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02.06.2024 World Cup: Switzerland won nail-biting Sprint Relay
Switzerland won the first international sprint relay in 2024, when they were the first to cross the finish line after a nerve-wracking final at the Orienteering World Cup round in Genoa. Finland and Czechia continued to impress by taking second and third place respectively. Strong start Switzerland came out strong in the sun-drenched Nervi Park, […]

02.06.2024 CX80 EMTBOC Middle Distance: double triumph for Finland
Finns Ruska Saarela and André Haga were the stars of the show in the Middle race, both adding a gold medal to a bronze won earlier in the championships. It was a good day too for Lithuania with two silver medals. The course was the most technical of the championships so far, with short and […]

01.06.2024 World Cup: Aebersold and Fosser take huge margin wins in Genoa
Simona Aebersold (SUI) and Kasper Fosser (NOR) won today’s Orienteering World Cup sprint in Genoa, Italy by large margins. With an arena beautifully located on the waterfront in Genoa’s western end and a both varied and challenging sprint course, Round 2 of the World Cup got off to a great start. Both the women’s and […]

31.05.2024 CX80 EMTBOC Long Distance: second gold for Denmark, first for Czechia
The Long Distance medals were won by two favourites: Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark, winner of the Sprint yesterday, and Vojtech Ludvik, Czechia, leader of the IOF World Rankings. Both riders were in front at the mid-race time-check and made good route choices throughout on a day with good riding conditions. Splittorff, women’s World Ranking leader, is […]

30.05.2024 First CX80 EMTBOC golds to Denmark and Finland
Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark and Samuel Pokala, Finland won today’s Sprint races in the CX80 European MTBO Championships in northern Poland, both by clear margins. Medals went to 5 nations on a warm sunny day in high-speed terrain. There were many changes in position as the races progressed, with opportunity in places for short-cuts off the […]

30.05.2024 New athlete representatives at IOF Council
Eline Gemperle and Jonathan Ståhl are appointed by the newly elected IOF Athlete Representatives to represent the athletes at IOF Council in the upcoming General Assembly period, which starts after the IOF General Assembly 2024. The four elected Athlete Advisory Groups has appointed representatives to the new Athletes’ Commission  –  two members from each discipline: […]

30.05.2024 How to follow Orienteering World Cup Round 2 in Italy
We have only just said goodbye to Olten, Switzerland but it’s already time to continue the Orienteering World Cup in Genoa, Italy this weekend. Round 2 consists of a sprint on Saturday and a sprint relay on Sunday at the edge of the Mediterranean. And it is literally on the edge of the Mediterranean, since […]

29.05.2024 Heikkilä and Swiss duo lead World Cup standings before Genoa
Finland’s Tuomas Heikkilä leads the men’s World Cup, while Switzerland’s Natalia Gemperle and Simona Aebersold share first place in the women’s after this weekend’s Round 1 in Olten, Switzerland. Heikkilä had an impressive weekend with a third place in Saturday’s Knock-Out Sprint, which he followed up with a second place in the sprint the following […]

29.05.2024 CX80 EMTBOC: Europe’s MTBO stars gather in Poland
Poland is the host for this year’s CX80 World Cup first round, the European MTBO Championships, with four days of intense racing scheduled from Thursday to Sunday. 109 athletes from 20 nations will be striving for the medals. Almost all the top names in MTBO are entered, including all the defending European Champions except for […]

26.05.2024 World Cup: Gemperle and Svensk win fast sprint in Switzerland
The old city center of Olten, Switzerland and the many energetic spectators in the arena created another nice backdrop for Sunday’s individual World Cup sprint Switzerland’s Natalia Gemperle took her first World Cup win in six years – a comfortable one with 12 seconds of margin, whereas Emil Svensk (SWE) only secured his victory by […]