World Cup 2016 Sprint final analysis (Women A)

Courses of the World Cup 2016 Sprint final were really good! High quality! Maps of part 1 and 2 is here and here. Analysis (Women A) is here:

Why there are no DSQ for runners who were crossing the marsh??? IOF, please, answer!!

Why there are no DSQ for runners who were crossing the marsh during World Cup Sprint Q??? IOF, please, answer!!

Days 1143-1146. The end of long season-2015

The season 2015 finally is over. The last races were Russian championships final in Sochi (Olympics capital 2014), 9-12 November. Forest courses were quite tricky because of steep and slippery slopes (cold heavy rains brought a lot of difficulties).

Trainings of Galina Vinogradova one year before WOC-medals (hours, intensities, VO2max, PBs, photos, training camps, etc.)

Two days after the last WOC-race Galina made some physiological testing. Key indicators are here:

Story from 2x bronze medal winner (with analysis)

At WOC-2015 I participated in two Sprint events (Sprint Relay and individual Sprint) and I won two bronze medals. Some highlights about this you can read here.

WOC Sprint Relay Analysis (women legs) - updated!

First leg has a forking and there is difference between 1st and 4th legs of Relay (because of different start procedure).

Thierry Gueorgiou tells about way to be effective coach for yourself

There are a lot of top-level runners who are coaches for themselves in elite orienteering. One of them is great Thierry Gueorgiou. He has incredible 12 gold medals from WOC. He got victories in every WOC-discipline (Middle, Long, Sprint, Relay), he won several times Jukola/Tiomila and many other top-international competitions. One of the most respectable athlete in the modern Orienteering tells about his approach to coaching him-self.

IOF ranking: Are there no more zero points?..

New IOF ranking system has been adopted with words - there are no more zero points at WRE in new points system. Take a look at the picture: