South Africa will send two men to this year's World Orienteering Championship in Trondheim, Norway. The Champs take place from 07 - 15 August on the country's west coast. The terrain is expected to be hilly, wet and generally slow going.
The two competitors are:
Jeremy Green - Adventure Racing Club, Johannesburg
Nicholas Mulder - Rand Orienteering Club, Johannesburg
Both have competed in WOC before, with this being Jeremy's third appearance ('06, '07) and Nicholas' ninth ('99, '01, '03, '04, '06, '07, '08, '09). Both runners will be competing in all three individual races.
Unfortunately, this will only be the second time since South Africa's admission to the IOF (in 1993) that they will not be fielding a relay team at WOC (there were no South African representatives in Japan in WOC 2005). Since 2004, when World Championships changed from an biannual to an annual schedule, the country has struggled to field strong teams due to the increased annual costs and time burden on the runners. On a more positive note, there is a recent revival of interest amongst the elite runners in the country for participating at future WOCs. Together with a strong crop of juniors currently working their way through the ranks (a team of 8 juniors will represent the country in JWOC Denmark next month), the team should look forward to stronger representation at WOC 2011 in France and WOC 2012 in Switzerland.
More info on this years WOC can be found at http://woc2010.com/
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