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22.08.2021 Mid-European success in EYOC Sprint
The gold medal tally was Hungary 2, Germany 1 and Czech Republic 1 after the Sprint in Vilnius old town, Lithuania, the final race of EYOC. The Czech team had a fine day with 4 medals in all – 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. The Relay resulted in gold medals for all four […]

21.08.2021 EYOC Relay: gold medals to 4 nations
Four classes, gold to four nations. Athletes from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden all tasted glory today. Nine nations won medals; the highest number, silver medals in three classes, went to the Czech Republic. W16 – nervous moments before the start                              […]

20.08.2021 EYOC Long Distance: 3 gold medals for Finland
Finnish athletes won gold in M18, W18 and W16 in a tough Long Distance race in the European Youth Orienteering Championships near Vilnius, Lithuania. One of them, Silva Kemppi, won W16 by the big margin of 4.16. The M16 gold went to a Czech athlete. Winner in W18 was Salla Isoherranen, who beat Alina Niggli, […]

20.08.2021 Updated Covid-19 Bulletin for JWOC published
The organisers of the Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) 2021 have published an updated Covid-19 Bulletin for the event which will take place September 5-10 in Kocaeli, Turkey. The updated Bulletin can be found on the JWOC Webpage and on the event page in IOF Eventor. The Bulletin contains important updated information about requirements for […]

18.08.2021 Stars of the future meet in Lithuania
This weekend it’s the turn of the best M & W 18 and 16’s to be in the limelight: the annual European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) take place at Vilnius, Lithuania with athletes from 29 nations taking part. 377 athletes in all have registered to take part in the event, which consists of a Long […]

16.08.2021 Presentation of 2023 Orienteering World Cup program
We just concluded the second round of the Orienteering World Cup 2021 held in Idre Fjäll, Sweden. Where we were treated to some fantastic events with thrilling head-to-head battles in the forests of the nordic mountains. We are now excited to introduce the schedule for the 2023 edition of the Orienteering World Cup where we […]

15.08.2021 Double Swedish victories in the World Cup Relay
Sweden came away with the victories in both the men’s and women’s Relays, which concluded the second World Cup Round in Idre Fjäll. The Swedish women won ahead of Russia in second place and Finland in third, whilst the men won ahead of Norway in second place and Switzerland in third. The Swedish men started […]

14.08.2021 Lundberg and Hadorn win very dramatic World Cup Middle Distance
The Swedish junior Hanna Lundberg took her first World Cup victory after a perfect race when many of the favourites made big mistakes. Joey Hadorn, Switzerland, won the very tight men’s class, only three seconds ahead of Daniel Hubmann. The young Swedish athlete Hanna Lundberg had bib number 1 and it was clear that her […]

13.08.2021 WMOC ends with challenging Long Final
The heat in Hungary – over 30 degrees – combined with hilly and often diffuse terrain made for a very hard Long Distance final, the last race in WMOC. The most convincing result was that of the Norwegian Øystein Kvaal Østerbø, who won M40 by more than 10 minutes. Additional to those in classes W90, […]

12.08.2021 Aebersold and Fosser win World Cup Long Distance
Simona Aebersold, Switzerland, and Kasper Fosser, Norway were strongest in the tough World Cup Long Distance competition in Idre, Sweden. Swiss runner Simona Aebersold was surprised after her victory as she expected the Swedish athletes to be very strong in the tough terrain of Idre Fjäll. The Swedish athlete Tove Alexandersson was indeed fastest until […]