Swedish broadcaster SVT acquires TV-rights for another three years
Swedes will have great opportunities to follow orienteering on the highest level in the years to come, as national broadcaster SVT has acquired the rights for international orienteering for another three years. Orienteer...
2024-04-26
Orienteering World Cup enters new era from 2025
The Orienteering World Cup will enter a new era from 2025 with a new organising setup behind the premiere series of global elite orienteering competitions. The IOF will manage and develop the event with strong support fr...
2024-03-22
SkiO World Cup: Baklid takes the crown again, Olsson claims first overall women’s title
Another fantastic SkiO season for the Norwegian Jørgen Baklid! He finishes at the top again, retaining the men’s World Cup title for the second year in succession. Magdalena Olsson, Sweden came back to take the women’s t...
2024-02-26
SkiO World Cup: overall wins for Olsson and Baklid – but second place for both today
Magdalena Olsson, Sweden and Jørgen Baklid, Norway are the 2024 SkiO World Cup champions, both finishing in second place today, Baklid just 1 second behind Eevert Toivonen, Finland. Home athlete Daisy Kudre Schnyder won ...
2024-02-25
SkiO World Cup Final Pursuit: second victory for Ekström
Niklas Ekström, Finland kept his cool throughout the 3-loop Pursuit today to win by 52 seconds, whilst in the women’s race it was victory for Norwegian Anna Ulvensøen by just 8 seconds. Ekström and Ulvensøen are both sec...
2024-02-24
Traubaite and Ekström took their first SkiO World Cup wins in Estonia
Both Judita Traubaite (LTU) and Niklas Ekström (FIN) claimed the top spot on the World Cup podium for the first time, when this year’s World Cup Final kicked off Friday morning in Haanja, Estonia. The event consists of t...
2024-02-23
SkiO World Cup and U23 World Championship titles at stake in Estonia this weekend
The ski orienteering elite will wax their skis for the last international races of the season this weekend, when the SkiO World Cup Final and U23 World Ski Orienteering Championships take place in Estonia from Friday to ...
2024-02-20
SkiO World Cup: Jørgen Baklid on course for third overall victory
Norwegian Jørgen Baklid, overall winner in the last two years, heads the men’s standings after his 3-gold haul at the World Championships. Magdalena Olsson, Sweden leads the women’s standings by 85 points. Olsson missed ...
2024-01-28
WSOC: Norwegian dominance in Middle race
Anna Ulvensøen and Jørgen Baklid won gold in the Middle race today, a Norwegian double on courses and in conditions that suited fast cross-country skiers. This was Baklid’s third gold of the championships; Magdalena Olss...
2024-01-26
WSOC: Second gold medals for Baklid and Olsson
Jørgen Baklid, Norway successfully defended his World Pursuit crown today, and he and Magdalena Olsson, Sweden followed up their Sprint wins yesterday with equally impressive performances in quite different snow conditio...
2024-01-24
Olsson and Baklid claim sprint gold medals at WSOC
Magdalena Olsson (SWE) and Jørgen Baklid (NOR) both took a clear victory in the sprint at 2024 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Ramsau, Austria. Tuesday’s sprint offered courses of 3,1 and 3,5 kilometers for women...
2024-01-23
WSOC returns to the Austrian Alps
The international ski orienteering season of 2024 will start with a bang, when the World Ski Orienteering Championships begin in Ramsau, Austria on Tuesday. The event in the Austrian Alps also serves as Junior World Ski ...
2024-01-21