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22.05.2016 European Championships: Sprint victories for Judith Wyder and Matthias Kyburz
The Sprint gold medals have been won today by the Swiss pair Judith Wyder and Matthias Kyburz in two very close races in the hilly town of Jesenik, Czech Republic. It was a very successful day overall for the Swiss team, with four men in the first six in the results list.

21.05.2016 Switzerland leads Sprint Relay standings
With two of the four rounds in the Sprint Relay World Cup now completed, Switzerland leads the standings with Russia second and Denmark third.

21.05.2016 Russia take first European Championship golds
In an exciting Sprint Relay in which the lead changed several times, it was a triumph for the Russian team, which put in the steadiest performance overall and won by 14 seconds. World champion nation Denmark took silver, and Switzerland bronze. Both Norway and Sweden were disqualified.

20.05.2016 “For almost all the Czech team, this isn’t home terrain”
Petr Kadeřávek is always a central figure when the world’s best in orienteering are competing in the Czech Republic. He believes there can be good results for the home runners – but not because they’re on real ‘home terrain’.

20.05.2016 Follow the European Orienteering Championships live
The highlight of the spring season, according to many, is due to kick off this weekend, and the spotlight will be fixed on the Czech Republic and the European Orienteering Championships. At the moment, the following schedule is agreed with Czech TV.

19.05.2016 SkiO Athletes’ Commission Meeting Minutes
The Meeting Minutes from the latest IOF SkiO Athletes' Commission meeting are now available on the commission's page.

18.05.2016 World Cup: A different season, the same leaders
After MTB Orienteering World Cup 2016 Round 1, Emily Benham, Great Britain, and Anton Foliforov, Russia, are already at the head of the standings. Through the forests and vineyards of Guebwiller, France, both athletes performed superbly, which allowed them to extend the sweet taste of victory after winning the MTBO Orienteering World Cup 2015 overall.

18.05.2016 Automatically generated maps from WOC 2016 terrain now available
For fairness reasons, the organisers of the World Orienteering Championships have published automatically generated maps covering the embargoed areas.

16.05.2016 Home victory
The MTB Orienteering World Cup 2016 Round 1 finished today with a home victory. In Guebwiller, the “trio” from France was unbeatable, with Russia getting the silver and Finland the bronze. On Pentecost Monday, a national holiday in France, the MTBO’s tribe returned to the spectacular Alsatian scenery. Kept for the last act of a program […]

16.05.2016 World Orienteering Day – Another milestone reached
World Orienteering Day has become a global success!
As of 14.10 GMT today, May 16 2016, there are over 200,000 participants registered from 79 countries and territories worldwide.