Ralph Street (Great Britain) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) were fastest in the tricky sprint course in the historic centre of Česká Lípa – with some challenging multi-level orienteering and some interesting route choice legs around an old castle. This was Street’s first World Cup victory – one year ahead of the ...
Read More »World Cup Czechia 2023: All You Need To Know
The second Orienteering World Cup Round of 2023 is about to begin in Ceska Lipa and Korce in Czechia from August 2nd until August 6th. The World Cup round starts with Sprint on Wednesday August 2nd, continues with a Sprint Relay on Thursday and finishes off with two forest races in the ...
Read More »WOC 2023 Relay: Maps and Results
Switzerland’s men and Sweden’s women took the Gold medals in today’s World Orienteering Championships (WOC) relay in Flims Laax, Switzerland today. In the men’s class silver and bronze went to Finland and Sweden, while Switzerland and Norway joined Sweden on the podium in the women’s class. The terrain was quite different from ...
Read More »WOC 2023 Middle Analysis: From slow to fast – but all tricky
The WOC 2023 Middle courses challenged the runners in many different ways, like a good Middle distance course should do. The courses started with extremely technical terrain with very low visibillity where it was difficult to even move straight through the forest (see the first leg for the men above). After a longer ...
Read More »WOC Middle 2023: Maps and Results
Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) and Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) – both the silver medalists from the Long distance – took the Gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Middle distance 2023 in Flims Laax, Switzerland. In the women’s class Natalia Gemperle (Switzerland) took silver and Hanna Lundberg (Sweden) bronze. In the ...
Read More »WOC 2023 Middle: LIVE from 10:33 – TV from 11:35 CET
WOC Middle Race & Favourites Preview: Everybody expects an epic race in spectacular and very demanding terrain when the Middle final of the 2023 World Orienteering Championships (WOC) will be decided within 13:10 (women) and 14:50 (men) today. The women start from 10:33 until 12:30 with expected winning time of 34 minutes, and ...
Read More »WOC 2023 Long Analysis: Tricky legs and interesting route choices
The WOC 2023 Long courses offered an excellent mix of different terrain types and challenges. Here we take a look at the key legs that posed the toughest challenges for the runners, and how these legs decided the exciting battles for the medals. The courses were built up of three different ...
Read More »WOC 2023 Long: Maps and Results
Simona Aebersold (Switzerland) won her first World Championships (WOC) title over the Long distance on homeground today, beating pre-race favourite Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) with half a minute. Kasper Fosser (Norway) won his second WOC Long title in a row after a tough battle with Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) all the way ...
Read More »Route to Christmas Early Edition: WOC Long 2023 last long leg
The last long leg down just before the finish – being the same in both the men’s and women’s course – is a very interesting route choice leg. With the World Orienteering Championships Long courses being publiched some hours before the best runners start, this is your perfect chance to try ...
Read More »Route to Christmas Early Edition: WOC Long 2023 Women Leg 4
Christmas is coming early this year: With the World Orienteering Championships Long courses being publiched some hours before the best runners start, this is your perfect chance to try out your skills on the long leg in the womens course. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you ...
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