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[Updated with high quality maps and split time analysis] Swiss success at the World Cup Sprint in Poland today: Judith Wyder and Matthias Kyburz took the victories in a technical city sprint in Wroclaw.  Reigning World Champion Jonas Leandersson (Sweden) had the fastest start of the race, and had a ...

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[Results updated – Ridefelt now in third] Helena Jansson (Sweden) and Olav Lundanes (Norway) were strongest when the World Cup started with a middle distance in Poland earlier today. Sweden and Norway had a strong day – taking 5 out of 6 podium places. Note that the results were updated ...

[Updated with info about best way to find race results&information] The Orienteering World Cup 2016 starts this Saturday – Monday with three races in Poland; a Middle distance on Saturday, a Sprint on Sunday and a Sprint Relay on Monday. This is a the same program as in World Games in 2017 ...

The Czech Team for the European Orienteering Championships on homeground has been selected. World Champion from the World Championships on homeground in 2008, Dana Safka Brozkova, is heading the strong team – being best among the women in the selection races. The Czech selection races for the forest disciplines in EOC 2016 ...

Russia has selected a strong team for the European Championships in Czech Republic, including several World Champions and World Champs medalists. The selection was done based on selection races in March and April. Below you find the selected team as well as maps, GPS-tracking and results from the selection races. The competitions ...

Marianne Andersen is back in the Norwegian Team for the European Championships in Czech Republic in May – after struggling with injuries for several years, her last World Championships start being 5 years ago. Read on for the Norwegian EOC Team, the Norwegian World Cup Poland Team and maps and ...

In an informal Twitter poll at WorldofO.com, the majority of the nearly 250 voters voted for equal winning time in the women’s and men’s long distance. 63% of the votes were for a common estimated winning time of either 90 minutes (43%) or 100 minutes (20%).  This is compared to ...

[Updated with Team Selections] Matthias Kyburz, Daniel Hubmann, Rahel Friedrich and Elena Roos won the Swiss selection races for the European Championships in Czech Republic and the World Cup round in Poland. Thursday’s long distance had some tricky controls in stony terrain were some of the top runners searched for ...

Is 70-80 minutes as today enough for the women, or should the estimated winning time be increased towards 90-100 minutes as for the men for IOF Long Distance events? The best women are clearly capable of running 20 minutes longer, but does that mean that a longer winning time is ...