EYOC Long Distance: 3 gold medals for Finland
Finnish athletes won gold in M18, W18 and W16 in a tough Long Distance race in the European Youth Orienteering Championships near Vilnius, Lithuania. One of them, Silva Kemppi, won W16 by the big margin of 4.16. The M16 ...
2021-08-20
Stars of the future meet in Lithuania
This weekend it’s the turn of the best M & W 18 and 16’s to be in the limelight: the annual European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) take place at Vilnius, Lithuania with athletes from 29 nations taking...
2021-08-18
Lundberg and Hadorn win very dramatic World Cup Middle Distance
The Swedish junior Hanna Lundberg took her first World Cup victory after a perfect race when many of the favourites made big mistakes. Joey Hadorn, Switzerland, won the very tight men’s class, only three seconds ahead of...
2021-08-14
Aebersold and Fosser win World Cup Long Distance
Simona Aebersold, Switzerland, and Kasper Fosser, Norway were strongest in the tough World Cup Long Distance competition in Idre, Sweden. Swiss runner Simona Aebersold was surprised after her victory as she expected the ...
2021-08-12
Moving days in the Orienteering World Cup
The second round of the Orienteering World Cup starts this Thursday August 12th at the Swedish mountain resort Idre Fjäll. The program includes a long distance competition on Thursday, a middle distance competition on Sa...
2021-08-10
Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships medal summary
There was no doubt which nation dominated the competitions at WOC this year. It was a record-breaking performance by the Swedish team, led of course by Tove Alexandersson’s 5 x gold performance. Norway and Switzerl...
2021-07-13
Kasper Harlem Fosser wins first World Championships Gold
In the final competition of the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in Doksy, Czech Republic, 22 year old Norwegian Kasper Harlem Fosser took the first gold medal of his career when he won the Long Distance in ...
2021-07-09
Tove Alexandersson with the clean sweep
The Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships Long Distance competition capped a fantastic week for Tove Alexandersson of Sweden as she won her 5th gold medal of the week. This was her 9th consecutive World Champions...
2021-07-09
Another Swedish double in the WOC Relay
The Swedish orienteering team seems to be nearly unbeatable at the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic. In the forest relays they once again managed double gold medals winning both the wom...
2021-07-08
Middle Distance Gold to Kyburz and Alexandersson
The Middle Distance final competition at the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships was contested in the very challenging terrain from the arena in Smrzovka in the Liberec region of the Czech Republic. The courses...
2021-07-06
WOC 2021 – Tough Middle Distance qualification races
The Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships are back in action today with the first competitions among the forest formats, the Middle Distance. The Middle Distance medals will be decided with first a qualification ...
2021-07-06
Sweden dominated the Sprint Relay
Today’s sprint relay at the beautiful Chateu Doksy was won by over a minute after four perfect legs from the Swedish team. They are now three for three so far in the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in the C...
2021-07-04