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17.03.2025 European Ski Orienteering medals at stake in Finland
The international Ski Orienteering season will reach its peak this week when the European Ski Orienteering Championships and Ski Orienteering World Cup finals are held in Posio, Finland. The four races from Thursday to Sunday also host the Junior World SkiO Championships and the European Youth SkiO Championships. For the seniors, a mixed sprint relay, […]

17.03.2025 “Doing the right and just thing” – Q&A with Ethics Panel Chairperson Bob Dredge
IOF Ethics Panel Chairperson since 2018, Bob Dredge was interviewed by the Swiss Orienteering Magazine for its first issue in 2025 about the work of the panel. We have been given permission to bring the Q&A interview here: Before Bob Dredge answered the interview questions, he made it clear that these are his personal thoughts […]

02.03.2025 Climate Transition Action Plan published
IOF’s Environment and Sustainability Commission has published the “Climate Transition Action Plan to Net Zero.” The plan was approved and adopted by the IOF Council during its meetings in January. The plan reviews IOF’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting environmental sustainability within the sport of orienteering. In line with the Sports for […]

18.02.2025 SkiO World Cup: Olsson and Baklid head standings after second round
Magdalena Olsson, Sweden leads by 94 points, whilst Norwegian Jørgen Baklid is 158 points in front after winning 5 of the 6 races held. Olsson won the World Cup overall last year – and Baklid has achieved this feat for the last three years! With 3 races to come in this year’s World Cup, the […]

17.02.2025 Swiss National broadcaster SRG acquires TV rights for WOC until 2028  
Swiss TV viewers will have great opportunities to follow the world’s most prestigious orienteering competitions for the next four years.    The national broadcaster SRG has acquired the TV rights for the World Orienteering Championships for the period 2025 – 2028.  Before that, SRG has had the rights to broadcast the annual Swiss round of Orienteering […]

17.02.2025 SkiO World Cup: Olsson and Riissanen win Mass Start races
A convincing win for Magdalena Olsson, Sweden by 1.52 and a tight 3-second victory for the 19-year-old Finn Pyry Riissanen were the outcomes of today’s Mass Start races, the final day of the second round of the 2025 SkiO World Cup, held at Reit im Winkl in the German Alps. The races consisted of three […]

17.02.2025 SkiO World Cup: Olsson and Riisanen win Mass Start races
A convincing win for Magdalena Olsson, Sweden by 1.52 and a tight 3-second victory for the 19-year-old Finn Pyry Riisanen were the outcomes of today’s Mass Start races, the final day of the second round of the 2025 SkiO World Cup, held at Reit im Winkl in the German Alps. The races consisted of three […]

16.02.2025 SkiO Middle Distance wins for Olsson and Baklid
Magdalena Olsson, Sweden returned to winning ways today, finishing 1 minute quicker than her compatriot Frida Sandberg. Men’s World Cup leader, Norwegian Jørgen Baklid, lost time early in the men’s race but came back strongly to win by 20 seconds. Frida Sandberg, Sweden was the fastest in the early stages of the women’s race, with […]

15.02.2025 SkiO World Cup round 2: Favourites win Sprint
Norwegians Anna Ulvensøen and Jørgen Baklid took the first victories in the 3-day World Cup round in Germany, Ulvensøen winning comfortably by 19 seconds, whereas only Baklid’s fast finish gave him the win, by 4 seconds. Baklid was closely challenged by his compatriot Styrk Kamsvaag, who before today was placed 7th in the World Cup […]

13.02.2025 SkiO World Cup resumes in Germany
World Cup leaders Daisy Kudre Schnyder, Estonia and Jørgen Baklid, Norway will face strong competition in the three races comprising the second round, starting on Saturday in Ruhpolding, Germany, a small town in the Alps very close to the border with Austria. Kudre Schnyder is hard-pressed in the World Cup standings by Norway’s Anna Ulvensøen […]