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18.05.2025 Aprèsport European MTBO Championships: Mixed Relay won by Czechia
After a neck-and-neck race for much of the last leg, Czechia took gold ahead of home nation Lithuania, with Sweden overcoming an early mistake to take bronze. Krystof Bogar for Czechia and home rider Ignas Ambrazas were together for a large part of the final leg, and at the spectator passage there was no telling […]

17.05.2025 Aprèsport European MTBO Championships: Third gold for Splittorff, Bettega takes men’s title
Nikoline Splittorff (DEN) took a crushing victory in today’s sprint, winning her third gold medal in three days at the European MTBO Championships and CX80 MTBO World Cup in Lithuania. In the men’s event, Italian Fabiano Bettega won his first gold medal at an international championship by a large margin. Splittorff was not the fastest […]

16.05.2025 Aprèsport European MTBO Championships: second gold for Splittorff
IOF World Rankings leader Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark took her second gold in the Middle Distance race today; it was a home win for Jonas Maišelis in the men’s race. The winning margins were 0.24 and 0.10. Splittorff has started the new season in scintillating form, but it was only in the later stages of the […]

15.05.2025 Aprèsport European MTBO Championships: first golds to Denmark and Finland
Danish rider Nikoline Splittorff and Samuel Pokala, Finland are the two gold medalists in today’s Mass Start event, Pokala winning by just 8 seconds and Splittorff by an impressive 4.16. Splittorff, world champion in Mass start and clear winner in the CX80 MTBO World Cup last year, made a strong start to the new season, […]

13.05.2025 New procedure for P class eligibility in TrailO
Competitors who have a permanent disability that significantly reduces their ability to participate in orienteering events are eligible to be entered for the P class in Trail orienteering. Three impairment types will be considered: mobility (MI), cardiac/cardiopulmonary (CP), and neurological (NI). Starting in 2025, athletes who wish to gain or renew their classification status, should […]

13.05.2025 European MTBO titles on the line in Lithuania this week
The international MTBO season gets underway this week when the Apresport European MTBO Championships begin on Thursday in Lithuania. It also marks the start of the 2025 CX80 MTBO World Cup and includes the European Junior and Youth MTBO Championships. The first competition at the championships is a mass start, followed by middle, sprint and […]

30.04.2025 Podcast: 10Mila 2025 preview with expert commentator Jonas Merz
It’s 10Mila time and you can follow all the action from Finspång, Sweden in the weekend 3-4 May, 2025 on IOF TV. Together with expert commentator Jonas Merz, we look into the terrain, the format and who are the favorites for this year’s relays. Go to IOF TV – tv.orienteering.sport – to get your ticket […]

29.04.2025 Get the 2025 VIP Pass for IOF TV
Don’t miss a second of the biggest international orienteering competitions in 2025 with the new VIP Pass for IOF TV. The pass grants you access to all broadcasts in 2025 for a reduced price. The events included in the IOF TV VIP Pass are: 10Mila, Sweden 3-4 May Jukola/Venla, Finland, 14-15 June Orienteering World Cup […]

24.04.2025 Austria and Hungary take inclusion steps with Flex-O
Supported by the EU in the Erasmus+ programme and inspired by earlier Swedish initiatives, a cooperating team from the Austrian and Hungarian orienteering communities have started an educational project connected to a series of events for people with special needs. The aim was to offer people with mental health issues the opportunity to participate in […]

21.04.2025 Orienteering part of ISF Gymnasiade in Serbian winter-like weather
With delegations from nearly 60 countries and regions, and close to 4,000 participants – including almost 3,000 young athletes – the ISF U15 Gymnasiade 2025 marks the largest edition in the event’s history. Young athletes under 15 years of age gathered to participate in their own sport and watching other sports. The School Sports Games […]