Route to Christmas: Day 5 2024

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is leg an interesting leg from the long distance competition Maximus O Meeting organized in Spain back in February this year. We look at the men’s super-elite course, and again the forest is fast. Comments from the map-makers from the race Bulletin: This ...

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Course of the Year 2024: Submit your suggestions!

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What was the best orienteering course of 2024? World Champs middle distance in Switzerland won in 2023, Pomeranian Sprint Cup won in 2022, WOC Long distance won in 2021, the Norwegian World Champs selection race long distance won in 2019, the World Cup Final Middle in Czech Republic won in 2018 and the World Champs middle distance in Estonia won in ...

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Route to Christmas: Day 4 2024

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is a long leg from the Junior World Orienteering Championships Long distance in Czech Republic. This is what the bulletin said about the terrain: The terrain is mostly hilly with rocks and stones in places high up on the hills. Mostly coniferous forest ...

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Route To Christmas: Day 3 2024

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 takes us to an interesting leg in French karst terrain at OOCup 2024. Not the longest leg, but still challenging to decide what to do. In the bulletin the terrain was described as hilly terrain, nice mixed forest with many relief details, some ...

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Route To Christmas: Day 2 2024

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Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 takes us to the long distance race Närkekvartetten in Sweden – the 5th race in this years’ Swedish League. A quite interesting long leg where you have to consider straight versus around. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you ...

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Route To Christmas: Day 1 2024

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The 18th edition of the traditional Route to Christmas here at World of O starts with a long, interesting leg from the Italian stage race Cansiglio O-Meeting. Enjoy the challenges – just like the competitors! Your job in Route to Christmas is to take a good look at the day’s leg, decide which ...

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World Cup Final 2024: Maps, Results and Splits Analysis

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  Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) won both the long distance, the middle distance and anchored Sweden to victory on the women’s relay in this weekend’s World Cup final in Kuopio, Finland. In the men’s class Miika Kirmula (Finland) won the long distance, Eirik Langedal Breivik (Norway) the middle distance and Sweden won ...

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World Cup Final 2024: All You Need To Know

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Starting with a long distance race on Thursday – and continuing with a middle distance on Saturday and a relay on Sunday – the World’s best orienteers will gather in Kuopio, Finland to compete for the final time on the international scene this season. The terrain looks amazing as always in ...

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EOC 2024 Relay: Analysis, Maps and Results

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Norway’s men and Switzerland’s women won the European Orienteering Championships (EOC) relay in Hungary. Silver and bronze went to Sweden and Switzerland in the men’s class, while Norway and Sweden took the remaining medals in the women’s class. After very technical orienteering on the middle distance and tricky routechoices on the ...

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EOC 2024 Long: Analysis, Maps and Results

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The big favourites Kasper Fosser (Norway) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) took clear victories at the European Orienteering Championships (EOC) Long distance in Hungary – both with a margin of around 4 minutes to their closest competitors. In the men’s class Daniel Hubmann (Switzerland) took an impressive silver medal – 18 ...

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