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16.12.2016 Nations and athletes qualified for The World Games
The list of qualified nations and athletes for The World Games in Wroclaw, Poland 25 – 27 July 2017, is now complete. In total 40 men and 40 women will compete in the Sprint and Middle Distance competitions, and 17 national teams are qualified to compete in the Sprint Relay.

13.12.2016 Last week for preliminary entries to WSOC
December 19 is deadline for preliminary entries to World Ski Orienteering Championships in Krasnojarsk, Russia.

09.12.2016 Athlete of the Month – November 2016
The IOF Athlete of the Month for November is Veronika Kubínová! Four gold medals out of four possible was the outstanding result for Veronika Kubínová after the Junior World MTBO Championships this summer in Portugal. Raised into the sport is no disadvantage but behind the clean sweep is a special talent, an incredible amount of training […]

08.12.2016 Andrey Lamov in new surroundings
After have lived most of his life in Russia, the experienced ski orienteer Andrey Lamov move to Falun in Sweden. With better training facilities and a new coach, a medal at the World SkiO Championships on home ground seems closer.

07.12.2016 Vote now: Orienteering Achievement of 2016
16 athletes from 10 countries are nominated for the annual poll to find the most impressive achievements in international orienteering. The poll is organised by World of O and voting is open until December 12th.

05.12.2016 Reminder: New Prohibited List comes into force
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recently published the 2017 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods, which will come into force in 1 January 2017.

02.12.2016 IOF Newsletter
The latest IOF Newsletter is here!

02.12.2016 South American Championships from a German point of view
We join the traveling German couple Felix and Susen a month after their arrival in Santiago de Chile. They are combining travelling and helping smaller orienteering nations.

02.12.2016 Development in South America
An Event Adviser and Mapping Clinic was held 21–23 September 2016 in Brasília, Brazil. Clinic leaders were Øivind Holt, Event Advising, and Morten Dalby, mapping. The EA clinic was open both to experienced organisers hoping to play a role in organising future IOF events, as well as participants wanting to seek accreditation as an IOF […]

02.12.2016 In depth with GPS-analysis
Elite orienteers use it. Ordinary orienteers use it. GPS-tracking. Analysing your race with help from GPS has become common practice. Tools like QuickRoute and Livelox make it very easy to spend time on orienteering long after you return from the forest. Orienteers have always discussed route choices. Where did I lose or gain time on […]