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Kiwis dominate first half of Oceania Championships

The 2025 Oceania Orienteering Championships are well underway in New Zealand, where the host nation has performed well in the first two races. Friday’s Sprint at Massey University was won by the defending Oceania c...

Oceania Championships 2025 begin in New Zealand on Friday

The first regional FootO championships in 2025, the Oceania Orienteering Championships, begin in New Zealand on Friday. Four races await over four days, Sprint, Middle, Long and Relay in that order and alongside the seni...

Finland won entertaining Sprint Relay at FISU University Games

Finland’s relay team with Amanda Yli Futka and Niklas Ekström took a narrow win ahead of Sweden and Switzerland in an ever-changing Sprint Relay on Tuesday at FISU World University Games in Italy. 21 teams on the start l...

2025-01-21

FISU University Games golds for Futka and Hjelseth

The first Ski Orienteering gold medals at the 2025 FISU World University Games in Turin, Italy went to Amanda Yli Futka (FIN) and Teodor Mo Hjelseth (NOR) after Sunday’s sprint. Here, newly crowned U23 World Champion Hje...

2025-01-19

Follow Ski Orienteering at FISU Winter World University Games

Ski Orienteering will be in great company in the coming days when the discipline is part of the FISU Winter World University Games, taking place in and around Turin, Italy. More than 2,000 athletes from 54 nations are pa...

2025-01-17

SkiO World Cup: Kudre-Schnyder and Baklid lead after Norway

The IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup 2024-2025 and U23 World Cup got off to a great start with three races in Sjusjøen, Norway this past weekend. And it is well-known athlete names who are placed at the top of the World Cu...

2025-01-16

SkiO World Cup: Ulvensøen triumphs in Pursuit; Baklid wins again

The athletes at the IOF Ski Orienteering World Cup in Norway once again fought a fierce battle for victory, as Round 1 ended with a Pursuit race Sunday morning. In the men’s event, home favourite Jørgen Baklid once...

2025-01-12

Asian Orienteering Championships off to a great start in Thailand

The 2024 Asian Orienteering Championships and Asian Youth and Junior Championships got off to a flying start on Sunday morning in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. Almost 250 athletes from 10 different nations are competi...

Follow the Finnish relay league final on IOF TV Sunday

On Sunday, the 2024 Finnish relay league will be decided at Salo in southern Finland and it can be followed live on IOF TV. The final is the sixth stage of the league this year and for both women and men the overall vict...

Sweden takes the Team World Cup title after thrilling relay wins

Nothing was decided in the overall Orienteering Team World Cup before Sunday’s relays north of Kuopio in Finland, where this year’s World Cup Final took place. Before the start of the men’s relay, Switz...

World Cup victories for Aebersold and Fosser – but neither won their Middle race

Swiss athlete Simona Aebersold and Kasper Harlem Fosser, Norway were both second today, the race winners being Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and the European Middle Distance champion, Norwegian Eirik Langedal Breivik. Both ...

World Cup Final, Long race: Tove Alexandersson on top form

Tove Alexandersson, Sweden and Miika Kirmula, Finland were the stars of the Long Distance race today, held at the same venue as next year’s World Orienteering Championships – Kuopio, Finland. The women’s race winner prov...