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22.09.2025 Podcast: Mathias Barros-Vallet on his surprising EOC Sprint win and the World Cup Final
Mathias Barros-Vallet sprinted his way to a huge surprise when he won the sprint at the European Orienteering Championships in Belgium in August. The 22-year-old Frenchman had never finished better than 10th in a World Cup race before, but managed to beat the entire world elite on the technical course in Lier. Here in the […]

21.09.2025 CX80 MTBO World Cup: Finland takes Mixed Relay win
Finland won Sunday’s mixed relay at the CX80 MTBO World Cup Round in Bulgaria, which was also the last race of the season in the international MTBO calendar. The MTBO athletes returned to the town of Yagoda and the arena used for Friday’s sprint on Sunday morning. And today’s relay courses went in the nearby […]

20.09.2025 CX80 MTBO WORLD CUP: Søgaard and Ludvik win Long distance
Camilla Søgaard and Vojtech Ludvik won the CX80 MTBO World Cup long distance on Saturday afternoon in Bulgaria. In the women’s race, Søgaard took a superb victory – more than two minutes ahead of Marisa Costa (POR), while another Dane, Cæcilie Christoffersen was more than five minutes behind in third place. Overall World Cup winner, […]

19.09.2025 CX80 MTBO WORLD CUP: Sprint wins for Splittorff and Waldmann
Nikoline Splittorff (DEN) and Andreas Waldmann (AUT) took the wins as the world’s best MTBO athletes raced the opening sprint at the CX80 MTBO World Cup Final in Bulgaria. Friday featured a fast sprint in the town of Yagoda, where Splittorff and Waldmann still managed to take victories by large margins. Two Danes in top […]

16.09.2025 CX80 MTBO World Cup titles at stake in Bulgaria
At the end of the week, the world’s best MTBO athletes will race for the overall CX80 MTBO World Cup 2025 and U23 World Championships-titles  over three races in Bulgaria. The MTBO World Cup final begins on Friday morning with a Sprint, on Saturday there is a long distance before the international MTBO season ends […]

15.09.2025 SEEOC 2025 in Bulgaria ended successfully
The SEEOC 2025 – South East European Orienteering Championships including Masters, held this year in central Bulgaria, are now over for 2025. All medals have been awarded and the atmosphere was truly enjoyable. The forest races were set in Skumsale, Strelcha with featured an oak forest covered mountain, sprinkled with huge granite megalithic rocks, which […]

14.09.2025 Here is the programme for the 2027 Orienteering World Cup
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) has officially confirmed the programme for the 2027 Orienteering World Cup, set to feature four exciting rounds across Europe. The series will showcase a mix of forest and sprint formats, aimed at testing the full range of orienteering skills. The season will open in Hälsingland, Sweden (2–6 June), known for […]

12.09.2025 IOF introduces interim heat policy
The IOF Council has decided to introduce an interim heat policy that comes into effect immediately for all IOF events covered by IOF Competition Rules with expected winning times of 20 minutes or greater. The interim policy has been developed by IOF Medical Experts and contains guidelines to ensure that competitions are not held in […]

09.09.2025 IOF establishes Independent Investigation Panel following tragedy
During a meeting on 1 September 2025, the IOF Council agreed to appoint an Independent Investigation Panel following the tragic death of Italian athlete Mattia Debertolis. The panel will be tasked to investigate and assess to Middle distance competition at the The World Games in Chengdu, China in August 2025. The investigation should encompass the […]

06.09.2025 World Cup: Aebersold takes the lead after EOC, Bejmer stays in top
Simona Aebersold (SUI) and Max Peter Bejmer (SWE) lead the World Cup standings after last week’s European Orienteering Championships in Belgium, which was also Round 2 of this year’s Orienteering World Cup. And an exciting finish is set for the World Cup final, which will be held in Uster, Switzerland later this month. Reigning champion […]