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Finlands Minna Kauppi took home the gold medal for Finland in the WOC relay after a very strong last leg where she caught leading Switzerland with 3 minutes – and in the end was more than 2 minutes ahead of Russia in second spot with Sweden in third spot for ...

For those of you who have not had the possibility to run through the WOC 2008 Middle course, woO-TV has prepared a runthrough video of the first (and tricky) part of the womens course with a headcam. Alongside the video the map along with a GPS track is shown in ...

Dana Brozkova’s gold medal in the long distance was the first World Orienteering Championships gold medal ever for Czech Republic in the womens class over the long distance. The bronze medal of Francois Gonon was also the first ever medal for France at the long distance at a WOC – ...

Pictures of most runners from todays Long Final have now been added to the country pages which give pictures and results of all runners sorted by country. The WOC history by country has also been updated with the results from todays WOC Long distance. Pictures and results from WOC 2008 ...

Very popular gold medals for Dana Brozkova (CZE) and Daniel Hubmann (SUI) at the long distance at the World Orienteering Championships in Olomouc today. In both cases there was a tough fight between the medalists all the way to the end – the races being decided only in the very ...

While waiting for the WOC Long Final, it may be interesting to take a look at the Grouping analysis from the Long Qualification. As expected, there is not too much grouping in the qualification, as there is a random starting order (except for start groups) in the qualification. For the ...

Minna Kauppi’s gold medal in the middle distance was the first World Orienteering Championships gold medal ever for Finland in the womens class over the middle or short distance. The first short distance race in the World Orienteering Champs was in Czechoslovakia in 1991. Now the Finnish women (and Kauppi ...

Pictures of most runners from the Middle Qualification and Final have now been added to the country pages which give pictures and results of all runners sorted by country. All pictures and results are also added to the runner profiles. The results from WOC 2008 Middle and Sprint have also ...

Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA) took the gold medal at the WOC middle distance after a very strong finish. At the spectator control he was equal in time with the Czech home favourite Michal Smola (CZE), but Gueorgiou had a much stronger finish, and could run into the finish with the French ...

Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA), Baptiste Rollier (SUI), Mikhail Mamleev (ITA), Lina Persson (SWE), Helena Jansson (SWE)/Inga Dambe (LAT) and Anne Margrethe Hausken (NOR) won the qualification heats in todays middle qualification race on a rainy day in the Olomouc area. The finals will be in the same location with the men ...