WOC in the future: IOF Council proposal accepted
Posted on | July 20, 2012 | Category: News
A big part of the General Assembly today was taken up with discussion of the future model for the World Orienteering Championships. Four proposals had been put forward, three of them based upon the current model but with variations, the other proposing a ‘forest’ WOC and an ‘urban’ WOC in alternate years.
The model that carried favour at the end of the debate and a series of votes was that proposed by the IOF Council. This has the following programme:
Sprint individual – interval start qualification and final
Sprint relay, mixed teams
Middle individual Final, interval start, participation according to nation’s strength. Plus reigning World Champion; seeded start order
Long individual Final, interval start, participation as Middle distance
Relay Final – as now
The rules for qualification have still to be determined.
The new programme takes effect from 2017, but the WOC organisers in earlier years have the opportunity to amend their contract with the IOF to incorporate all or parts of this programme.
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