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23.08.2025 Back in the fast shoes: European Championships kick off in Belgium Wednesday
Next week, the world’s best orienteers will compete for medals and World Cup points on Belgian soil for the first time when the European Orienteering Championships take place in the towns around Hasselt in the northeastern corner of the country. The races, which are also part of the 2025 Orienteering World Cup, feature a Sprint […]

23.08.2025 Back in the fast shoes: European Championships kick off in Belgium
Next week, the world’s best orienteers will compete for medals and World Cup points on Belgian soil for the first time when the European Orienteering Championships take place in the towns around Hasselt in the northeastern corner of the country. The races, which are also part of the 2025 Orienteering World Cup, feature a Sprint […]

22.08.2025 IOF to institute specific rules related to heat conditions at IOF events
IOF events have seen an increase in extreme heat conditions due to the effects of global climate change. This has become a significant factor in event planning. Heat mitigation strategies have been implemented at many events in the past few years. The IOF Council has now decided that specific rules are required to help organisers […]

19.08.2025 Splittorff and Ludvik lead CX80 MTBO World Cup after WMTBOC
Everything is in place for an exciting end to this year’s CX80 MTBO World Cup in Bulgaria in September after last week’s World Championships in Poland. The four races of the championships also counted towards this year’s World Cup and also revealed who has the best chance of grabbing the overall World Cup titles this […]

18.08.2025 World Masters Orienteering Championships 2025 conclude in Girona
The picturesque city of Girona and its scenic surroundings in Spain’s Catalonia region concluded a thrilling week of master-level orienteering as the World Masters Orienteering Championships wrapped up on Friday. The event, held from August 8 to 15, welcomed over 3000 athletes aged 35 to 95+ from 47 nations. All photos: WMOC 2025 Competitions unfolded […]

17.08.2025 CX80 WMTBOC: Czechia wins both relays after thrilling action
Czechia delivered a strong finish to an already great series of Czech achievements at CX80 MTBO World Championship by winning both the women’s and men’s relays on Sunday morning. The MTBO athletes’ final competition in Poland took place a little further north in terrain that was flatter and faster than the other forest distances. Strong […]

16.08.2025 MTBO Long Distance: second golds for Saarela and Ludvik
Ruska Saarela, Finland and Vojtech Ludvik, Czechia both recorded their second victory in the CX80 WMTBOC today, Saarela by 18 seconds and Ludvik by just over 3 minutes. Czechia’s men were wholly dominant, packing four riders into the top six. The women’s race, over 28.9 km with 360 m climb, was a fascinating contest between […]

15.08.2025 TrailO Event Adviser Clinic at WTOC 2025
The IOF TrailO and Rules commissions, in collaboration with the WTOC 2025 organisers, welcome participants to a TrailO Event Advisers’ Clinic in Slovakia. The main objective of this IOF Trail Orienteering Event Advisers’ Clinic is to prepare participants to be licensed IOF Trail Orienteering Event Advisers. The clinic is also recommended for already licensed Event […]

14.08.2025 MTBO Mass Start: Splittorff back to winning ways, sprint finish for men’s medals
Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark was back at her best today, winning the Mass Start by 3.21, whilst Czech rider Vojtech Ludvik won by 2 seconds in a thrilling men’s finish where second place was tied. The men’s race in sunny Warsaw, Poland was led early on by Ludvik, no stranger to world championship medals, but he […]

13.08.2025 MTBO Middle Distance: gold again for CZE and FIN, but new names
Martina Tichovska, Czechia and Andre Haga, Finland are the gold medalists at the end of a tough Middle race in the CX80 World MTBO Championships in Poland. In a very tight men’s race it was a Finnish masterclass, with the first four places all taken by Finnish riders. 39-year-old Tichovska, world-ranked number 4, has won […]