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12.08.2025 IOF mourns death of Italian athlete Mattia Debertolis
IOF President Tom Hollowell, on behalf of the International Orienteering Federation, expresses his deepest condolences to Mattia Debertolis’ family, friends, clubs, and the Italian Orienteering Federation. – I am not able to adequately describe in words the unfathomable dept of sadness in this tragic loss of life. Our thoughts are with all who mourn Mattia. […]

12.08.2025 Joint Statement from IWGA, LOC 2025 Chengdu and IOF 
The International World Games Association (IWGA), Local Organising Committee (LOC) of The World Games 2025 Chengdu and the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) confirm with great sadness the passing of Italian orienteering athlete, Mattia Debertolis. Mattia Debertolis was found unconscious during the Men’s Middle Distance competition of Orienteering on the morning of Friday, 8 August 2025 […]

11.08.2025 World Games: Narrow Swiss win in Sprint Relay
Switzerland defended its World Games title in the Sprint Relay ahead of Sweden and the Czechia as the athletes in Chengdu, China ran the final orienteering competition on Monday morning. And the competition, which, like Sunday’s sprint, took place in the Jiangxi River Ecological Greenway Park, was an exciting and ever-changing affair. Yesterday’s surprise bronze […]

10.08.2025 MTBO stars head for CX80 World Championships in Warsaw
Danish rider Nikoline Splittorff will be going all out to repeat her set of three individual European Championship wins this year when the international MTBO stars meet up for the CX80 World MTBO Championships, being held this week in Warsaw, Poland. 134 riders from 24 nations will be taking part. Splittorff has already established an […]

10.08.2025 World Games: Sprint medals for Hungary and Spain, while Aebersold and Michiels claimed golds
Sunday’s sprint at the World Games in Chengdu, China, featured several surprises. Both Hungary and Spain won orienteering medals for the first time in World Games history, while gold medals went to Simona Aebersold (SUI) and Yannick Michiels (BEL). It was rainy and cooler than the previous days in Chengdu when the athletes started the […]

08.08.2025 Statement on Injured Orienteering Athlete – The World Games 2025
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF), the Local Organising Committee (LOC), and the International World Games Association (IWGA) are carefully monitoring the incident involving athlete Mattia Debertolis (ITA). We are following closely the situation and will communicate further in due course. The athlete is currently receiving the best treatment from experts from one of the top […]

08.08.2025 World Masters Orienteering Championships 2025 kick off in Girona
The city of Girona in Spain is set to welcome orienteering enthusiasts from around the globe as the World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC) 2025 officially begin this Saturday, August 9. More than 2300 athletes aged 35 and over arriving from 47 countries, the historic Catalan city will become the epicenter of international masters-level orienteering for […]

08.08.2025 First ever World Games medals in orienteering for Canada, Slovakia and Italy
Three “new” nations can boast of having won a World Games medal in orienteering after Friday’s middle distance race kicked off the Games in Chengdu, China. Slovakia, Italy and Canada joined the exclusive club on a day when the gold medals went to Swiss Riccardo Rancan and Simona Aebersold, who received the very first golds […]

07.08.2025 Orienteering at the World Games kick off Friday morning
80 athletes from 24 different federations will have a huge experience this week, where orienteering is once again part of the World Games, which this year takes place in Chengdu, China. From August 7th to 17th, around 4000 athletes are gathered in the Chinese city of millions, where they will compete in 34 different sports […]

28.07.2025 Join the meeting: Technology in orienteering
The IOF’s IT Commission is planning an open meeting on the use of technology in orienteering. The meeting is scheduled to be held in October 2025 as an on-line meeting, so you can participate from anywhere in the world. The agenda is planned to have 5-10 topics and last a couple of hours.  Topics can […]