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08.06.2014 Kratov – “I’m not an expert at all”
Oleksandr Kratov didn’t really feel very comfortable with the terrain in the Long distance World Cup race in Norway, but on the podium he stepped to the top. The Ukrainian had a very good race, but he didn’t take the smartest route choices all the way. On one of the long legs he lost about […]

08.06.2014 Ida Bobach had to have a break from running
Last autumn Ida Bobach didn’t run at all for some time, and she still isn’t running how she would like to, but she’s still among the very best in the world. As a junior she won seven gold medals in Junior World Championships, and as a last-year junior she won a medal on the very […]

08.06.2014 World Cup, Norway: Alexandersson and Kratov win Long distance
Tove Alexandersson made it two big wins in two days; today in the Long distance race she had a lead at the finish of more than two minutes. Oleksandr Kratov, Ukraine continued his good form this season, taking the men’s race by 21 seconds.

07.06.2014 Tove A. – “I’ll be even better at WOC”
Tove Alexandersson got her third World Cup victory within a month on the Middle distance in Norway today, but this is not something she is thinking about. “I had an almost perfect race”, smiles Tove. She won with a margin of 1.58 minutes ahead of her team-mate Helena Jansson. “It’s going well. It feels better […]

07.06.2014 Lundanes’ first victory since 2012
Olav Lundanes was once again the very best today, but he thinks that his shape has to be better for success in Italy. “I felt it was hard physically”, he says. The Norwegian won just in front of Pasi Ikonen. He ran an almost perfect race technically in the forests around Kongsberg, just 100 kilometres […]

07.06.2014 Pasi Ikonen – better than ever
Pasi Ikonen just missed winning by five seconds, but the Finn is very glad for the good place. The World Champion from 2001 is really back. “Problems? Yes, I have had most of them”, Pasi considers. It has been a bit up and down for some years even though he has had a lot of […]

07.06.2014 World Cup Middle distance: big win for Tove Alexandersson
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden, enjoyed one of her best ever World Cup victories today in Kongsberg, Norway, winning the first of the two races this weekend by a margin of almost 2 minutes on the 4.58 km course. Olav Lundanes was a popular home winner in the men’s race by just 5 seconds over Finland’s Pasi Ikonen.

06.06.2014 Norway and Finland host World Cup Round 3
A Middle and a Long distance race in Norway and a city Sprint in Finland make up the third round of the 2014 World Cup starting tomorrow, with competitors from 20 nations taking part.

06.06.2014 TrailO Event Advisers clinic at O-Ringen
The IOF Trail Orienteering and Rules Commissions, in cooperation with O-Ringen 2014, will be organising an IOF Trail Orienteering Event Advisers' Clinic in Skåne, Sweden between 22-23 July 2014.

05.06.2014 Record number of countries entered for the World Championships
The World Orienteering Championships and World Trail Orienteering Championships are attracting a record number of countries to Italy this summer.