World of O News

Pasi Ikonen has put the map from todays long distance on his homepage as the first (as I am aware of – thanks to Finn Birk Eriksen). On Pasis homepage, you can also see how his pulse varied during the competition, and a picture of the best runners in todays ...

Even if Thierry Gueorgious performance today was fantastic, and he is the big favourite for winning the overall World Cup, there are still 6 runners from 6 different nations who can take home the overall World Cup in the mens class. And as we saw today from Daniel Hubmann and ...

It is really interesting to study the splits from a race like the long distance today. To aid in the study of the splits, I have uploaded them into Splitsbrowser (see link below). Note that due to the butterflies, there is a part in the middle of the course where ...

Thierry Gueorgiou is on his way to a victory in the overall World Cup after an impressive performance today. From the start, he run the race the way he is famous for running his middle distances – and had a lead of more than two minutes to Holger Hott Johansen ...

Simone Niggli did it again! This was the third victory of three possible over the long distance in this years World Cup. Closest to Simone was Minna Kaupi – who run the last part of the course along with Simone. Simone started 4 minutes after Minna, and was more than ...

… coming back in groups? Update 12:00: Simone Luder has had an incredible start, and is more than 2 minutes before Emma Engstrand at the first radio control. Martina Fritschy is in the lead in the finish, but had lost 4 minutes to Simone already at the first radio. In ...

… but Daniel and Emil can do it alone. That is the situation in the overall World Cup before todays long distance. Thierry is the master of this difficult french terrain – but can he manage a good long distance? Update 13.18: Thierry no longer needs help after todays victory! ...

Daniel Hubmann isn’t only one of the fastest in the forest – he is also fast updating his excellent homepage. The map from todays competition is already available, with Daniels routechoice. Seems to have been a challenging sprint course. Enjoy! Daniel Hubmann homepage Update: Map with routechoice for top 3 ...

– I did a good race without any mistakes, only a small one at the first control, Thierry G. said after his victory in todays sprint in the WC final. – I am in good shape for this week, and have trained good for the middle distanse. Tomorrows long distance ...

Below you find an online calculator to find the final WC standings based on the results for the runners in the three final races (only for the mens class at present – and only the top 10 in todays standing are included). Emil Wingstedt is the runner who may get ...