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...
2024-09-29
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 ...
2024-09-28
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...
2024-09-26
How to follow the World Cup Final in Finland
The 2024 international orienteering season will go off with a bang, when the World Cup Final is held in Finland from Thursday to Sunday this week. Whether you follow from the arena north of Kuopio or from home, you shoul...
2024-09-24
Final battle for 2024 World Cup titles in Finland
The final battle for the 2024 Orienteering World Cup titles takes place in Kuopio, Finland from Thursday to Sunday. The forest races count as the fourth round in this year’s Orienteering World Cup, which has previo...
2024-09-22
CX80 World MTBO Championships: riders from 22 nations head for Bulgaria
Five races between 10th and 15th September will decide the 2024 World Champions and the World Cup winners for 2024; 110 riders from 22 nations will be competing for the medals. They will be joined by a further 73 riders ...
2024-09-08
World Cup: Fosser takes over lead after EOC, Aebersold remains on top
The just ended European Championships in Hungary didn’t just give us three exciting and tough races. We also found out who has the best chances to win the 2024 Orienteering World Cup, which will be decided in Finla...
2024-08-21
Warm and tough EOC to begin on Friday
The world’s best orienteers return to the forest, when the 2024 European Orienteering Championships begin in Hungary on Friday. Exactly one month after the World Orienteering Championships ended with an exhilaratin...
2024-08-13
CX80 MTBO World Cup: Splittorff and Haga retain top places
With 5 races of the 9-race CX80 World Cup season now completed, Danish rider Nikoline Splittorff and the Finn André Haga continue to lead the standings. Both riders won one of the recent two races in Latvia; Splittorff w...
2024-07-08
CX80 MTBO World Cup: Mixed Relay win for Lithuania
A strong Lithuanian team won by 2.55 over Italy, with Finland third, 3.13 down, in Latvia today. In an exciting race in mainly forested terrain with many small paths and some hills, on a bright but windy day, the lead ch...
2024-07-07
MTBO rising stars: Italian triple European junior champion wins U23 gold; second gold for Swiss rider
In the Long distance races, Iris Aurora Pecorari, Italy and Noah Rieder, Switzerland, won World Championship gold medals as the best U23 riders in the CX80 World Cup field. Rieder is also U23 Sprint champion. Pecorari, o...
2024-07-07
CX80 World Cup in MTBO: Sprint wins for Splittorff and Bettega
Dane Nikoline Splittorff extended her lead in the CX80 World Cup with a win by 51 seconds, while Italian Fabiano Bettega won the men’s race by 19 seconds. World Cup leader André Haga, Finland was third. The race doubled ...
2024-07-06