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23.06.2024 EYOC: Fast sprint in central Szczechin saw new nations rise to the top
The more than 400 athletes at European Youth Orienteering Championships found the fast shoes from the bag on Sunday afternoon, when the EYOC Sprint race took place in central Szczechin. And compared to yesterday’s long distance forest race, there were three new faces on top of the four EYOC podiums after today’s race, which took […]

22.06.2024 EYOC: Long distance in tough, Polish hills
Four different nations claimed the gold medals on the first day of European Youth Orienteering Championships, which take place in Szczechin, Poland this weekend. Saturday’s long distance tested the athletes’ physical abilities in the hilly terrain, where they also had to show their skills in coping with route planning on at least one long leg. […]

21.06.2024 Szczecin ready to host EYOC this weekend
More than 400 of the most talented young orienteers in Europe meet in Szczecin, Poland this weekend for the 2024 European Youth Orienteering Championships. The athletes compete in four classes W16, M16, W18 and M18 and three disciplines await: Long, Sprint and Relay. The forest terrain in northwestern Poland is rather hilly with eg. 280 […]

21.06.2024 Szczechin ready to host EYOC this weekend
More than 400 of the most talented young orienteers in Europe meet in Szczechin, Poland this weekend for the 2024 European Youth Orienteering Championships. The athletes compete in four classes W16, M16, W18 and M18 and three disciplines await: Long, Sprint and Relay. The forest terrain in northwestern Poland is rather hilly with eg. 280 […]

18.06.2024 IOF welcomes new timing cooperation
Earlier in June, German company arntech GmbH – a sister company of IOF partner SPORTident GmbH – announced its acquisition of Norwegian timing company EMIT AS. The acquisition is expected to open new markets for SPORTident and EMIT products and give benefits for future development of timing products from SPORTident GmbH and EMIT AS. “Having […]

12.06.2024 Follow Venla and Jukola relays on IOF TV this weekend
More than 17.000 orienteers will set course for western Finland and one of the biggest orienteering competitions in the world, that happens this weekend. Venla and Jukola relays are gathering more than 3.000 teams in total in Lakia, where they will fight for the win in the tradition-rich relays from Saturday afternoon and until early […]

10.06.2024 Event Advisers’ Clinic in Canada from August 12-13
IOF’s FootO Commission organise an Event Advisers’ Clinic in Ottawa, Canada from August 12-13, 2024. The Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Foot Orienteering Event Advisers. National orienteering federations are asked to identify and enter suitable candidates. Deadline for entries is June 30th. Go to the full invitation here.

04.06.2024 Regulations IOF Independent Athlete Status
Regulations for IOF Independent Athlete Status are now published, following the decision from IOF Council to open up for independent athlete participation in World Ranking Events. 1 July 2024 is the first possibility to be granted IIA Status. Following consultation with the Member Federations and IOF Athlete Representatives through the first quarter of 2024, the […]

03.06.2024 CX80 MTBO World Cup: Splittorff and Haga lead after first round
Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark and André Haga, Finland top the CX80 World Cup standings after the first round, the European Championships just held at Ostróda in northern Poland. Splittorff won two individual gold medals, and Haga one gold and one bronze. World Cup leader Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark   Photos: Jakub Kijak / MoonLine Media The top six […]

03.06.2024 CX80 EMTBOC Sprint Relay – Czechia wins exciting sprint finish
Czechia took the gold medals in a tightly contested Sprint Relay, with Krystof Bogar finishing just a couple of metres ahead of André Haga, Finland after being 5 seconds ahead at the spectator passage with 2 km to go. Bronze medallists were Italy. Sprint Relay mass start  Photos: Jakub Kijak / MoonLine Media On the […]