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14.09.2024 CX80 WMTBOC Long race: defending champions both win; 3 medals to Denmark
Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark and Vojtech Ludvik, Czechia successfully defended their Long Distance titles in a demanding race in hilly Bulgarian terrain today. Ludvik finished with a 1.54 lead and Splittorff won by 20 seconds. The very experienced Czech rider Martina Tichovska was best in the early stages, and passed the 8.6 km point in the […]

12.09.2024 CX80 WMTBOC: Middle wins for Andrasiuniene and Bogar
The gold medals went to Gabriele Andrasiuniene (LTU) and defending champion Krystof Bogar (CZE) on the third day of CX80 World MTBO Championships in Bulgaria. The sun was back on Thursday morning as the athletes rode off on the Middle distance at the southern end of the forest terrain that was also used for yesterday’s […]

12.09.2024 Be part of shaping the future of orienteering
The International Orienteering Federation relies on voluntary work by passionate orienteers all around the world. And right now IOF is looking to strengthen its commissions with new members and volunteers for the period 2024-2026. If you would like to influence the development of orienteering in the coming years and gain experience of working in an […]

11.09.2024 CX80 WMTBOC: Hasek wins second gold as Splittorff take women’s Mass start title
Jan Hasek (CZE) won his second gold medal in two days when the CX80 WMTBOC-athletes raced the mass start on Wednesday. Among the women, the leader in the World Cup, Nikoline Splittorff (DEN), was the fastest and became world champion. Yesterday’s nice weather was replaced by rain when the athletes were sent off into the […]

10.09.2024 CX80 WMTBOC: Sprint golds for Saarela and Hasek
Ruska Saarela (FIN) and Jan Hasek (CZE) won the first gold medals at the 2024 CX80 World MTBO Championships, which began in Bulgaria on Tuesday. The championships kicked off with the sprint: 9,3/10,8 kilometers for women and men respectively in the old city of Pliska, featuring a flat terrain with a dense network of small […]

08.09.2024 CX80 World MTBO Championships: riders from 22 nations head for Bulgaria
Five races between 10th and 15th September will decide the 2024 World Champions and the World Cup winners for 2024; 110 riders from 22 nations will be competing for the medals. They will be joined by a further 73 riders from 18 nations for the Junior championships. The current individual world champions will all be […]

05.09.2024 Well attended SEEOC held in Türkiye
Last week, from August 28th to September 1st, the South East European Orienteering Championships, the South East European Masters Orienteering Championships and the 3rd Pergamon O-Week took place in Bergama, Türkiye, with participation of 759 athletes from 22 countries. Besides contributing to the growth of orienteering at both regional and international level, the championships were […]

21.08.2024 World Cup: Fosser takes over lead after EOC, Aebersold remains on top
The just ended European Championships in Hungary didn’t just give us three exciting and tough races. We also found out who has the best chances to win the 2024 Orienteering World Cup, which will be decided in Finland at the World Cup final in September. In the men’s category, Kasper Fosser (NOR) took a big […]

20.08.2024 EOC: Norway defends men’s relay title, Switzerland wins women’s race
Norway’s men defended their relay title and Switzerland took the women’s gold when the European Orienteering Championships came to an end on Tuesday afternoon. It was another warm day in central Hungary with 33 degrees and another day with a lot of slope orienteering. Not as many rock details compared to the weekend races, but […]

19.08.2024 WOC 2028 in Spain, WTMBOC 2026 to Sweden and EOC 2026 in Lithuania
A number of future international championships found their home, when the IOF Council met during World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh in July. Here, the Council appointed Spain as the host of WOC 2028, which is a Sprint WOC. The 2028 World Orienteering Championship is set to take place in Girona, located in the north-eastern corner […]