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Asian Orienteering Championships off to a great start in Thailand

The 2024 Asian Orienteering Championships and Asian Youth and Junior Championships got off to a flying start on Sunday morning in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. Almost 250 athletes from 10 different nations are competi...

Follow the Finnish relay league final on IOF TV Sunday

On Sunday, the 2024 Finnish relay league will be decided at Salo in southern Finland and it can be followed live on IOF TV. The final is the sixth stage of the league this year and for both women and men the overall vict...

Sweden takes the Team World Cup title after thrilling relay wins

Nothing was decided in the overall Orienteering Team World Cup before Sunday’s relays north of Kuopio in Finland, where this year’s World Cup Final took place. Before the start of the men’s relay, Switz...

World Cup victories for Aebersold and Fosser – but neither won their Middle race

Swiss athlete Simona Aebersold and Kasper Harlem Fosser, Norway were both second today, the race winners being Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and the European Middle Distance champion, Norwegian Eirik Langedal Breivik. Both ...

World Cup Final, Long race: Tove Alexandersson on top form

Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Miika Kirmula, Finland were the stars of the Long Distance race today, held at the same venue as next year’s World Orienteering Championships – Kuopio, Finland. The women’s race winner prov...

How to follow the World Cup Final in Finland

The 2024 international orienteering season will go off with a bang, when the World Cup Final is held in Finland from Thursday to Sunday this week. Whether you follow from the arena north of Kuopio or from home, you shoul...

Podcast: Andrine Benjaminsen on the World Cup Final and Norway’s medal rush at EOC

Andrine Benjaminsen (NOR) played a big role in Norway’s impressive performances at EOC in Hungary, where the Norwegians took seven medals and topped the medal standings. She won a relay silver and two individual br...

Final battle for 2024 World Cup titles in Finland

The final battle for the 2024 Orienteering World Cup titles takes place in Kuopio, Finland from Thursday to Sunday. The forest races count as the fourth round in this year’s Orienteering World Cup, which has previo...

CX80 MTBO World Cup: Splittorff and Haga take top places; Team World Cup to Finland

Dane Nikoline Splittorff finished strongly with a 60-point lead in the women’s World Cup, and Finnish rider André Haga ended 52 points ahead in the men’s, thanks largely to a good first half of the season. This is Splitt...

2024-09-16

CX80 WMTBOC: Denmark and Czechia take Relay titles

Denmark dominated the women’s race throughout, winning by almost 5 minutes, whilst Czechia’s men retained their title from 2023 with victory by just 16 seconds in dull and damp conditions near Shumen, Bulgaria today. Cæc...

2024-09-15

CX80 WMTBOC Long race: defending champions both win; 3 medals to Denmark

Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark and Vojtech Ludvik, Czechia successfully defended their Long Distance titles in a demanding race in hilly Bulgarian terrain today. Ludvik finished with a 1.54 lead and Splittorff won by 20 se...

2024-09-14

CX80 WMTBOC: Middle wins for Andrasiuniene and Bogar

The gold medals went to Gabriele Andrasiuniene (LTU) and defending champion Krystof Bogar (CZE) on the third day of CX80 World MTBO Championships in Bulgaria. The sun was back on Thursday morning as the athletes rode off...

2024-09-12