TBE awareness in the orienteering community
Pfizer and IOF are partnering in spreading awareness about TBE to the society of orienteers. TBE, tick-borne encephalitis, is a rare but dangerous infection. It is transmitted by infected ticks, meaning that orienteers a...
MTBO: Foliforova and Pökälä lead in CX80 MTBO World Cup
The names heading the CX80 MTBO World Cup standings are Russian athlete Svetlana Foliforova and Finn Samuel Pökälä, both with two wins each from the four individual races of the World Championships. 27-year-old Foliforov...
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...
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...
Applications for IOF Secretary General/CEO now being accepted
The IOF is seeking to appoint a new Secretary General/Chief Executive Officer to succeed Tom Hollowell who will retire in the fall of 2021. Consequently we are looking to find an outstanding new operative leader with gre...