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05.02.2023 ESOC final day: clear win for Norway in Sprint Relay
The Norwegian team of Jørgen Baklid and Anna Ulvensøen dominated today’s Sprint Relay, leading throughout and finishing 28 seconds in front of silver medallists Estonia. Bronze medals went to Sweden’s second team. Photo: Agris Veckalniņš /ESOC 2023 On a fine morning with excellent snow conditions in Latvia, there was the usual frenetic mass start in […]

04.02.2023 ESOC: Victories to Sweden and Finland in Relays
Sweden’s women, 0.37 ahead of Estonia, and Finland’s men, with a gap of 2.23 to Switzerland, were the winners today in the Relays at Madona, Latvia on a cloudy and breezy morning. The Swedish women’s team, apart from Linda Lindqvist whose illness has lasted longer, appeared to have fully recovered from yesterday’s stomach bug that […]

03.02.2023 ESOC Day 3: Mass Start golds to Estonia and Norway
A thrilling sprint finish in the men’s Mass Start race ended with Jørgen Baklid, Norway finishing a hairsbreadth in front of Finland’s Aapo Viippola. Daisy Kudre Schnyder, Estonia, won her third gold medal of the week with a convincing victory by 1.32. Still conditions with light cloud greeted the athletes in Latvia today, and as […]

01.02.2023 ESOC: Middle distance golds for Rapp and Kudre Schnyder
The SkiO athletes had the middle distance in front of them at the second day of the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Madona, Latvia. In the men’s class Linus Rapp (SWE) had a close to perfect race and won by a clear margin of 37 seconds. He overtook the lead after a fast route choice […]

31.01.2023 Kudre Schnyder and Ståhl take first ESOC-golds in Latvia
The first gold medals at the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Latvia went to Estonia and Sweden, as Tuesday’s sprint was decided in the ski terrain around Madona. Daisy Kudre Schnyder (EST) seemed to avoid any notable time losses on the 3,2 kilometer sprint course and dared to leave the tracks and go through the […]

30.01.2023 The SkiO elite fight for ESOC-medals in Latvia
The international ski orienteering season of 2023 will reach its peak, when the European Ski Orienteering Championships begin in Madona, Latvia on Tuesday. ESOC 2023 features five races: Sprint, middle, mass start, relay and a sprint relay all within six days. The individual races will count in the Ski Orienteering World Cup and in the […]

27.01.2023 Sprint added to EMTBOC 2023 program
When the world’s best mountainbike orienteers head to Portugal in end-April, they will be able to race four times at the CX80 European Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships. During its latest meeting, IOF Council approved a proposal from the MTBO Commission to add a sprint race to the existing program, that contains a middle distance, a […]

26.01.2023 Updated competition rules and World Cup special rules published
Updated competition rules for FootO, MTBO and TrailO have now been published. The competition rules and World Cup special rules for FootO can be found here. The competition rules and World Cup special rules for MTBO can be found here. The competition rules for TrailO can be found here.   The document for National Quota […]

25.01.2023 Join the European Universities Championship in August
This year’s European Universities Championship in Orienteering will be decided in St. Gallen, Switzerland from August 24 – 27 and is now open for registrations.   The championship features three races: A sprint, a middle distance and a sprint relay in three days and is organized with support from Swiss Orienteering. Find more information about the […]

20.01.2023 Podcast: Linda Lindkvist on superior World Cup-performances and ESOC
Sweden’s Linda Lindkvist was unbeatable, when the world’s best ski orienteers gathered in Tauplitzalm, Austria for the first World Cup round of 2023. In this episode of The IOF Podcast, she gives us her explanation for the success and we look ahead to the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Latvia, Jan. 31st – Feb 5th. […]