World Military Champs

[mikey]

Don't think GB/UK sends a team to this, do they?

The map for the model event suggests that The Republic of Korea is going to provide tough orienteering with some interesting features on the map.

http://cism-orienteering.com/wp-content ... -Event.jpg

[cbg]

No GBR are not a member of CISM, historically - reportedly - for financial and political reasons.

[Gross]

Lithuania usually perform very well in WMOC.

I did a training camp once for the Finnish team and it wasn't that far off the full national squad.

WMOC tends to attract quite a few nations who wouldn't normally appear in 'mainstream' orienteering.

[madmike]

No GBR are not a member of CISM, historically - reportedly - for financial and political reasons.

Only financial according to the RAF Sports Board when I asked the question a few years back. RAFO are currently in Poland at the NATO Air Force Champs as we managed to get orienteering to replace x-country running every other year in that event and it had the added bonus that the fastest Gendarme in the world isn't eligible....