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12.06.2013 Alexandersson and Kyburz head World Cup standings
At the end of the second round of this year’s World Cup, Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland hold strong leads in the standings. Alexandersson has a 91-point lead over Simone Niggli, and Kyburz leads his compatriot Daniel Hubmann by 100 points.

10.06.2013 IOF brochure published online
The IOF prepared a new brochure about orienteering just in time for the SportAccord Convention that was held in St Petersburg, Russia. The brochure can now be found online on the IOF website.

08.06.2013 Daniel Hubmann back at his best
Overall winners of the Nordic Tour, at the end of the chasing start long distance race today, were Simone Niggli and Daniel Hubmann. The Swiss pair both produced first-class performances to secure victory, Niggli extending her lead by nearly 2 minutes and Hubmann overtaking Matthias Kyburz and coming to the finish 1.22 ahead.

07.06.2013 Swiss double in Turku sprint
Winners of the Nordic Tour sprint race in Turku this afternoon were favourites Simone Niggli and Matthias Kyburz. Niggli had a 16-second advantage over Emma Klingenberg, whilst Kyburz’s win was by 1 second over joint second-placed Daniel Hubmann and Jerker Lysell.

07.06.2013 Nordic Tour moves on to Finland
Finland is in focus today and tomorrow with the last two events of the Nordic Tour (second round of the 2013 World Cup) taking place in and around Turku. Several of the teams taking part will also be attending training camps and holding selection races prior to the World Championships to be held in Finland next month.

05.06.2013 World MTB Orienteering Championships 2013 long distance start slots published
Start slots for the World MTB Orienteering Championships 2013 long distance final have now been allocated. On top of the federations’ slots, the reigning Junior and Senior Long Distance World Champions will have personal start slots.

04.06.2013 1-second victory margins in knock-out sprint
As anticipated, the knock-out sprint in Sigtuna today was thrilling to the last, with the lead changing several times in the Final and at the end one-second victories for Emma Klingenberg, Denmark and Fabian Hertner, Switzerland.

04.06.2013 Promotional orienteering event at the Mediterranean Games 2013
Turkey will be hosting the XVII Mediterranean Games at the end of this month in Mersin. This time orienteering will also be present at the Mediterranean Games as a promotional event titled 'Sprint Orienteering - Race to the Olympics'.

02.06.2013 Kaas – forced to stop training
When Carl Godager Kaas came home from the first round of the World Cup he soon had to take a two-month-long break from training. Today, though, he won in Oslo. “I have reached such a good level faster than expected”, he says. – Were you surprised by the victory? “I felt I was doing well [...]

02.06.2013 Thoresen ready for a change
Petter Thoresen has achieved a lot of success both as athlete and coach, but after this season it looks as though he will not be so visible at the big races. Thoresen will end his work as head coach after this season. “This is my fifth year as head coach for Norway. Before that I [...]