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31.01.2024 Japan will host 2026 World Ski Orienteering Championships
The best ski orienteers in the world will gather in Japan to compete at the World Ski Orienteering Championships 2026. During a meeting earlier in January, IOF Council decided to appoint Japan as organiser of the championships. The preliminary dates set for WSOC 2026 are February 28th – March 6th, 2026. It will be Japan’s […]

31.01.2024 Time to apply for Young Leaders Academy 2024
Young Leaders Academy 2024 offers a unique chance to develop your orienteering skills and improve your coaching and organizational abilities, while participating in ”5 days Italy” and network with like-minded orienteers from the rest of the world. And now is the time to apply. The academy is held from June 29th – July 6th 2024 […]

28.01.2024 SkiO World Cup: Jørgen Baklid on course for third overall victory
Norwegian Jørgen Baklid, overall winner in the last two years, heads the men’s standings after his 3-gold haul at the World Championships. Magdalena Olsson, Sweden leads the women’s standings by 85 points. Olsson missed the 2023 season for family reasons and has come back at full strength this season, winning two of the three individual […]

27.01.2024 WSOC Sprint Relay: Favourites win, close battle for silver and bronze
Norway with Anna Ulvensøen and Jørgen Baklid remain as world champions after victory by 52 seconds today. Sweden and Switzerland fought a close battle for silver, with Sweden finishing in front by 5 seconds. In sunny conditions in Austria, the Sprint Relay was held in largely open terrain with many ski tracks and structures. The […]

26.01.2024 WSOC: Norwegian dominance in Middle race
Anna Ulvensøen and Jørgen Baklid won gold in the Middle race today, a Norwegian double on courses and in conditions that suited fast cross-country skiers. This was Baklid’s third gold of the championships; Magdalena Olsson, Sweden, gold medallist in Sprint and Long, took silver. Ulvensøen was one of the earliest of the top athletes to […]

24.01.2024 WSOC: Second gold medals for Baklid and Olsson
Jørgen Baklid, Norway successfully defended his World Pursuit crown today, and he and Magdalena Olsson, Sweden followed up their Sprint wins yesterday with equally impressive performances in quite different snow conditions. Competitors started today in their finishing time after the leader in yesterday’s Sprint, and in both races the leaders stayed ahead throughout. In the […]

23.01.2024 Olsson and Baklid claim sprint gold medals at WSOC
Magdalena Olsson (SWE) and Jørgen Baklid (NOR) both took a clear victory in the sprint at 2024 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Ramsau, Austria. Tuesday’s sprint offered courses of 3,1 and 3,5 kilometers for women and men respectively in the hilly area around the Cross Country Skiing Arena in Ramsau and heavy snowfall during the […]

21.01.2024 WSOC returns to the Austrian Alps
The international ski orienteering season of 2024 will start with a bang, when the World Ski Orienteering Championships begin in Ramsau, Austria on Tuesday. The event in the Austrian Alps also serves as Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships and European Youth Ski Orienteering Championships. Four races await the athletes with the Cross Country Skiing Arena […]

20.01.2024 Podcast: Daisy Kudre-Schnyder on WSOC 2024 in Austria
Estonia’s Daisy Kudre-Schnyder will go into next week’s World Ski Orienteering Championships in Austria as reigning World Cup champion and with two WSOC-titles to defend from the championships in Finland two years ago. In this episode of the IOF Podcast, Daisy tells us about her preparations for the championships, her feelings for the terrains in […]

20.01.2024 Estonia takes over WMSOC 2024 in February
The world’s best ski orienteering masters athletes will still get their chance to race for championship medals this year, after the Estonian organisers have taken over the assignment to organise the World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships in conjunction with the World Cup final in late February. WMSOC was supposed to take place in Italy during […]