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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

CX80 WMTBOC: Hasek wins second gold as Splittorff take women’s Mass start title

Jan Hasek (CZE) won his second gold medal in two days when the CX80 WMTBOC-athletes raced the mass start on Wednesday. Among the women, the leader in the World Cup, Nikoline Splittorff (DEN), was the fastest and became w...

2024-09-11

CX80 WMTBOC: Sprint golds for Saarela and Hasek

Ruska Saarela (FIN) and Jan Hasek (CZE) won the first gold medals at the 2024 CX80 World MTBO Championships, which began in Bulgaria on Tuesday. The championships kicked off with the sprint: 9,3/10,8 kilometers for women...

2024-09-10

CX80 World MTBO Championships: riders from 22 nations head for Bulgaria

Five races between 10th and 15th September will decide the 2024 World Champions and the World Cup winners for 2024; 110 riders from 22 nations will be competing for the medals. They will be joined by a further 73 riders ...

EOC: Norway defends men’s relay title, Switzerland wins women’s race

Norway’s men defended their relay title and Switzerland took the women’s gold when the European Orienteering Championships came to an end on Tuesday afternoon. It was another warm day in central Hungary with 33 degrees a...