World of O News

[Updated with split time analysis] 17 year old Simona Aebersold (Switzerland) won the women’s class and Tim Robertson (New Zealand) won his second Junior World Championships sprint in a row. On a hot day in Åmot, Norway, some of the runners struggled keeping up the speed towards the end of ...

[With GPS analysis & maps] A tough long distance with many long routechoice legs met the athletes in the last of the Norwegian WOC selection races. 1 hour and 40 minutes for the men – 1 hour and 24 minutes for the women. The long distance race in Høydalsmo was also ...

The Junior World Orienteering Championships in Rauland, Norway starts Sunday with Sprint and continues with Middle distance on Monday (Qual) and Tuesday (Final). After a rest day the championships continues with Long distance on Thursday and Relay on Friday. Read on to find all important details about the championships. If some details are missing, ...

Elise Egseth won a clear victory in the Norwegian WOC test race sprint Thursday – 34 seconds ahead of Silje Ekroll Jahren. The winner on Wednesday’s Middle distance, Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg, finished 4th, 38 seconds behind Egseth. Egseth is now working full time and had not expected to reach ...

Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg won a clear victory in the women’s class ahead of Mari Fasting. Hausken Nordberg’s husband Anders Nordberg – retired from international top orienteering after the 2013 season – finished 2nd in the men’s class behind Magne Dæhlie. Olav Lundanes and Mari Fasting are pre-selected for the World ...

Emil Svensk and Tove Alexandersson won the Swedish Championships Sprint on Tuesday. Alexandersson had one of those “impossible days” where she is unbeatable – winning with 1:39.  Link: Replay webTV of the complete race in SVT Play In the men’s class the fight for victory was a lot closer. With ...

Former French national team member Francois Gonon won the European Vertical Championships in Chamonix last week with a new course record – finishing the course with 1000 meter climb in 34:07. Francois Gonon (photo above is from WOC 2012) finished his international orienteering career after the WOC relay bronze medal with ...

One week before the Junior World Orienteering Championships starts in Rauland, Norway, some of the best youth and junior orienteers in Europe met for the European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) in Romania. EYOC is open for competitiors from 15 to 18 years, and competition is done in 15-16 and 17-18 ...

Six men and six women have been selected for the Czech team for the World Championships in Scotland after interesting selection races last week. Analysis and maps For interesting GPS-analysis of the selection races (Czech text, but nice illustrations): Women long Men middle       Women Vendula Horčičková (Slovan ...

A fantastic atmosphere – and runners on all levels enjoying orienteering day and night. That’s Jukola – and Puresive Films manages to show it in a great way in this video. Enjoy & share!