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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 […]

12.08.2025 CX80 WMTBOC: first gold medals to Finland and Czechia
Ruska Saarela, Finland and Krystof Bogar, Czechia won the Sprints on challenging courses in Poland today; the lead changed several times in both races. Saarela finished fastest by 0.25, whilst Bogar’s win was by an impressive 1.14. Saarela, second in the World Cup standings, had a difficult start – 27th at the first TV timing […]

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 […]