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03.07.2013 Junior World Championships: Danish winner in women’s Middle distance
Gold medal in the women’s Middle distance final has gone to Miri Thrane Ødum, Denmark, who won by 31 seconds on a technically demanding course in the Czech Republic today. Silver medallist is Lisa Risby, who won gold at Long distance earlier in the week, and Norway’s Mathilde Rundhaug takes the bronze.

02.07.2013 Junior World Championships: Middle qualification – six heats, winners from six nations
The fastest in today’s Middle distance qualification heats were from six nations: Denmark, France, Great Britain, Latvia, Norway and Sweden.

02.07.2013 The Ukrainian with a big passion for orienteering
Oleksandr Kratov is aiming to get a medal at the upcoming World Orienteering Championships in Finland. Still, he says his only "talent" is his passion for orienteering. Read in Athlete of the Month the achievements the talent has given him so far, and why it has taken him to Sweden!

02.07.2013 “A big step forward”
Do you remember the results of Lisa Risby at the Junior World Championships (JWOC) last year? No, probably not – and she’s for sure forgotten them herself too. The first woman champion at JWOC has had a tremendous year and has taken a big step forward from her standard in JWOC in Slovakia last year. [...]

02.07.2013 “This gold is even bigger!”
Two years ago Piotr Parfianowicz won gold on home ground at JWOC. Itself very creditable, but the 19-year-old has achieved a new peak in this year’s Long distance. It was in the relay that he became a World Champion in 2011. “It was very special to do that on home ground. But I got the [...]

02.07.2013 US television schedule for WOC confirmed
The World Orienteering Championships will be broadcast on US television for the first time in history, and the schedule has now been confirmed.

01.07.2013 Finally a Polish gold at the Junior World Championships again
The long distance race for junior men was 9.9 kilometres long with 620 metres of climbing. The fastest of all was Piotr Parfianowicz, Poland, who won with the time 69:21.

01.07.2013 First individual Polish gold at the Junior World Championships
The long distance race for junior men was 9.9 kilometres long with 620 metres of climbing. The fastest of all was Piotr Parfianowicz, Poland, who won with the time 69:21.

01.07.2013 Junior World Championships: Junior women’s gold to Sweden
Lisa Risby from Sweden became the first winner of the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2013. She won the junior women's long distance race in Odolov, Czech Republic today.

01.07.2013 World University Ski Orienteering Championships will be reality
The IOF delegation presented ski orienteering at the meeting of the Executive Committee of FISU (World University Sports Federation) today in Kazan, Russia.