Today’s World Cup Sprint race in Lysekil, Sweden was unfortunately cancelled due to problems with the touchless punching system. The race was part of the pre-WOC for next years World Championships in Sweden. The video below of Norway’s Martin Vister punching the last control illustrates the problem. When watching the ...
Read More »Time for Analysis: World Cup Sprint Relay Halden
A lot of route choice mistakes by the top athletes made the World Cup Sprint Relay in Halden very interesting to follow. The high pressure the athletes feel in a such an intense relay – combined with the many route choice options – made the relay a tough challenge even for the ...
Read More »Sweden wins Exciting WCup Sprint Relay: Maps, Results and Interviews
Helena Jansson decided the first official World Cup Sprint Relay by taking the best route choices on the longer legs in a tight Sprint Relay at the Fortress in Halden. Five teams were out in the lead on the last leg: Three from Switzerland and two from Sweden. Sweden 1 and ...
Read More »World Cup Long Women Halden: Routechoice Illustrations Leg by Leg
Quickie: Leg by leg through the Women’s World Cup Long distance in Halden – GPS-routes along with actual split times from WinSplits. No comments. For each leg, the three best split times on the leg + the three best overall are shown. Click to see larger image. Original GPS-tracking ...
Read More »World Cup Long Men Halden: Routechoice Illustrations Leg by Leg
Quickie: Leg by leg through the Men’s World Cup Long distance in Halden – GPS-routes along with actual split times from WinSplits. No comments. Click to see larger image. Original GPS-tracking is available here in 2DRerun.
Read More »World Cup Long Halden: Maps, Results and Analysis
Good routechoices on the long legs and good technical orienteering was the key when Matthias Kyburz and Ida Bobach won the World Cup long distance in Halden, Norway today. The courses had some interesting long legs – and in the end the routechoices decided the races as shown in the ...
Read More »Where would you run? Women’s Long leg 3-4 WCup Halden
[Webroute]: An interesting 2.2 km long leg as the fourth leg in the women’s course in the World Cup long distance in Halden. Which route would you choose? Take a look at the map, make up your opinion and draw the route in the Webroute below. Any comments are of ...
Read More »LONG routechoice: 3200 meter leg – where would you run?
[Webroute] At the 6th leg in the World Cup Long in Halden the men meet a real challenge: A 3.2 kilometer leg where you can either run far around on roads or navigate the smaller paths and terrain direct. Which route would you choose? Take a look at the ...
Read More »WCup Long Routechoice: Leg 2 – where would you run?
[Webroute]: An interesting 2 km long leg already to the second leg in the men’s course in the World Cup long distance in Halden. Which route would you choose? Take a look at the map, make up your opinion and draw the route in the Webroute below. Any comments ...
Read More »Training and coaching scholarship in Victoria Australia
– Last year three Danish Orienteers came and stayed here in Melbourne and helped run training, coaching and mapping. This year we have made a formal program and can offer two scholarships worth $2500 and accommodation through our lovely summer months, David Jaffe, Vice President Orienteering Victoria says in an e-mail. ...
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