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The Ireland team for WOC 2006 consists of 6 runners, for which the goal will probably be to reach the A finals. Ireland did not have a team at WOC 2005 in Japan. In 2004, none in the Irish WOC team managed to reach the finals. Andrew Quin (result history) ...

The Czech team for WOC 2006 is strong as always. The best Czech runner now is probably Dana Brozkova, who has a 4th place from WOC 2004 as her best result. In addition, she has won several Park World Tour races. Michal Smola and TomᚠDlabaja are the best male ...

The star in the German WOC 2006 team is no doubt Karin Schmalfeld, who is one of the outsiders for a medal at WOC 2006. The best male German runner is probably still Ingo Horst, although Ingo is training less this season, and will concentrate only on the sprint and ...

Tania Robinson’s 16th place at the middle distance was New Zealand’s best result in at the WOC in Japan, and Tania will be out to improve on that in Denmark. Jenni Adams and Rob Jessop are also experienced WOC runners. New Zealand WOC 2006 teamJenni Adams (Result history) James Brads ...

The best runer in the French Team is no doubt Thierry Gueorgiou, who has been unbeatable in middle distance finals in the championships the last years. He shocked the Orienteering World by winning the middle distance in WOC 2003 in Switzerland with almost three minutes – and has continued im ...

The Netherlands has a small WOC team, consisting of only four runners. Of these Jonn Are Myhren – who previously presented Norway and competes for Swedish SNO – is probably the biggest hope. He managed a 21. place (middle) and 24. place (long) at the EOC in Estonia, and a ...

The US team is not the strongest team at the WOC – and for most runners the main goal is to reach the A-final at one or more distances. The sprint distance is probably the distance for which the changes are highest to manage a Top 30 placement. Results, maps ...

The Israeli team was selected in the middle of May, and consists of 5 runners. Israel’s main goal this year is to get a runner in one of the finals for the first time ever. Results You can see the results from this years Israeli Chamionships here. The race was ...

It is now excactly three weeks until this years World Orienteering Championships starts in Denmark with Middle Distance Qualification at saturday the 29th of july. Most teams have already had their team selections – and in the coming weeks most of the teams will be presented here at World o ...

The WOC team presentations here at World of O start today with Australia. The rising star in the Australian WOC team is Hanny Allston, who just makes some impressive performances in the JWOC in Lithuania, with one gold and one silver thus far. The best male runner in the Australian ...