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EOC: Norwegian surprise and Swiss title defence on Middle distance

Norway’s Eirik Langedal Breivik caught the entire orienteering world by surprise by winning and Simona Aebersold (SUI) defended her Middle distance title as the first final at European Orienteering Championships took pla...

EOC 2024: Warm Middle qualification kicked off the championships

The more than 300 athletes competing at the European Orienteering Championships got their first real taste of the continental terrain in central Hungary on Friday morning, when the Middle distance qualification took plac...

How to follow EOC and World Cup in Hungary

In the coming days, the new European champions of Orienteering will be crowned in Hungary, and you are invited to follow closely. The three final races that also count in the 2024 Orienteering World Cup: Middle (Saturday...

Warm and tough EOC to begin on Friday

The world’s best orienteers return to the forest, when the 2024 European Orienteering Championships begin in Hungary on Friday. Exactly one month after the World Orienteering Championships ended with an exhilaratin...

WOC: Rancan and Alexandersson KO Sprint Champions

Riccardo Rancan (SUI) and Tove Alexandersson (SWE) claimed the World Championship titles in Knock-Out Sprint Tuesday afternoon. Central Edinburgh welcomed the 72 athletes back from the qualification in the morning with h...

WOC: KO Sprint Qualifiers done – time for the finals!

The last day of World Orienteering Championships 2024 started Tuesday morning in western Edinburgh, where the Knock-Out Sprint Qualification took place. Located in a relatively flat residential area, qualification course...

Re-watch IOF’s XXXII Ordinary General Assembly here

The XXXII IOF Ordinary General Assembly was held in a hybrid format on 15 July 2024 in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 11:00 to 15:00 local time (BST). You can re-watch the stream from the GA in IOF LIVE. Find the agenda and m...

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WOC: Switzerland back on the Sprint Relay throne after 10 years

Switzerland won an exciting sprint relay at World Orienteering Championships in Edinburgh on Sunday afternoon after a close battle with Sweden, who ended up disqualified. Instead, it was Finland who got the silver medals...

WOC 2024 kicked off with sprint qualification

The World Orienteering Championships 2024 were off to a great start Friday morning, where the Sprint Qualification was held in the Leith district in northern Edinburgh. An assymetric street plan and artificial barriers c...

How to follow WOC in Edinburgh

The most prestigious international competition within orienteering kicks off Friday morning in Edinburgh, when the World Orienteering Championships 2024 begin. And there are excellent opportunities to follow the three sp...

World Orienteering Championships kick off in Scotland on Friday

The highlight of the year in the international orienteering calendar begins on Friday morning in Edinburgh, Scotland, when the 40th World Orienteering Championships get underway. It is a sprint-only World Championships w...

JWOC: Switzerland and Finland claim relay golds

The Junior World Orienteering Championships 2024 ended with two exciting relays on Saturday morning in Czechia, where Switzerland and Finland claimed the gold medals. The terrain was similar to yesterday’s middle d...