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Wednesday, December 09, 2009
If I were dictator...
So what would you change first if you were dictator of international orienteering?
Good question. I started thinking about it. What would make the most sense? What change would - in my opinion - be best for the sport?
Then I realized that I should think like a dictator. I should be arbitrary. I should pick something I'd like and impose it. The first two things that came to mind were:
1. Add an event to the WOC - night orienteering
2. Give Mats Haldin a medal from this year's long WOC race
1. Organize a WOC where the participants meet at an airport without knowing where the plane goes to. Give them half a day to adapt in a model terrain and then let them start the Long Distance in a 8 minutes start intervall.
2. Reduce the number of runners in the final. Allow more runners per nation in the qualification. Take out immediately everbody who gets catched up.
3. Skip the WOC Sprint
Btw. This year was the third time Haldin missed the Podium due to pack dynamics! (see also WOC Long 2005 and 2007 )
