Route to Christmas: Day 13 2018

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is another one from Italy- this time from the Coppa Italia Long distance race in Trentino in October. The chosen leg is the 11th in the Men Elite course. This is based on a tip from Mikkel Lyskjær – thanks a lot for the ...

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Orienteering Achievement of 2018: Vote Now!

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Read about the fantastic achievements of 16 athletes  from 14 nations which are nominated for The Orienteering Achievement of 2018. Then post your votes for your favourites – and be part of the drawing for prizes worth  5500 Euros! Vote here by December 18th: The Orienteering Achievement of 2018 – ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 12 2018

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a nice long leg from the Norwegian Championships Long distance in southern Norway. The chosen leg is the 9th leg which spread out the runners quite well. What would you choose? The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 11 2018

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Slovenia is known for its tricky karst terrain – but in today’s leg in Route to Christmas we take a look at a very different Slovenian terrain. This terrain contains of steep slopes which invite to some nice routechoice challenges. Today’s leg is the second leg in the SEEOC (South East ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 10 2018

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a leg from the “Sprint course of the year 2018″, the Junior World Championships Sprint in Hungary. Both men (leg 6) and women (leg 5) had the chosen leg. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a ...

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Course of the Year 2018: World Cup Final Middle

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A very technical middle distance course in Czech Republic is the “Orienteering Course of the Year 2018″! The course really challenged the competitors – both with tricky orienteering, challenging routechoices and tough climbs and downhills. To top it off, the area is truly spectacular, with big sandstone “rock citys” setting the ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 9 2018

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is one of the highlights of this season: The longest leg from Course of the Year 2018 – the World Cup Final Middle distance in Czech Republic. A very interesting leg in very interesting terrain. The chosen leg is leg number 19. Head over ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 8 2018

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is the first sprint leg this year, after several requests. We choose one of the most deciding legs on high level this year, the 8th leg from the WOC sprint in Latvia – which was equal for both men and women.  The leg is ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 7 2018

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In today’s edition of Route to Christmas we travel to Spain, to the Costa Calida Long World Ranking event. The chosen leg is not the longest leg on the course, but rather a leg where we have some valleys making it interesting to consider different routechoices off the straight line. For ...

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