IOF

07.07.2014 World Orienteering Championships: 34 teams in Sprint Relay
A record 54 nations have entered athletes for this year’s World Orienteering Championships being held in northern Italy, and 34 of these have entered 4-person teams (2 women, 2 men) for today’s Sprint Relay which takes place in Trento with the mass start at 17.30 local time.

06.07.2014 Historic World Masters Championships approaching
The IOF goes for the first time to South America with an IOF Major Event, when the World Masters Orienteering Championships will be staged in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in November 2014.

06.07.2014 Soren Bobach practiced running on flights of stairs
Just how to cross the bridges in Venice as fast as possible has been a part of Søren Bobach’s training during recent weeks. For some it was a bit surprising that Søren Bobach was the winner. He wasn’t among the favourites, but with number bib 17 of 45 he finished with a time that no […]

06.07.2014 This time Wyder will remember the result!
For Judith Wyder, it was a remarkable difference in her Sprint performance at the World Championships (WOC) compared with the three previous years. Now she could really smile. The Sprint distance started the Championships in Italy. Judith won the shortest distance just as at the European Orienteering Championships a little more than two months ago. […]

06.07.2014 LiveCenter up and running – if you have problems, check here
IOF LiveCenter was first tested at competition yesterday during World Orienteering Championships Sprint in Venice, Italy. The LiveCenter offered live GPS tracking and web-TV. Speaker sound was not working well yesterday, but hopefully it will in the future events. The address is livecenter.orienteering.org. Some users experienced problems with logging in to the LiveCenter after buying […]

05.07.2014 World Championships Sprint in Venice
The historic centre of Venice provided the perfect scene for a historic World Championships sprint race.

05.07.2014 World Orienteering Championships Sprint qualifications in Burano
The qualification race for the World Orienteering Championships Sprint took place in Burano, Italy, this morning. 15 best of all heats made their way to the final, which will take place this afternoon in Venice. Leading results: Women A 1) Emma Klingenberg DEN 12:57 2) Judith Wyder SUI 13:03 3) Nadiya Volynska UKR 13:55 Women […]

04.07.2014 FootO WRE application form published
The application form for season 2015 World Ranking Events in foot orienteering is now available.

04.07.2014 Youth orienteering page opened
The IOF wants to make youth.orienteering.org a point where you can find ideas for introducing orienteering to the youth, and for youth trainings.

04.07.2014 World Championships start with Sprint races
The World Orienteering Championships, this year being held in Italy, start tomorrow (Saturday) with the Sprint Qualification at Burano and the Final in the city of Venice, with the finish arena for the Final on the Venice waterfront. The Opening Ceremony will be held on Sunday and the Mixed Sprint Relay on Monday.