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24.05.2023 CX80 engaged in World Orienteering Day 2023
IOF sponsor CX80 is organizing World Orienteering Day 2023. In Nowe Skalmierzyce in Poland, the “hometown” of  CX80, where production and development is based, CX80 and the Polish Orienteering Federation is organizing a World Orienteering Day event. More than 80 preschool children are participating in the event on a map sponsored by the company. IOF […]

23.05.2023 IOF consults on new transgender policy
IOF consults on a proposal for new IOF transgender policy with the national orienteering federations and IOF athlete representatives. The proposal is in line with the new policy of World Athletics. In recent years, there has been increasing attention and debate around the inclusion of transgender athletes and athletes with Differences of Sexual Development (DSD) […]

18.05.2023 How to follow Tiomila 2023 on IOF TV
One of the greatest orienteering events of the season happens this weekend, when the 76th edition of 10Mila takes place in Skellefteå in northern Sweden. Many months of preparations, tactical planning and team selections in hundreds of orienteering clubs are released over the course of 24 hours in the terrains around Skellefteå. And you will […]

16.05.2023 World Orienteering Day begins Wednesday
In the coming days, thousands of people will experience the joy and challenges of orienteering as the World Orienteering Day takes place for the seventh time. Around 600 events in total from Yukon, Canada over Luanda, Angola to Tasmania, Australia have already registrered to be part of WOD, that runs from May 17 – 23 […]

15.05.2023 IOF acquires international broadcast rights for Venla and Jukola relays
The legendary Venla and Jukola relays in Finland can be followed at IOF TV with English commentary for the international audience in 2023. IOF has acquired the international rights for the relays that are taking place in the weekend June 17-18 in Porvoo just east of Helsinki. The 4-leg Venla Relay kicks off at 14.00 […]

04.05.2023 Orienteering included in World Games 2025
When thousands of athletes travel to Chengdu, China in August 2025 to participate in The World Games, Orienteering will be part of the sports programme again. That is clear after the Executive Committee of the International World Games Association (IWGA) unveiled the 2025 programme for the 12th edition of the Games on Wednesday during the […]

30.04.2023 Sweden wins both World Cup relays
The first Orienteering World Cup round of 2023 came to an exciting end, when Sweden won both the men’s and women’s relays Sunday afternoon in Østfold, Norway. A clear blue sky welcomed the athletes to the go-karting arena, which for the third day in a row made up the arena for the World Cup races. […]

29.04.2023 Hagström takes first World Cup win, as Fosser wins again
The time stood still for a while at the go-karting track in Østfold, Norway, when the women’s middle distance at the Orienteering World Cup was decided. Sweden’s Sara Hagström had just taken a clear lead after the 4,8 kilometer course and waited anxiously to see teammate Tove Alexandersson’s time at the finish line. Sara Hagström […]

29.04.2023 Victory for Finland in EMTBOC Mixed Relay
A win for Finland – but it was close! A thrilling finish saw Finland catching Italy and just creeping ahead. Bronze medallists were Switzerland on a day with many changes in position as the race progressed. Finland 2 set the pace on leg 1, with Antonia Haga finishing 2 seconds in front of Italy after […]

28.04.2023 EMTBOC Sprint – Czech star wins men’s race, great day for Finland
Last year’s CX80 World Cup winner Krystof Bogar, Czechia, took the Sprint gold today by 41 seconds to follow his silver in Middle two days ago. Kaarina Nurminen, Finland took victory in the women’s race by 18 seconds. Silver in both races went to Finland. The terrain in Loulé, southern Portugal was in two highly […]