Comments on: EOC 2023 KO-Sprint: Maps and Results https://news.worldofo.com/2023/10/09/eoc-2023-ko-sprint-maps-and-results/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 By: Hervé https://news.worldofo.com/2023/10/09/eoc-2023-ko-sprint-maps-and-results/#comment-134476 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 12:47:24 +0000 http://news.worldofo.com/?p=19813#comment-134476 Hello
First off all congrats for your work, it’s very nice to read so much interresting articles.
I would like to know where to find the WOC 2011 long final Menheadcam video because it isn’t possible to load it with the following link: http://3drerun.worldofo.com/?saved=1&id=-28892;0&videoname=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4xNmdT9vtk&videooffset=-3

Thanks a lot

Hervé

]]> By: N https://news.worldofo.com/2023/10/09/eoc-2023-ko-sprint-maps-and-results/#comment-134387 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:20:34 +0000 http://news.worldofo.com/?p=19813#comment-134387 Visibility of orienteering is one of the key long-term goals. City sprint is for visibility and presense on TV. In this case TV missed the most potentially observable/clickable/discussed episode, thus failed to make orienteering visible. So what, back to forest?

]]> By: Andy https://news.worldofo.com/2023/10/09/eoc-2023-ko-sprint-maps-and-results/#comment-134382 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 07:41:26 +0000 http://news.worldofo.com/?p=19813#comment-134382 The concept of Knock Out sprint really came home to roost yesterday when Fosser and Hadorn literally knocked each other out. Also with the effect that Fosser lost the fight for the overall World Cup in that moment.
This fairly new variant of sprint orienteering certainly has it’s built in problems.

• The overuse of the same blocks / areas through several stages of the competition.

• The shoving and pushing around some controls in and outs.

• The risk of collisions at high speed around sharp corners in different directions.

The day a competitor knocks out an ordinary citizen instead of another competitor, Knock Out sprint will be in big trouble. Is this really going to take place in crowded city centers during busy shopping hours?

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