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02.09.2025 South East European Championships to begin in Bulgaria
This week, more than 500 orienteers will meet in Bulgaria for the 13th edition of the South East European Championships, which also includes Masters championships classes. The championships will be held in central Bulgaria and will feature Middle, Long, Relay and Sprint races from Thursday to Sunday. Athletes from the 13 countries that are part […]

31.08.2025 EOC: Sprint titles for Young Vik and Barros Vallet
Both the women’s and men’s titles saw new faces at the top of the podium, as the European Championships in Belgium concluded with the individual sprint in Lier on Sunday afternoon. In the men’s category, France’s Mathias Barros Vallet won ahead of Norwegians Kasper Fosser and Eirik Langedal Breivik, while Norway took gold in the […]

31.08.2025 World TrailO Championships: Marcello Lambertini, Italy is 2025 TempO World Champion
In a tense final with the result in doubt right to the end, Marcello Lambertini emerged victorious after a long and agonising wait for the best qualifiers to finish – he was tenth in his heat. He was not the fastest in the Final, but made only 2 mistakes on the technically difficult course, compared […]

31.08.2025 EOC: 92 athletes ready for Sprint finals
The city center of the Belgian city of Lier woke up to a special Sunday morning as the qualification for the afternoon sprint finals at the European Championships took center stage. Challenging courses with winning times around 13 minutes would determine who would get the coveted spots in the final. The 15 fastest athletes in […]

30.08.2025 World TrailO Championships: Czechia and Ukraine are world champions in Relay
Czechia and Ukraine are the new World Champions in O and P class respectively in the Relay, with the Open class resolved in a tense and exciting climax at the final spectator TempO station. Both Italy and Slovakia finished within 2 minutes of the Czech score. The Relay competition for teams of three consists of […]

29.08.2025 EOC: Calandry and Mollén take KO Sprint titles in Geel
Cecile Calandry (FRA) and August Mollén (SWE) are European Champions in Knock-Out Sprint after an exciting Friday afternoon in Geel, Belgium. With the central Maarkt square as a packed arena for all of the afternoon’s races, the Belgian organizers created an atmospheric finish to all 20 races in today’s Knock-Out races. Starting with the quarterfinals […]

28.08.2025 World TrailO Championships, PreO: two gold medals for Sweden  
Michael Johansson, Physically Challenged (P) class, and Anders Hӧije, Open (O) class, were gold medalists at the end of Day 2. Hӧije scored full points and spent only 115 seconds on four timed controls (three tasks in each), and won by 12 seconds. With 20 competitors scoring full points on Day 1, aiming for the […]

28.08.2025 EOC 2025: Athletes from 18 nations advance to KO Sprint finals
The European Orienteering Championships in Belgium continued on Thursday afternoon in Geel, where the athletes raced the qualification for Friday’s Knock-Out Sprint finals. On challenging courses in the southern end of the city, the target was to finish among the 12 fastest in their respective heat. Athletes from 18 different nations managed to fulfill that […]

28.08.2025 EOC 2025: Norway wins first Sprint Relay title
The European Orienteering Championships in Belgium kicked off on Wednesday evening with a sprint relay in the city of Hasselt, where Norway took the gold medals ahead of Switzerland and Sweden after an ever-changing and nerve-wracking competition. Teams from 27 nations were ready at the starting line at 19.00 on Wednesday when the championships began […]

27.08.2025 World TrailO Championships: close results after PreO Day 1
Jonatan Furucz, Slovakia (still a junior) and Michael Johansson, Sweden lead the Open and Physically Challenged classes respectively at the end of Day 1 in the PreO competition, held on a hot and sunny day in the area of an old basalt mine near Sümeg, Hungary. Many of the top stars in the Open class […]