IOF

13.10.2014 MTBO World Cup 2015 Special Rules published
The IOF Council has approved the Special Rules for MTB Orienteering World Cup 2015. Next year's World Cup will be held in three countries - Hungary, Portugal and the Czech Republic - and the program will consist of eight individual races and three relays.

13.10.2014 Long distance winners from USA and Canada
The North American Orienteering Championships in Arnprior, Canada, continued on Sunday with an excellent long distance race.

12.10.2014 North American Championships opened with middle distance
The North American Orienteering Championships began with Middle Distance on Saturday.

10.10.2014 New cover photos for IOF website
We are looking for new photos to replace the current discipline photos, as well as the cover photo on the website www.orienteering.org.

08.10.2014 Discussion paper on prior information & orienteering
The IOF Foot Orienteering Commission has released an open discussion paper on the question of orienteering and prior information in an era of modern technology.

08.10.2014 Appointment of Ski Orienteering Sports Director postponed
The appointment of Ski Orienteering Sports Director has been postponed to a later date.

08.10.2014 Video from 9th World University Orienteering Championships 2014
The International University Sports Federation FISU has published a video from the 9th World University Orienteering Championships held in Czech Republic in August 2014.

06.10.2014 Matthias Niggli: an end to coaching, but not leaving the sport
For Matthias Niggli it was the end of a nine year long period as national coach with the final of the World Cup. Now he is ready to bring the World Cup a step or three further. He and his wife and former top star Simone Niggli have put forward plans to increase the standard […]

06.10.2014 Ines Brodman: “Good to get the sponsors involved too”
On the first day of the World Cup weekend in Switzerland there was also a race where representatives from the sponsors co-operated with the best Swiss orienteers. Ines Brodmann and Thomas Schneider ran together. Ines was World Champion in the relay in 2012, whilst Thomas is in charge of the military garrison in Liestal where […]

06.10.2014 Emma Klingenberg: “I moved for new experiences”
Emma Klingenberg has had some great years in Aarhus, but she wanted something new. In August she settled down in Stockholm. That has already given results. When Emma finished third in the Middle Distance race in the World Cup on Saturday, that was the first time the JWOC champion from 2008 has been at the […]