Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Thursday, September 21, 2006 WOC Sprint DQsI was looking at some maps from sprint races and was reminded of how easy it seems to be to skip a control in a race. I suppose it is because there are so many short legs and direction changes, combined with the feeling during a sprint race that you've got to rush.I checked the WOC results database to see how many people DQ'd in the different races at this year's world champs. Based on a quick look: 4.4 percent of the starters in sprint races in Denmark DQ'd Given that the field is some of the best orienteers in the world and that they are taking these races seriously, 4.4 percent seems quite high. But, you can't really say if it is high or not until you have some contest, so I checked the DQ rates for the middle and long races in Denmark. 1 percent of the starters in the middle races in Denmark DQ'd 3.7 percent of the starters in the long races in Denmark DQ'd That last number surprised me. 3.7 percent seems quite high. More context...how many of the U.S. and Canadian WOC runners over the entire WOC history have DQ'd? What about Sweden, Finland and Norway? The U.S. has 1.6 percent DQs Canada has 1.3 percent DQs. Sweden has 0.6 percent DQs. Finland has 0.6 percent DQs. Norway has 0.4 percent DQs. Those numbers provide some context and suggest that the DQ rates for both the long and sprint races in Denmark was pretty high. Enough for tonight... posted by Michael | 8:55 PM 
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Your right there were a lot of mp,s at the sprint races at this years WOC. although a large portion of them (myself included) were re-instated following a successful appeal. mind you I was v. disappointed at the time - its a long way to go for an mp!! Ivan. # posted by
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