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22.06.2015 Orienteering not shortlisted for Tokyo 2020
It has been announced today that the sports shortlisted in the application process to be added to the Olympic programme for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are baseball and softball, karate, squash, bowling, roller sports, climbing, surfing and wushu.

18.06.2015 From Canada to World Elite in orienteering
Our Athlete of June, Emily Kemp, started orienteering as 8-year-old. Now, 15 years later, she is one of the upcoming athletes in the world elite, and the leading star of the Canadian orienteering team.

16.06.2015 IOF statement – Orienteering World Cup Sprint in Sweden June 6th
As is well-known at this point in time the results of the World Cup Srint competition in Lysekil Saturday June 6th were cancelled due to problems with the punching system. The competition jury determined that the problems, and the handling of the problems during the competition, created unfair competitive conditions and the results were therefore […]

16.06.2015 Organisers handbook for Trail Orienteering Secretariat published
The IOF Trail Orienteering Commission has published a Handbook for Organisers of Trail Orienteering events.

16.06.2015 Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering continued in Lithuania
The second round of this year’s Unofficial European Cup in Trail Orienteering (ECTO), was organised last weekend in Kaunas Lithuania.

16.06.2015 Technical Description how to use IOF XML 3.0 with IOF Eventor
The IOF IT Commission has published a document which describes for event organisers and developers of sport management softwares how IOF Eventor interprets files in the IOF XML 3.0 format.

15.06.2015 The IOF applies for orienteering to be included in Tokyo 2020 Olympics
In light of the changes implied in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Agenda 2020, the host city of the olympic games may include additional events in the program. The organizers of Tokyo 2020 sent out application documents at the beginning of May 2015 to IOC recognized federations asking them if they wished to submit an […]

13.06.2015 MTBO World Cup: Emily Benham & Anton Foliforov in lead
Last year’s World Cup winners overall, Emily Benham, Great Britain and Anton Foliforov, Russia, are the two current leaders in the 2015 standings ahead of the World Championships in August, the final round.

13.06.2015 European MTBO Championships: Czech Republic wins both Relays
Teams from the Czech Republic triumphed in both the men’s and women’s classes in the Relay, the final event of the Championships in Portugal today. France took both silver medals, and bronze went to Denmark’s women and Russia’s men.

12.06.2015 European MTBO Championships Long Distance: second gold for Foliforov
Anton Foliforov, Russia is now Long Distance as well as Middle Distance Champion, winning today by a margin of 1.29. Emily Benham, Great Britain is the new Women’s Long Distance Champion with victory by 20 seconds.