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The GB team get set for the World Cup Competition - Round One in Sweden

This week sees the start of the Senior Orienteering World Cup circuit with the first Orienteering World Cup Competition held in Borås, Sweden.

Taking place from Thursday 26 May to Sunday 29 May 2022, the GB twelve strong team will be looking to put in good performances to set up their international season ahead of the World Championships in June.  This competition will form part of the selection for the World Orienteering Championships for the Great Britain Team.

The Great Britain selected team is:

Jonathan Crickmore

Cecile Andersen

William Gardner

Fiona Bunn

Kris Jones

Alice Leake

Nathan Lawson

Megan Carter-Davies

Chris Smithard

Grace Molloy

Ralph Street

Charlotte Ward

 

The Orienteering World Cup event schedule is as follows:

  • Thursday 26 May 2022:  Individual Sprint
  • Saturday 28 May 2022:   Knockout Sprint
  • Sunday 29 May 2022:   Sprint Relay

 

Follow the event and see the live results and coverage. 

All the Live services are on Orienteering.sport. Especially the LIVE Web-tv stream, which will be available with English commentary for all three competitions.

Timezone:
The Event's local time zone is CEST (UTC +2). All printed times on IOF LIVE pages are CEST (UTC +2).

Web-tv schedule:
Thursday, 26/5 Sprint 12:00 – 14:30
Saturday, 28/5 Knock-Out Sprint 16:00 – 17.50
Sunday, 29/5 Sprint Relay 13:00 -14.30

Price:
6 EUR for one competition, and 12 EUR for all three competitions. Followers can purchase tickets in advance and the purchase is made in the TV boxes in competition day tabs in LIVE Orienteering.

The link to the Orienteering.sport LIVE Page is available here.

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British Orienteering would like to take this opportunity to wish the Great Britain team all the very best with their final preparations ahead of this first International competition of the new season.

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