World of O News

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is from one of the Top 10 courses in Course of the Year 2024: The World Orienteering Championships Sprint, organized in Edinburgh, Scotland this July. The chosen leg is one of the decisive legs – the leg to the 15th control in the men’s ...

Today is the last chance to vote in Course of the Year 2024! 24 hours before closing time we find the following in the Top 10: The WOC Sprint in Scotland, Portugal O-Meeting Middle, Finnish Champs Long and Night, European Champs Middle in Hungary, MOM 2024 Middle in Spain, Norwegian ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is a 4.8 km long leg from the Swedish Championships Ultralong. Thanks a lot to Per Forsgren of the course setting team for the tip along with analysis! Note that this was a mass start race – and here is what Per had to ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is a long leg from the long distance race at the World Cup final in Finland – which was also the pre-WOC for next years’ World Orienteering Championships.  The chosen leg is the 3rd leg on the men’s course – one of the ...

After 5 days of voting, courses from 10 countries are represented in the Top 20 of “Course of the Year 2024″: Italy, Czech Republic, Spain, Norway,  Sweden, Portugal, Great Britain, France, Hungary and Finland. Take a look at the courses below – and make your vote if you have not voted yet. ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is from a low-profile World Ranking competition in Estonia called Magaziin orienteerumismängud, organized by OK Kobras. Thanks a lot for the tip, Janis Tamuzs! Here is Janis’ take on the terrain: The terrain is typical for the Baltics – green and clearings are generally rather unpleasant, ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is a long and interesting leg in Slovenian Karst terrain. The chosen leg is the 7th leg from the second stage of Lipica Open – thanks a lot to course setter Ivan Nagy for the tip! The leg is as usually first provided without ...

In today’s edition of Route to Christmas 2024 we travel to New Zealand to a very interesting leg in steep terrain. Thanks a lot to course setter Jakob Knoef for the tip. Here is Jabob’s intro about the terrain – keep this in mind when considering your route choice on ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is from a night orienteering race on the legendary urban Venezia map – the VeNotte 2024. Can you find a good way through the labyrinth of small roads and bridges? Thanks a lot for the tip and analysis, Luca Rosato! The leg is as usually first ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2024 is from a fun map in a very cool area in Czech Republic: Today we traveli to Czech sandstones – a dream area for orienteering! The leg is from the second stage of the Pekne Prazdniny race, organized this August. Thanks a lot ...