Follow the Jukola relays on IOF TV this weekend
This weekend it is time for the second of the year’s most prestigious club relays, when the Jukola relays are run in southern Finland. In total, more than 3000 teams are registered for the two relays, which start early S...
2025-06-11
Aprèsport European MTBO Championships: Mixed Relay won by Czechia
After a neck-and-neck race for much of the last leg, Czechia took gold ahead of home nation Lithuania, with Sweden overcoming an early mistake to take bronze. Krystof Bogar for Czechia and home rider Ignas Ambrazas were ...
2025-05-18
Aprèsport European MTBO Championships: Third gold for Splittorff, Bettega takes men’s title
Nikoline Splittorff (DEN) took a crushing victory in today’s sprint, winning her third gold medal in three days at the European MTBO Championships and CX80 MTBO World Cup in Lithuania. In the men’s event, Ita...
2025-05-17
Aprèsport European MTBO Championships: second gold for Splittorff
IOF World Rankings leader Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark took her second gold in the Middle Distance race today; it was a home win for Jonas Maišelis in the men’s race. The winning margins were 0.24 and 0.10. Splittorff ha...
2025-05-16
Aprèsport European MTBO Championships: first golds to Denmark and Finland
Danish rider Nikoline Splittorff and Samuel Pokala, Finland are the two gold medalists in today’s Mass Start event, Pokala winning by just 8 seconds and Splittorff by an impressive 4.16. Splittorff, world champion in Mas...
2025-05-15
European MTBO titles on the line in Lithuania this week
The international MTBO season gets underway this week when the Aprèsport European MTBO Championships begin on Thursday in Lithuania. It also marks the start of the 2025 CX80 MTBO World Cup and includes the European Junio...
2025-05-13
Podcast: 10Mila 2025 preview with expert commentator Jonas Merz
It’s 10Mila time and you can follow all the action from Finspång, Sweden in the weekend 3-4 May, 2025 on IOF TV. Together with expert commentator Jonas Merz, we look into the terrain, the format and who are the fav...
2025-04-30
ESOC Long: favourites Olsson and Ståhl, Sweden, win and take World Cup titles
Sweden’s Magdalena Olsson (pictured above) and Jonatan Ståhl were back to their best form today, both winning their races by convincing margins – and ending as World Cup winners for this season. After taking the Sprint R...
2025-03-23
ESOC Middle Distance: Wins for Ella Turesson and Aapo Viippola
21-year-old Ella Turesson, Sweden and home athlete Aapo Viippola are the Middle Distance champions after today’s races on technically challenging courses in varied terrain. Sweden won all the women’s medals and Finland a...
2025-03-22
European SkiO Sprint Champions: Olsson and Ekström in close races
Closely-fought Sprint races in sunny Finland ended with victory for Magdalena Olsson, Sweden and home athlete Niklas Ekstrӧm. This was Olsson’s second gold medal in two days, whilst Ekstrӧm enjoyed his first win in this ...
2025-03-21
Sweden claims first ESOC-gold in Finland
Sweden won the first gold medal at the European Ski Orienteering Championships in Finland, which began on Thursday morning with the Sprint Relay in the Kohtilathi terrain at Posio. The Swedish team with Magdalena Olsson ...
2025-03-20
European Ski Orienteering medals at stake in Finland
The international Ski Orienteering season will reach its peak this week when the European Ski Orienteering Championships and Ski Orienteering World Cup finals are held in Posio, Finland. The four races from Thursday to S...
2025-03-17