WOC Preview

The World Orienteering Championships in Inverness, Scotland start tomorrow (Friday)! Here's what you need to know about the Canadian athletes, schedule and how to watch.

Day	Race	Start Times
Friday, July 31	Sprint Qualifier	18:00 – 19:55
Saturday, August 1	Sprint Relay	18:05-19:15
Sunday, August 2	Sprint Final	16:51-19:00
Monday,  August 3	Rest day & Medal Ceremony
Tuesday, August 4	Middle	11:54-17:00
Wednesday, August 5	Relay	14:00-18:00
Thursday, August 6	Rest day & Medal Ceremony
Firday, August 7	Long	10:00-15:51

* Start times are in British Summer Time (BST). This is 5 hours ahead of EST (i.e. Ottawa), and 8 hours ahead of PST (i.e. Vancouver).

Meghan Rance is the team leader and Raphael Ferrand is the coach. The following athletes are racing for Canada*:

Sprint Qualifier	Robbie Anderson, Will Critchley, Damian Konotopetz
	Tori Owen, Emma Waddington
Sprint Relay	Will Critchley, Damian Konotopetz, Louise Oram, Tori Owen
Sprint Final	TBD based on qualification heats
Middle Final	Brian May, Damian Konotopetz
	Emily Kemp, Louise Oram
Relay	Robbie Anderson, Will Critchley, Damian Konotopetz
	Emily Kemp, Louise Oram, Tori Owen
Long	Will Critchley, Robbie Anderson
	Emily Kemp, Louise Oram

* Some changes to the team could happen (e.g. in the case of injuries), in which case the National Team Coach and Selection Committee will determine these spots.

The official event website is: http://www.woc2015.org/. There will be live pages for each event as well as athlete profiles, spectator information for each day, race previews, start lists and post-race reporting.

You can buy an IOF LiveCenter Portal pass to watch live TV, commentary and live GPS for all the races. It costs 18 euros for the week or 5-10 euros per individual race.

The WorldofO also tends to have good coverage (including in-depth race analysis) and an active Twitter.

BBC Alba will be broadcoasting live coverage of the Sprint Relay, Sprint Final, and Relay Races. You may be able to access it via their iPlayer shortly after broadcast.

We will be posting updates on the blog and Orienteering Canada's Facebook (with as many updates as possible from the team on the ground), so be sure to check back. There are also many other Canadians racing in the public Scottish 6 Days, so you can follow them too! Go Canada go!