In todays middle distance in the Norwegian Champs middle distanse the Norwegian men did not manage to beat guest runners Thierry Guergiou (FRA) and Daniel Hubmann (SUI) – both finishing in front of the Norwegian Champion Audun Weltzien. Second in the Norwegian Champs was another Swiss runner – Baptiste Rollier ...
Read More »Norwegian Champs: Victory for Weltzien and Andersen
Audun Weltzien won a tight Norwegian Champs long distance in Tromsø today performing very good in the last difficult part of the race. Second was Anders Nordberg – third Lars Skjeset. In the womens class Marianne Andersen caught Anne Margrethe Hausken with 2 minutes about 1.5 kilometers before the finish ...
Read More »Fantastic conditions for todays Norwegian Champs
The scenery is fantastic, the sun is shining, and the terrain is said to be wonderful. The first runners have already been heading into the forest. Follow the results live on the Norwegian Champs webpage now Today is the Long Distance. Estimated time of the winners ready is 16.30, although ...
Read More »Special Norwegian Champs high up in the North
Gueorgiou will be there. Hubmann will be there. Norberg will be there. And Gonon will be there. Thus gold medalists from the middle and long distance at the World Champs in Czech Republic this summer, along with the rest of the medal winners in the mens long distance, are running ...
Read More »Kauppi: Outside the map on the long leg
Minna Kauppi run the fourth best time on the long leg in the womens class at the WOC long distance utilizing a route choice which went outside the map. A small gamble, but it took her from 9th to 5th place… Extract from WOC news number 11: – The women ...
Read More »Gueorgiou: – I had 20% of the normal capacity of my lung
Thierry Gueorgiou describes his nightmare at the WOC Relay in detail in the latest number of WOC News – a story you shouldn’t miss. Our team dream – the WOC relay gold medal – was gone but I started to realise that I was also in danger – I was ...
Read More »Today Live: WUOC Middle distance from 0900 CET
The World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) starts continues with Middle distance in Tartu today with the first start at 0900 CET. You can follow the race online with both text commentary and several split times. Report from WUOC middle distance 2006 (source International University Sports): For the women, Norwegian Line ...
Read More »Today Live: WUOC Long distance from 0830 CET
The World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) starts continues with Long distance in Tartu today with the first start at 0830 CET. There was good online coverage with both text commentary and several split times at yesterdays sprint distance, so expect similar coverage for the long distance today. Report from WUOC ...
Read More »WUOC Sprint: Gold for Dlabaja and Stalder
Tomas Dlabaja (CZE) and Seline Stalder (SUI) took the gold medals over the sprint distance in the World University Orienteering Champs (WUOC) in Tartuu, Estonia today. The course was described as an interesting sprint course – the map will be available at the organizers page later today. Dlabaja finished 6th ...
Read More »WUOC with World Champion on startline
The World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) starts with the Sprint in Tartuu today. Along with the World Military Orienteering Championships, the WUOC is the most important “indepent” championships, and a victory at the WUOC has high prestige. On the starting line in the WUOC is amongst many other top elite ...
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