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27.04.2023 Fosser wins tight battle in World Cup Long distance, Alexandersson victorious in Swedish fight
The defending Orienteering World Cup champions, Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Kasper Fosser (NOR) took an important step in their title defence, when the 2023 World Cup season started with a long distance in Østfold, Norway on Thursday. In terrain very similar to the WOC 2019-races, where Alexandersson won both the Middle, Long and Relay, the […]

27.04.2023 European MTBO Championships: big win for Dane Nikoline Splittorff
Silver in Middle, now gold in Mass Start with a win by a whole 6 minutes! The Danish rider Nikoline Splittorff showed great strength and technical expertise in very warm conditions today. The men’s race ended with an exciting sprint for the line, just won by Samuel Pokala, Finland from home rider Davide Machado. This […]

26.04.2023 European MTBO Championships: first gold medals to Denmark and Czechia
Camilla Søgaard, Denmark and Vojtech Stransky, Czechia won today’s Middle distance races, Søgaard by 13 seconds from fellow Dane Nikoline Splittorff and Stransky by 1.20 over compatriot Krystof Bogar. Both Denmark and Czechia won two medals today, but Finland was best nation in terms of top-6 placings, getting third and fourth in the women’s race […]

26.04.2023 CX80 European MTBO Championships: first gold medals to Denmark and Czechia
Camilla Søgaard, Denmark and Vojtech Stransky, Czechia won today’s Middle distance races, Søgaard by 13 seconds from fellow Dane Nikoline Splittorff and Stransky by 1.20 over compatriot Krystof Bogar. Both Denmark and Czechia won two medals today, but Finland was best nation in terms of top-6 placings, getting third and fourth in the women’s race […]

25.04.2023 CX80 World Cup and EMTBOC 2023 kick off in Portugal this week
The 3-round CX80 MTBO World Cup gets under way Wednesday, 26th April with the 4-race European MTBO Championships (EMTBOC) in Loulé, southern Portugal. Last year’s World Cup winners, Camilla Søgaard DEN and Krystof Bogar CZE, will be striving to repeat their success; Søgaard will also be defending her European Sprint title won in Lithuania last […]

25.04.2023 Podcast: Gustav Bergman on returning to Østfold for World Cup Round 1
Gustav Bergman (SWE) has been part of the international orienteering elite for more than a decade and won three championship medals in 2022 and finished third in the overall World Cup. This week, he’ll start the new World Cup season along with more than 250 athletes in Østfold, Norway. In this episode of the IOF […]

24.04.2023 Geelmuyden Kiese to support the continued popularity of orienteering in media outlets worldwide
International Orienteering Federation (IOF) and Geelmuyden Kiese (GK) have agreed to enter a strategic partnership 2023-2027 regarding the advice, packaging and sales of IOF´s worldwide media rights. The common ambition in the years to come is to develop the sport’s competition formats and increase the distribution of orienteering worldwide. – Orienteering is a world sport […]

23.04.2023 The pursuit of World Cup glory starts in Norway on Thursday
Worlds best orienteers are heading to Norway these days to compete at the first Orienteering World Cup Round of 2023, which begins Thursday in Østfold in the south-eastern corner of the country. Over the course of four days, 262 athletes from 31 countries will race a Long distance, a Middle distance and a Relay in […]

21.04.2023 Wild Cards for WTOC 2023
According to the rules, please se rule §6.6 for full details, the following persons has qualified for a personal Wild Card to participate in addition to a country’s normal quota. PreO O-class and TempO: Name Country Petteri Hakala Finland Maciej Urbaniak Poland Alessio Tenani Italy Antti Rusanen Finland Marcello Lambertini Italy Ján Furucz Slovakia Bjarne […]

19.04.2023 Finnish relay league kicks off IOF TV premiere on Sunday
Orienteering fans from all over the world will have great opportunities to follow no less than 8 weekends of exciting club relay races this season. The legendary 10mila, Venla- and Jukola Relays and high standard Finnish Relay League will all be available on IOF’s brand-new streaming platform IOF TV. Running cameras as well as traditional […]