Baklid and Lindkvist world champions in pursuit race
The gold medals went to Norway and Sweden in today’s thrilling pursuit races at the World Ski Orienteering Championships in Finland – Jørgen Baklid was fastest among the men, while Linda Lindkvist kept cool at the end to...
2022-03-16
Close races in Finland, as WSOC begins with sprint
Both the men’s and women’s class were decided by just a second, when the athletes got underway at World Ski Orienteering Championships in Finland with the sprint distance Tuesday afternoon. The race area offered a dense ...
2022-03-15
WSOC begins in Finland on Tuesday
Finally, it’s time for the first world championships of 2022 – when the World Ski Orienteering Championships begins in Finland Tuesday afternoon with the sprint distance. More than 100 athletes are ready to race for meda...
2022-03-14
Road to WSOC – Jørgen Baklid
When the World Ski Orienteering Championships sets out on Tuesday with the sprint in Finland’s Kemi-Keminmaa-area, Norway’s Jørgen Baklid will begin chasing new WSOC-medals. The reigning middle distance world champion fr...
2022-03-09
Road to WSOC – Lisa Larsen
It’s time to find the first orienteering world champions of 2022 – when World Ski Orienteering Championships kick off on Tuesday, March 15 in Finland. During four competition days in the Kemi-Keminmaa-area, the athletes ...
2022-03-08
WUSOC ends with close races in mixed relay and middle distance
Athletes of the FISU World University Championship Ski Orienteering visited Jahodova Louka Arena for the first time, where the mixed sprint relay took place this Friday the 25th of February. The race held a lot of excite...
2022-03-01
It’s time for WUSOC 2022
Tuesday afternoon, athletes from 12 different nations will race for the first medals at the FISU World University Championship in Ski Orienteering held in Jachymov, Czech Republic. The first discipline is sprint and in t...
2022-02-21
Russians Kechkina and Kiselev best at ESOC
The Russian team were biggest favourites for success at the European SkiO Championships, just concluded in Bulgaria, and so it proved. Best results came from Maria Kechkina, who won 2 individual golds and a relay gold, a...
2022-01-27
ESOC Relay: double gold for Russia
Russia triumphed in both the women’s and men’s relay races today, with Sweden and Norway each taking a silver and a bronze medal. The Russian women won by 1.45, but with their second team only 2 seconds down on the winni...
2022-01-27
ESOC Long Distance gold medals to Norway and Russia
Current Middle Distance world champion, Norwegian Jørgen Baklid, and Mariya Kechkina, Russia are the new ESOC Long Distance champions at the end of a gruelling race with men’s winning times of more than 2 hours, he...
2022-01-26
ESOC Sprint Relay: comfortable win for Russia, sprint finish for silver
Russia’s first team, Marina Viatkina and Vladislav Kiselev, ended as comfortable winners of today’s race, and after a thrilling sprint finish it was silver for Sweden and bronze for Norway. Sweden’s medal-winning team wa...
2022-01-25
ESOC: Kechkina wins Middle again after 6 years; second gold for Kiselev
Today’s Middle race, held in difficult weather conditions, provided a second gold for the Russian Vladislav Kiselev who won by 17 seconds over fellow Russian Andrei Lamov. Mariya Kechkina, Russia won her fourth ESOC gold...
2022-01-24