World of O News

Here you find the map from todays PWT Qualification race in Alonte, Italy. Matthias Müller won the mens class in front of Francois Gonon, whereas Seline Stalder took the victory among the women ahead of Eva Jurenikova. The PWT qualification took place through the vineyards by Alonte. Results Men Elite ...

François Gonon, Yuri Omeltchenko, Øystein Kvaal Østerbø, Michail Mamleev, Lukas Bartak, Marian Davidik, Matthias Müller, Thomas Dlabaja, Dana Brozkova, Elise Egseth, Lene Bergersen, Seline Stalder, Annika Billstam and Eva Juřeníková to name a few. Indeed the organizers have managed to get an impressive start list for this years only PWT ...

Ulf Forseth Indgaard won two medals at the Junior World Champs in Gothenburg this year: Silver over the middle distance and bronze in the relay. Below Forseth Indgaard is presented for the nomination “The Ultimate Junior Orienteer of 2008″ through an interview made by World of O and Ultimate Orienteering. ...

Beata Falk won three medals at the Junior World Champs in Gothenburg this year. Below Falk is presented for the nomination “The Ultimate Junior Orienteer of 2008″ through an interview made by World of O and Ultimate Orienteering. Nominated for: Three JWOC medals: Gold in Relay and silver in both ...

Søren Bobach started the spring season of 2008 very good – with very good runs on both 10Mila and Jukola. Injuries made preparations for JWOC less than ideal, but Bobach still returned home from Gothenburg with two Bronze medals at this years Junior World Champs. Below Bobach is presented for ...

Emma Klingenberg surprised everybody – including herself – by winning the gold medal at the Junior World Champs Sprint in Gothenburg this year. Below Klingenberg is presented for the nomination “The Ultimate Junior Orienteer of 2008″ through an interview made by World of O and Ultimate Orienteering. Nominated for: The ...

Two of the major sources for international orienteering news on the Internet – World of O and Ultimate Orienteering – are organizing a poll to name “The Orienteering Achievement of 2008″ and “The Ultimate Junior Orienteer of 2008″. The winner in each category is decided in a vote amongst all ...

Tricky orienteering over two levels – green control circles identifying the second level and purple circles the first level; that is what met Istanbul 5 Days competitors at the Supersprint on Friday. Istanbul is more known for its Grand Bazar than for its Orienteering – but put the two together, ...

… but Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA) and Dana Brozkova (CZE) are heading the Middle and Long distance rankings, respectively. This is the status for the World of O Ranking at the end of the 2008 season – including the World Cup finals. Kauppi Queen of Olomouc After Anne Margrethe Hausken’s (NOR) ...

Analysis again done by Henning Spjelkavik. The open terrain in Tromsø – along with the technical difficulties at the end made room for quite a few groups in the long distance. Sorry for the format not being ideal for display on the page (due to poor internet connection here it ...