Live from 12:10 CET (men) and 14:05 CET (women). Who are the favourites to take the WOC Middle title in this year’s WOC in Finland? The technical terrain (see some examples from the very tricky middle distance qualification above) makes the race more open in the women’s class – and ...

“One of the trickiest WOC qualification races ever” was a phrase repeated several times in the arena after today’s WOC middle distance qualification. In one of the women heats you could be nearly 20 minutes behind the winner, and still qualify for the final. The day brought two heat winners ...

After a rest day the World Orienteering Championships continues with middle qualification Thursday at 08:00 CET. Now the runners move into more tricky and detailed terrain which should be perfect for a middle distance. Links to live services: Online results, GPS-tracking, Live TV payment. See also WOC 2013 webpage Team ...

The favourites Simone Niggli and Thierry Gueorgiou won today’s WOC long distance after tough races were the winning time went more than an hour. For the women the route choices were deciding – while it was more about managing to keep the mental focus and push all the way to ...

The men start from 10:55 CET – the men from 12:45 CET. 19.5 km tough long distance orienteering with estimated winning time of 91 minutes will meet the men qualified for the final – 13.4 km with estimated winning time of 71 minutes will meet the women. The qualification courses ...

[Updated with change in results in Men heat 2 after jury decision] Two heat victories for Denmark – and no big surprises in today’s WOC Sprint Qualification – all favourites went on to the final. Heat winners were Rasmus Thrane Hansen (Denmark), Øystein Kvaal Østerbø (Norway), Jerker Lysell (Sweden), Simone ...

The first final in this year World Championships is the sprint final which start Monday early evening at 16:54 CET. The  qualifications are run in the morning from 08:00 CET. Three heat for men and three for women – 15 runners from each heat qualify for the finals. Links to live ...

The Long Qualification courses had one really interesting route choice leg – the long leg from 4-5 in the men’s heats / 2-3 in the women’s heats. The rest of the course was all about accurate orienteering – especially direction running and actually finding the control point. Typically, the route ...

Live GPS (men only), live results and a “simple” live webTV production is promised from the opening race in this years World Orienteering Championships in Vuokatti, Finland.  The long distance qualification starts early Sunday morning – with the final being run on Tuesday. 15 runners from each of the 3 ...

[Update: Direct link to live services] The World Orienteering Championships starts on Sunday July 7th at 08:30 CET (09:30 local Finnish time) with Long distance qualification east of Vuokatti, Finland. The first medals are handed out Monday evening in sprint – after a busy day with sprint qualification in the ...