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02.08.2013 Provisional approval for the use of Emit touch free punching system
The IOF Council has decided to provisionally approve the use of the 2013 version of the Emit touch free punching system at foot orienteering World Ranking Event level.

02.08.2013 Photos from The World Games available
Photos from The World Games have been added to the IOF Photo Gallery. To make the photos bigger, click on “full size”.

02.08.2013 Heat and sprint suit Kiril well
"Tomorrow's sprint seems to be a lot about running", Kiril Nikolov says, and continues: "that suits me well - but that suits many others as well. Still, I am aiming to get a medal."

02.08.2013 Favourite for a medal or two – Scott Fraser
Scott Fraser is most likely ending his competition season on Sunday. Before that he is favourite to win one, if not two, medals at The World Games.

02.08.2013 Follow The World Games sprint live!
The women start at 10 AM Colombian time, and men at 11 AM Colombian time for the first orienteering competition at The World Games in Cali, Colombia.

01.08.2013 World Masters Orienteering Championships first start on Sunday
Masters competitors will soon arrive in Sestriere, Italy for the World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) to be held in conjunction with the World Masters Games (WMG) multisport event. This year's championships will have participants from a total of 45 countries including ARG, BRA, CHN, HKG, IND, ISR, KAZ, MDA, SRB, RSA and URU.

01.08.2013 The World Games course setter’s thoughts
"To maintain high speed and intensity, and to avoid mistakes, however minimal" - these are according to The World Games course setter, Mike Dowling, the biggest challenges for the athletes in the Sprint race, that takes place on Friday 2 August.

01.08.2013 Live athlete interviews on The World Games chat today
The first live athlete interviews from The World Games 2013 will be on today, Thursday, after the model events at Parque Multicentro. Øystein Kvaal Østerbø (NOR), Matthias Kyburz (SUI) and Maja Alm (DEN) will be answering your questions starting at 1pm local time (8pm CET).

01.08.2013 Mapping in Colombia – Paul Pacque
Paul Pacqué is the man behind The World Games orienteering maps.

01.08.2013 Mapping in Colombia
Paul Pacqué is the man behind The World Games orienteering maps.