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24.03.2025 European SkiO Championships: a high-quality end to the SkiO season
Sweden was by far the most successful nation at ESOC, winning all but two of the gold medals. Magdalena Olsson won two individual golds, and Jonatan Ståhl and young Ella Turesson won one each. Home nation Finland (Niklas Ekstrӧm and Aapo Viippola) won the other two individual golds. Sweden took home ten individual medals in […]

23.03.2025 ESOC Long: favourites Olsson and Ståhl, Sweden, win and take World Cup titles
Sweden’s Magdalena Olsson (pictured above) and Jonatan Ståhl were back to their best form today, both winning their races by convincing margins – and ending as World Cup winners for this season. After taking the Sprint Relay gold on Day 1 together, Olsson has won two further ESOC golds, and Ståhl one gold and one […]

22.03.2025 ESOC Middle Distance: Wins for Ella Turesson and Aapo Viippola
21-year-old Ella Turesson, Sweden and home athlete Aapo Viippola are the Middle Distance champions after today’s races on technically challenging courses in varied terrain. Sweden won all the women’s medals and Finland all the men’s. Ella Turesson followed up her third place in Middle in the second round of the World Cup with a convincing […]

21.03.2025 European SkiO Sprint Champions: Olsson and Ekström in close races
Closely-fought Sprint races in sunny Finland ended with victory for Magdalena Olsson, Sweden and home athlete Niklas Ekstrӧm. This was Olsson’s second gold medal in two days, whilst Ekstrӧm enjoyed his first win in this World Cup season. In the women’s race, Sweden’s Frida Sandberg was fastest through to control 2 but then made a […]

20.03.2025 Sweden claims first ESOC-gold in Finland
Sweden won the first gold medal at the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Finland, which began on Thursday morning with the Sprint Relay in the Kohtilathi terrain at Posio. The Swedish team with Magdalena Olsson and Jonatan Ståhl delivered some solid performances and led the relay almost the entire way through the six legs. A […]

17.03.2025 European Ski Orienteering medals at stake in Finland
The international Ski Orienteering season will reach its peak this week when the European Ski Orienteering Championships and Ski Orienteering World Cup finals are held in Posio, Finland. The four races from Thursday to Sunday also host the Junior World SkiO Championships and the European Youth SkiO Championships. For the seniors, a mixed sprint relay, […]

17.03.2025 “Doing the right and just thing” – Q&A with Ethics Panel Chairperson Bob Dredge
IOF Ethics Panel Chairperson since 2018, Bob Dredge was interviewed by the Swiss Orienteering Magazine for its first issue in 2025 about the work of the panel. We have been given permission to bring the Q&A interview here: Before Bob Dredge answered the interview questions, he made it clear that these are his personal thoughts […]

02.03.2025 Climate Transition Action Plan published
IOF’s Environment and Sustainability Commission has published the “Climate Transition Action Plan to Net Zero.” The plan was approved and adopted by the IOF Council during its meetings in January. The plan reviews IOF’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting environmental sustainability within the sport of orienteering. In line with the Sports for […]

18.02.2025 SkiO World Cup: Olsson and Baklid head standings after second round
Magdalena Olsson, Sweden leads by 94 points, whilst Norwegian Jørgen Baklid is 158 points in front after winning 5 of the 6 races held. Olsson won the World Cup overall last year – and Baklid has achieved this feat for the last three years! With 3 races to come in this year’s World Cup, the […]

17.02.2025 Swiss National broadcaster SRG acquires TV rights for WOC until 2028  
Swiss TV viewers will have great opportunities to follow the world’s most prestigious orienteering competitions for the next four years.    The national broadcaster SRG has acquired the TV rights for the World Orienteering Championships for the period 2025 – 2028.  Before that, SRG has had the rights to broadcast the annual Swiss round of Orienteering […]