Podcast: Yannick Michiels and Tille de Smul – EOC 2025 preview

Belgium is hosting its first major IOF championship, as the 2025 European Orienteering Championships and World Cup Round 2 takes place this week. Newly crowned World Games sprint champion Yannick Michiels and 21-year-old...

World TrailO Championships – competition in two countries  

The 2025 World TrailO Championships begin with two PreO days in Hungary – and then Slovakia takes over, organizing the Relay and TempO competitions. 170 competitors from 24 nations will be taking part in the championship...

2025-08-24

Back in the fast shoes: European Championships kick off in Belgium Wednesday

Next week, the world’s best orienteers will compete for medals and World Cup points on Belgian soil for the first time when the European Orienteering Championships take place in the towns around Hasselt in the northeaste...

IOF to institute specific rules related to heat conditions at IOF events

IOF events have seen an increase in extreme heat conditions due to the effects of global climate change. This has become a significant factor in event planning. Heat mitigation strategies have been implemented at many ev...

Splittorff and Ludvik lead CX80 MTBO World Cup after WMTBOC

Everything is in place for an exciting end to this year’s CX80 MTBO World Cup in Bulgaria in September after last week’s World Championships in Poland. The four races of the championships also counted towards...

2025-08-19