Swedish Double in the WOC Sprint
Nearly 3 years after the previous World Orienteering Championships at the Sprint distance, the organisers of the Nokian Tyres WOC 2021 in the Czech Republic put on an excellent competition in and around Bastion 5 of the ...
2021-07-03
Favourites advance to WOC Sprint Final
The Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic kicked off today with the Sprint Qualification race. It appears that the favourites and top ranked athletes have prepared well with all going throug...
2021-07-03
Follow the Nokian Tyres WOC races live!
With the Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships just around the corner, the buzz is building. After a successful day of accreditation, including negative Covid-19 tests from all athletes, coaches and volunteers, w...
2021-07-02
WOC 2021: 6 days to the first start!
It has been a challenging year for the athletes and organisers as for all of us. Due to the postponed Sprint World Orienteering Championship 2020, 686 days has passed since the last WOC competition, the Relay in Norway b...
2021-06-27
Denmark and Finland win WMTBOC Relays
Denmark and Finland took the women’s and men’s titles respectively in the final races of the World MTBO Championships, the Relays. The outcome of both races was in doubt until shortly before the finish, with the lead cha...
2021-06-17
Long Distance WMTBOC Golds for Denmark and Finland
Camilla Søgaard, Denmark and Andre Haga, Finland are the new World Champions in Long Distance. Søgaard won by 1.51 over the Czech athlete Veronika Kubinova, and Haga won by 42 seconds in a race where Finland took 2 medal...
2021-06-16
WMTBOC: Middle Distance Golds for Foliforova and Pökälä
Svetlana Foliforova, neutral athlete from Russia, and home athlete Samuel Pökälä both won their second gold medals of the championships today in the Middle Distance race, by margins of 28 and 47 seconds respectively. The...
2021-06-14
Gold medals to Hara and Bogar at the WMTBOC Sprint
The second day of the World MTB Orienteering Championships continued with the sprint competition in Seinäjoki, Finland. The courses started in a largely forested area where demands in addition to finding the right route ...
2021-06-13
First-time Gold for Pökälä and Foliforova at the WMTBOC Mass Start
With the latest international mountainbike orienteering event 2 years in the past, it was a welcome and exciting return to sport when the initial competition of the World MTB Orienteering Championships kicked off in Kuor...
2021-06-12
Top MTB Orienteers heading for World Championships in Finland
Almost all the world’s top-ranked MTBO athletes are entered for this year’s World MTB Orienteering Championships (WMTBOC), to be held in Kuortane in western Finland from 12th to 17th June. The event is also the first rou...
2021-06-08
Swiss and Swedish athletes dominate top World Cup standings
Two individual races and a Relay made up Round 1, just completed in Switzerland, and the resulting Individual Standings emphasise the dominance of the Swedish women and Swiss men in the two competitions. The top 13 in th...
2021-05-17
Double victory for Sweden in Sprint
Tove Alexandersson won her second gold medal in 2 days in a very tight women’s race, whilst Emil Svensk took a convincing win with a 13-second margin in the men’s race in a rainy Neuchâtel. Alexandersson finished just 5 ...
2021-05-16