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Where are you heading my love?

My holiday in Denmark is over. Holiday, as I only took part in the World Orienteering Championship sprint race, which was early on the WOC week’s program. After my race, and after cheering Jani Lakanen to a gold on the long distance, I have given some thoughts on the format…
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of the sprint. According to the International Orienteering Federation: “The sprint profile is high speed. Sprint is built on very high speed running in very runnable parks, streets or forests. The winning time, for both women and men, shall be 12-15 minutes, preferably the lower part of the interval.” The Finnish Orienteering Federation has added that “the orienteering challenges should be possible to solve from the map in full speed”. The winning times in WOC sprints 2001-2006 has been 10’55” – 12’43” – 13’06” – 14’31” – 13’35”. The course consisted of 12 controls in 2001, but in Denmark 2006…

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