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02.07.2021 Follow the Nokian Tyres WOC races live!
With the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships just around the corner, the buzz is building. After a successful day of accreditation, including negative Covid-19 tests from all athletes, coaches and volunteers, we are now fully in the competition bubble and the final stages of preparations. Today the teams have attended the model event for the […]

02.07.2021 Successful webinar series completed for orienteering in Mauritius
The IOF and PWT Academy have teamed up to deliver a series of webinars aimed at the development of orienteering in Mauritius. The webinar series kicked off on the 1st of April 2021, with an introductory session organised and introduced by Raj Chintaram and Satchidanund (John) Domah, and with the involvement of the Mauritius Ministry […]

30.06.2021 Well-attended SkiO Open Meeting
The Ski Orienteering Commission conducted an open meeting for SkiO enthusiasts on June 29th via Microsoft Teams. The summer meeting was well attended with more than 40 persons joining the meeting to hear presentations about the challenges and success of organising the World Ski Orienteering Championships in Estonia earlier in the year, athlete’s expectations for […]

27.06.2021 WOC 2021: 6 days to the first start!
It has been a challenging year for the athletes and organisers as for all of us. Due to the postponed Sprint World Orienteering Championship 2020, 686 days has passed since the last WOC competition, the Relay in Norway back in 2019. BUT….NOW….IT….IS…..TIME!!! The best orienteers in the world are now gathered in Czech Republic and […]

27.06.2021 WOC 2021: 6 days to first starter!
It has been a challenging year for the athletes and organisers as for all of us. Due to the postponed Sprint World Orienteering Championship 2020, 686 days has passed since the last WOC competition, the Relay in Norway back in 2019. BUT….NOW….IT….IS…..TIME!!! The best orienteers in the world are now gathered in Czech Republic and […]

21.06.2021 Invitation to open Ski Orienteering Meeting June 29
The IOF Ski Orienteering Commission is inviting all interested parties to participate in an open meeting to be held digitally via Teams on Tuesday June 29th, from 17:00 – 20:00 CEST. On the program of the meeting will be a series of presentations regarding current issues of importance within the Ski Orienteering discipline. 17:00 Welcome […]

19.06.2021 TBE awareness in the orienteering community
Pfizer and IOF are partnering in spreading awareness about TBE to the society of orienteers. TBE, tick-borne encephalitis, is a rare but dangerous infection. It is transmitted by infected ticks, meaning that orienteers are particularly exposed. IOF has recently conducted an online study investigating awareness about the disease TBE among orienteers. We asked the orienteering […]

18.06.2021 MTBO: Foliforova and Pökälä lead in CX80 MTBO World Cup
The names heading the CX80 MTBO World Cup standings are Russian athlete Svetlana Foliforova and Finn Samuel Pökälä, both with two wins each from the four individual races of the World Championships. 27-year-old Foliforova (née Poverina) has enjoyed her best results ever in these championships, with victory in Mass Start and Middle and silver medal […]

17.06.2021 Denmark and Finland win WMTBOC Relays
Denmark and Finland took the women’s and men’s titles respectively in the final races of the World MTBO Championships, the Relays. The outcome of both races was in doubt until shortly before the finish, with the lead changing several times. In the women’s race, Finland led by 29 seconds after the first leg, with Denmark […]

16.06.2021 Long Distance WMTBOC Golds for Denmark and Finland
Camilla Søgaard, Denmark and Andre Haga, Finland are the new World Champions in Long Distance. Søgaard won by 1.51 over the Czech athlete Veronika Kubinova, and Haga won by 42 seconds in a race where Finland took 2 medals and also fourth place. The decisive part of both races was the penultimate leg, a very […]