meeting our coach and friend Dave Peel was the highlight of the season, Jamie Stevenson tells us in this interview. Stevenson took home the victory for Great Britain in one of the most special orienteering thrillers ...

Johan Runesson and Beata Falk – both from Sweden – have been named “The Ultimate Junior Orienteer of 2008″ in the mens and womens class, respectively! Runesson took 40% of the votes – nearly twice as many as Timo Sild in second spot. In the womens class it was a ...

– It was a great chance, but there was also a big pressure from myself and from the fans. I am really happy that I managed to win the gold medal. It was like a dream, Dana Brozkova says in this interview. Her Gold medal at the World Orienteering Champs ...

– I ran a good race without any major mistakes but I still could not believe that I was second, Michal Smola says after winning a very popular silver medal at home ground in Olomouc – actually the first by a Czech man since the gold medals of Petr Kozák ...

Especially the womens class is open – with a tough voting fight between a few of the very best Juniors in 2008. In the mens class, there is a clearer lead, but still nothing is decided in the mens class either. More than 1500 votes have been given so far ...