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01.09.2016 Great gathering of young leaders
Young leaders from five different countries exchanged experiences at a leader camp at WOC in Sweden. An annual event for Nordic countries, but for the first time participants from Portugal, Serbia and Turkey took part.

01.09.2016 WTOC: New Relay format brings medals to new nations
TempO podium, with 6 different nations represented. L. to r. Marit Wiksell SWE, Lars Jakob Waaler NOR, Pinja Mäkinen FIN, Iva Lovrec CRO, Remo Madella ITA, Kreso Kerestes SLO.  Photo: Joaquim Margarido Back in Sweden for the first time since the inaugural WTOC in 2004, this 13th edition was also the occasion for a new […]

01.09.2016 General Assembly Summary
It has been called the longest General Assembly ever. But what happened during the more than eight-hour long meeting? Here is a short summary of the key decisions taken by the General Assembly. Memberships: Provisional members which became members: Argentina Chile Cuba Ecuador Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Kyrgyzstan Malaysia FYR Macedonia Mozambique Uruguay Expulsion of […]

01.09.2016 In depth: New IOF President Leho Haldna
Leho, congratulations on becoming the new IOF President. Can you tell us about your main plans for the IOF during your presidency? I will work on developing and spreading orienteering throughout the world. This includes increasing our focus on regional development, paying special attention to youth and, crucially, increasing the visibility of our sport. I […]

01.09.2016 WOC Clinic helps smaller nations on their way
In some countries, the sport of orienteering has a long history. In other, it has almost just started. In conjunction with the World Orienteering Championships in Strömstad, nine smaller orienteering nations were gathered participating in a WOC clinic.

31.08.2016 13 best nations in WOC qualified for World Games 2017
The International World Games Association, IWGA, has allocated spaces for a total of 40 male and 40 female runners to the IOF. The thirteen best nations in the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2016, will have the right to enter up to 2 + 2 runners in the World Games in Wrocław, Poland 2017.

30.08.2016 New World Cup standings after WOC
Tove Alexandersson and Matthias Kyburz were in front of the overall World Cup before WOC and with good performances from both runners, the very top is unchanged.

30.08.2016 National quotas for WOC 2017
The results of the 2016 World Championships have decided the national quotas for WOC 2017.

27.08.2016 Russian women: “We decided it was not smart to get stressed”
When the Russians were in the quarantine, they heard that in the earlier men’s race the runners were making a lot of mistakes. That influenced the tactics for the Russians.

27.08.2016 Magne Dæhli: “the hardest pressure ever”
On Thursday evening Magne Dæhli was afraid that his World Championship week was over. But today he ran first into the finish together with his team-mates.