World of O News

– 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 ...

Here you find a full update on the situation at the WC final in France directly from the organizers. The best news first: the organizers still count on having live audio and 3 online controls at each of the three finals – and there will be no qualifications. Note also ...

There will be no sprint qualification, and the sprint final will go already at 1100. The middle final will hopefully be run on friday.

[Updated 15:20] The middle final has been cancelled due to a severe storm, and several runners got scared by the wind in the forest due to bushes being blown down. Norwegian Audun Weltzien got a treetop blown down on him, and understood that the situation was serious (source: Press Release ...

Today at 10 am we will hopefully hear speakers Jørn Sundby and Fabrice Erdinger commenting live from the very exciting middle distance final at the World Cup Final in France. After some initial problems with the live updated results in yesterdays qualification race, the organizers managed to get the live ...

I have had several requests about where to find some of the stories I have written here at World of O – for example the Micro-O analysis from the Norwegian Champs, the stories from WUOC and some of the national team presentations I wrote before WOC in Århus this summer. ...

Thierry Gueorgiou and Jarkko Houvila will be the big favourites for the finals tomorrow after both winning their qual heats with more than two minutes. Other heat winners were Daniel Hubmann, Jenny Johanson, Radka Brozkova and Helena Jansson. Note that “unbeatable” Simone did not manage to win … Read complete ...

Just take a look at the pictures, the satellite pictures and the maps – they speak for themselves: The next week will be a fantastic one for all those lucky enough to be running the World Cup Final in France. Read complete story »

The new ‘World of O’ addition ‘De Laatste Post’ has an interesting (english language) article today about how many runners from which countries are allowed to run the World Cup races in 2007. Apparently, the smaller nations seem to have a problem next year if the runners from that country ...