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09.08.2016 Welcome Henrik!
We are happy to welcome our new intern Henrik Rindom Knudsen to the IOF Office. Henrik is on a six month internship and will be working in the office in Karlstad.

08.08.2016 WMOC: Sprint golds to thirteen nations
Athletes from thirteen different nations have won gold medals in the WMOC Sprint Final which took place in the Old Town Quarter in Tallinn, Estonia today.

08.08.2016 World Masters Orienteering Championships: Sprint golds to thirteen nations
Athletes from thirteen different nations have won gold medals in the WMOC Sprint Final which took place in the Old Town Quarter in Tallinn, Estonia today.

05.08.2016 IOF Athlete of the Month: Pavel Kurfürst
When Pavel Kurfürst was 13, his mother tried to help him find a good sport. He wasn't a very sporty child, so it looked like being a difficult task. Luckily there was someone close to the family very active in orienteering, and so he found the right sport quite quickly. From that very first moment up to the European gold medal in TempO, achieved in May, it's a fascinating journey of discovery and adventure.

04.08.2016 World Orienteering Championships 2016 reaches new TV audiences
A record number of territories will be able to see broadcasts from this year’s World Orienteering Championships in Sweden.

03.08.2016 MTB Orienteering World Cup 2016 standings
During the last week of July, Portugal hosted the World MTB Orienteering Championships 2016. Scoring for the World Cup, the three individual stages of the competitive program showed a clear ascendance of Anton Foliforov and Emily Benham, both having reclaimed the World Cup leader jerseys.

31.07.2016 Emily Benham: “I’m really in the shape of my life”
After the gold medal in the Sprint and the silver in the Middle Distance, Emily Benham went to back up on the top of the podium by winning the “queen race” of the World MTB Orienteering Championships 2016. Second victory in the Championships, second world title in her career and a great joy to return […]

31.07.2016 Anton Foliforov: “I’m very happy for being alive”
The ultimate goal of any athlete is to win a world title. But to win three gold medals, corresponding to the set of all individual competitions, in a single edition of the World Championships, is beyond the dream. It’s something incredible, only available to athletes from another galaxy. In a hot afternoon, Anton Foliforov proved […]

30.07.2016 World MTB Orienteering Championships 2016 – Czech Republic and Finland close the competition with golden keys
It was in a festive atmosphere that the World MTB Orienteering Championships WMTBOC 2016 came to the end. At Mealhada, with its Urban Park as the epicenter of all emotions, Finland and the Czech Republic got the Relay titles in the Elite classes. The city of Mealhada hosted the last final of the World MTB […]

29.07.2016 World MTB Orienteering Championships WMTBOC 2016 – Foliforov and Benham win tough Long Distance
  In a hot afternoon, Anton Foliforov and Emily Benham showed up at their highest level. They were the big winners of the last individual final of the World MTB Orienteering Championships WMTBOC 2016, a tough Long Distance that had in Davide Machado’s bronze medal a historic moment for Portuguese orienteering. Entering the final days […]