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
ESOC Sprint Relay cancelled due to heavy wind – postponed to Tuesday
Due to very strong wind and a blizzard in the competition area of Chepelare, it has been decided to cancel Sundays sprint relay at the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Bulgaria. The competition should have star...
2022-01-23
ESOC: Russians dominant on Day 1
The European SkiO Championships (ESOC) got under way today with the Sprint race, and the new European Champions are both from Russia: Marina Viatkina with victory by 1 second and Vladislav Kiselev in front by a convincin...
2022-01-22
Season’s SkiO Championships start on Saturday
The best elite ski orienteers are heading for the Bulgarian ski resort Chepelare for the European, World Under-23 and World Masters Ski Orienteering Championships, which get under way at the weekend. The European Champio...
2022-01-19
New World Ranking Awards
This month sees the launch of annual IOF World Ranking Awards, a scheme to recognise the highest ranked athletes in all four disciplines per region. The World Ranking leaders on the 1st of December each year in each of I...
2021-12-06
Finland wins a close CX80 MTBO Team World Cup
The final competitions of the international MTB orienteering season took place today with a mixed relay in the CX80 MTBO World Cup and European MTB Orienteering Championships , and relays in the European Junior and Youth...
2021-10-10