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12.07.2024 WOC: Regborn and Alexandersson take first golds in Edinburgh
The first gold medals of World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh went to Tove Alexandersson (SWE) and Martin Regborn (SWE) after the Sprint final on Friday afternoon. The glorious sunny weather from the morning’s qualification had continued and combined with today’s arena in the central park, Princess Street Gardens, created a perfect setting for today’s race. […]

12.07.2024 WOC 2024 kicked off with sprint qualification
The World Orienteering Championships 2024 were off to a great start Friday morning, where the Sprint Qualification was held in the Leith district in northern Edinburgh. An assymetric street plan and artificial barriers created numerous challenges for the approx. 200 athletes trying their hand at getting into top 15 in their heat to qualify for […]

10.07.2024 How to follow WOC in Edinburgh
The most prestigious international competition within orienteering kicks off Friday morning in Edinburgh, when the World Orienteering Championships 2024 begin. And there are excellent opportunities to follow the three sprint competitions Friday, Sunday and Tuesday up close, regardless of whether you are present at the arenas in the Scottish capital or follow from home. In […]

09.07.2024 New friendships and learning at the IOF Young Leaders Academy 2024
25 young orienteering leaders from around the world took were earlier this year selected to take part in the IOF Young Leaders Academy (YLA) 2024 in Italy in the beginning of July. YLA was organised for the first time in 2023, and its purpose is to support their talent and their competencies on key topics […]

08.07.2024 CX80 MTBO World Cup: Splittorff and Haga retain top places
With 5 races of the 9-race CX80 World Cup season now completed, Danish rider Nikoline Splittorff and the Finn André Haga continue to lead the standings. Both riders won one of the recent two races in Latvia; Splittorff was second in the other whilst Haga was third. Biggest improvement amongst the top six comes from […]

08.07.2024 World Orienteering Championships kick off in Scotland on Friday
The highlight of the year in the international orienteering calendar begins on Friday morning in Edinburgh, Scotland, when the 40th World Orienteering Championships get underway. It is a sprint-only World Championships which awaits the athletes with three medal races: Sprint, Sprint Relay and Knock-Out Sprint in that order. As many as 45 nations are participating […]

07.07.2024 CX80 MTBO World Cup: Mixed Relay win for Lithuania
A strong Lithuanian team won by 2.55 over Italy, with Finland third, 3.13 down, in Latvia today. In an exciting race in mainly forested terrain with many small paths and some hills, on a bright but windy day, the lead changed several times. Martin Illig, riding for Austria 2, had a flyer on the first […]

07.07.2024 MTBO rising stars: Italian triple European junior champion wins U23 gold; second gold for Swiss rider
In the Long distance races, Iris Aurora Pecorari, Italy and Noah Rieder, Switzerland, won World Championship gold medals as the best U23 riders in the CX80 World Cup field. Rieder is also U23 Sprint champion. Pecorari, only 20 this year, won all three gold medals in the Junior European Championships in Poland in May. Noah […]

06.07.2024 JWOC: Switzerland and Finland claim relay golds
The Junior World Orienteering Championships 2024 ended with two exciting relays on Saturday morning in Czechia, where Switzerland and Finland claimed the gold medals. The terrain was similar to yesterday’s middle distance – moderately hilly with many contour details and plenty of forkings for the relay courses. The men were first out in the forest […]

06.07.2024 CX80 World Cup in MTBO: Sprint wins for Splittorff and Bettega
Dane Nikoline Splittorff extended her lead in the CX80 World Cup with a win by 51 seconds, while Italian Fabiano Bettega won the men’s race by 19 seconds. World Cup leader André Haga, Finland was third. The race doubled as this year’s U23 World MTBO Championships in Sprint, and gold medalists here were the Austrian […]