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QuickRoute is a computer program for Windows that allows you to display a route from a GPS device, such as a GPS-clock, on an orienteering map saved as an image file. There are several other alternatives to do the same, but QuickRoute made by Swedish Elite runner Mats Troeng has ...

After being very close at the Sprint distance in both mens and womens categories, Sweden got its Gold medal at todays Middle distance with Johan Runesson after an excellent race in a very technical middle distance. In the womens class the Finn Venla Niemi took the victory after beating Swedens ...

Sören Bobach, Timo Sild, Tore Bjørseth Berdal, Siri Ulvestad, Signe Klinting and Jenny Lönnkvist were the heat winners when the middle distance qualification of the JWOC 2008 was held in Gothenburg, Sweden today. 60 men and women found their way to the finals. 20 from each heat 20 runners from ...

Here at woO-TV you can now see video from the forest and urban areas of the sprint course – along with video interviews with the winners in over the JWOC Sprint distance. Confident and happy Kodeda A very happy winner in the mens class – Stephan Kodeda – shows confidence ...

Gold for Czech Republic and Denmark at the sprint distance in the Junior World Champs in Gothenburg today. The Czech Stephan Kodeda took home the victory for Czech Republic in the mens class. Kodeda was one of the big favourites, and managed to put off the pressure. Emma Klingenberg from ...

On todays tough long distance (click for large map) Tero Föhr and Minna Kauppi took home victories. Kauppi beat Hausken only by a few seconds after the two being together for long parts of the course. In the mens class, everything looked like a clear victory for Thierry Gueorgiou – ...

Victories went to Anne Margrethe Hausken and Anders Nordberg at todays middle distance race which counted as the fourth race in this years orienteering World Cup. For Hausken, this was the best international middle distance race – a discipline which has been difficult for Hausken in the past. For Nordberg ...

The middle distance courses in todays World Cup middle distance race at the O-festival in Siggerud south of Olso were challenging – with many of the top runners making large errors. The Norwegians mastered the terrain best on home ground – with Anne Margrethe Hausken and Anders Nordberg on top ...

– The terrain this year is very demanding. Swiss and other Middle European runners will not be as strong at Jukola as they were on 10Mila this year, is the comment of the signature ‘hugo’ in a (Swedish language) discussion about Jukola 2008 at the Swedish website Alternativet.nu. – The ...

The best Jukola tactics is usually to get a good start in the first part of the relay, because then the next runners will have faster runners around them when running their legs. But how high up does your team need to be after the first leg to be able ...