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15.07.2015 O-Ringen Academy 2015 kicks off
The O-Ringen Academy for international development starts July 15th in connection with the 51st O-Ringen week which is being held in Borås, Sweden from July 15-24. O-Ringen Academy is an important part of the IOFs strategic plan for the international development of orienteering and is organized by the O-Ringen organization with the support of the IOF. […]

14.07.2015 Updated advice for Emit and SportIdent (for Event Advisers)
Event Advisers can now find updated versions of the two documents. The SPORTident one contains a bit more information about Air+ and the Emit one has new advice about minimum control separation. You can find the documents here: Documents for Event Advisers

10.07.2015 The best-ever Great Britain men’s result on the Long
Aidan Smith is not really used to the mountain terrain in Norway, but has experience and speed and made history during the championships. Smith finished fourth on the Long Distance, just 39 seconds from a medal. “It’s good to do so well”, he says. The result is the best ever by a runner from Great […]

10.07.2015 The best-ever Great Britain result on the Long
Aidan Smith is not really used to the mountain terrain in Norway, but has experience and speed and made history during the championships. Smith finished fourth on the Long Distance, just 39 seconds from a medal. “It’s good to do so well”, he says. The result is the best ever by a runner from Great […]

10.07.2015 Matthias Gröll: Used to hard ground, success on the soft
Matthias Gröll has grown up with quite hard ground under his feet, but he can also do very well in the soft surroundings in Norway. The marshes are a bit Nordic and the runners from the Nordic countries did very well at JWOC in Rauland in the middle of the southern part of Norway. Of […]

10.07.2015 The Finns had a plan for success
The Finns were the favourites, and they had big plans on how to get their first victory for some years in the JWOC Relay. Topi Raitanen had the first leg and already out from the start he was some metres in front of the other teams! There was no plan to escape from the other […]

10.07.2015 JWOC Relay: Almost like last year for Sara
It was a remarkable last leg in the women’s class, but at the very end it again ended with a triumph for Sara Hagström and Sweden. At the beginning of the last leg there were two Norwegian teams in front. Later, the double individual bronze medal winner Sandrine Müller from Switzerland was in front in the landscape […]

10.07.2015 JWOC Relay: favourites take gold medals
Sweden’s women and Finland’s men took the golds in the final race of the Junior World Orienteering Championships, the Relay, at Rauland, Norway today.

09.07.2015 Hagström’s biggest gold
Last year Sara Hagsröm won three golds at JWOC, but this gold in the Long Distance at JWOC in Norway is ranked higher. At these Championships, Sara is the person from whom most has been expected. She has in some way to defend last year’s success; there’s much more pressure. Sara far prefers to have […]

09.07.2015 Ojanaho had to handle pain
Olli Ojanaho won his second gold at JWOC, after having extra challenges during this last individual race in Rauland in Norway. “Great to get one more gold”, the Finn smiles. The 18-year-old athlete again ran an impressive race, but made some mistakes. “The Middle Final was a much better race”, he says. In the Long, […]