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Alexandersson and Kyburz are Knock-Out Sprint Champions

Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Matthias Kyburz, Switzerland are the first-ever KO-Sprint European Champions after a day of intense racing in the narrow streets, passages and not least steep stairways of central Neuchâtel...

2021-05-15

Qualifiers from fifteen nations for KO-Sprint

Sweden and Switzerland are the top nations in terms of qualifying numbers for the KO-Sprint Quarter-finals tomorrow, both with 14 athletes through. Norway comes next with 11. The top 12 finishers in each of today’s 6 qua...

2021-05-14

Clear win for Switzerland in Sprint Relay

Just as in the European Championships 3 years ago, also in Switzerland, the home nation took the gold medals in the Sprint Relay, with silver for Sweden and bronze for Norway. The gaps at the finish were 55 seconds and 1...

2021-05-13

A hugely anticipated European Championships!

These Corona times demand special arrangements for holding major Orienteering events. The successful World SkiO Championships in Estonia at the end of February proved that it can be done, and a similar formula will apply...

2021-05-11

All set for LIVE on 13th-16th May!

We are -6 days to the start of the EOC 2021/World Cup Round 1 in Switzerland! A good start for online followers are the new World Cup pages to Check out the TV-table. The event has an excellent TV/Web-TV reach with 4 of ...

Excellent TV coverage of the World Cup in Switzerland

The World Cup round 1 with European Championships will be broadcast in the following countries and channels; Finland YLE Norway NRK Switzerland SRG SSR Sweden SVT All other countries: Web-TV on IOF LIVE Orienteering (Eng...

Norwegian Broadcaster NRK and the IOF sign 3-year TV agreement

The IOF and Norwegian Public Broadcaster NRK have signed an agreement for the 3-year period 2021 – 2023 regarding the broadcasting of TV productions from the World Orienteering Championships and the European Orienteering...

Speakers Corner 2021 – #9 Cecilie and #10 Ralph

In Speakers Corner you will meet some of the best orienteers in the world. Per Forsberg, the Event Director of World Cup 2021 Idre Fjäll, has invited both interesting and successful athletes for a longer conversation abo...

Successful WSOC 2021 in many ways

/Photos by Reigo Teervalt/ The Estonian Orienteering Federation and organising club Värska OK Peko faced multiple challenges in staging this year’s World Ski Orienteering Championships (WSOC). The Covid-19 pandemic situa...

2021-03-05

Speakers Corner 2021 – #7 Andrine and #8 Tim

In Speakers Corner you will meet some of the best orienteers in the world. Per Forsberg, the Event Director of World Cup 2021 Idre Fjäll, has invited both interesting and successful athletes for a longer conversation abo...

WSOC2021 Sprint Relay: gold for Trapeznikova and Lamov

Alena Trapeznikova and Andrey Lamov – World Ski Orienteering Champions 2021 in Sprint Relay! Neutral athletes finished just ahead of Swedish and Estonian teams in a final straight sprint. Sweden’s second team – Lis...

2021-02-28

UNOFFICAL Catching Features WOC 2021 – Final relay is up

Hundreds of participants enjoyed the Middle, Long, Night and Sprint competitions in a virtual Czech terrain. On Sunday the 28th, 21:00 CET, you can follow the final Relay with 6 qualifying teams (3 persons per team) on a...