Behind the scenes - organizing the most difficult event of the past few years (JWOC 2022)

JWOC 2022 was definitely one of the most difficult competitions to organize due to many unfortunate circumstances. The COVID, the heat waves, the fire hazard, forest entry ban from the government. Still, despite all this, the event was amazingly good from the perspective of the athletes and coaches. How did the organizers manage to pull it off? Let's find out. Enjoy! :)
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** ORIENTEERING ACADEMY **
Starting from January, I'll be going forward with a course for advanced orienteering aimed at athletes of all ages that want to get better for the upcoming season and do their best at a selected competition. We will definitely do the analysis of EYOC, JWOC and WMOC, but you can choose something else as well.
Check out the details here:
** ORIENTEERING ACADEMY **
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Introduction
03:10 - How long were you preparing for the JWOC in Aguiar da Beira?
10:05 - What are the most difficult areas of organizing such a big event?
18:38 - Do you have any help from the IOF side in the case of such a big events
22:50 - How many people did you need to organize?
25:44 - How did the JWOC 2022 delay looked like from your perspective?
35:38 - A story about the organized sprint stage.
40:50 - POV Polish team regarding the cancellation of Forest stages.
42:35 - Decision to cancel stages.
48:34 - Is it profitable to organize this event?
54:24 - Do you think it was a good idea to have JWOC in July in Portugal?
1:04:16 - [Tomas Lima]: Will we see another major IOF event in Aguiar da Beira in the near future?
1:07:15 - What advice would you give to other organizers?
1:09:29 - How did you provide TV streaming without any help from major national TVs?
1:16:14 - My feedback regarding the whole JWOC ;)
1:20:09 - Thesis on orienteering, What are the main conclusions from it?
1:31:28 - Summary

Thumbnail photo: Susana Luzir
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[intotheforestigo]

What do you think about the JWOC 2022 in Portugal? Do you think that mistakes were made and there's something we should all learn from this?

[brianjohnston]

Wowee, that was incredible. Even my spouse watched it to the end, as did I, albeit we watched it in three stages. Rafael and Bruno were both very engaging and your questions and joint dialogue kept us listening as well as watching. You should post the final section on the Thesis as a separate video. By the way, is Bruno Nazário's thesis online as I think it would be an informative read.

[VascoFernandes]

Watched until the end, Bruno 😜
Thank you for this amazing interview, Tom!!
And special thanks to all involved in JWOC organization.