EOC 2014 starts for real with the Sprint Final this Sunday at 17:30 CET. GPS-tracking, live results and a video feed is promised – and from the old map it looks like we should get very interesting and challenging sprint orienteering in this first EOC final. With the finals approaching, ...

[Updated with higher quality maps] Another great sprint day for Switzerland and Sweden: Heat winners in today’s EOC Sprint Qualification were Martin Hubmann (SUI), Jan Prochazka (CZE), Matthias Kyburz (SUI), Rahel Friedrich (SUI), Judith Wyder (SUI) and Karolin Ohlsson (SWE). Note! This article is based on unofficial results! See full ...

The final(!) decision for EOC Middle Qual was made late last night. All men AND women who started in the qualification on Thursday are allowed to start in the final on Monday. The complete qualification race is voided (both men and women). Qualification races April 10th were voided late tonight ...

Heat winners in today’s EOC Long Qualification were William Lind (SWE), Fredric Portin (FIN), Gernot Kerschbaumer (AUT), Signe Søes (DEN), Judith Wyder (SUI) and Svetlana Mironova (RUS). Most favourites went on to the A-final. Notably Nikolov (BUL), Rüdlinger (SUI) and Oskarsson (NOR) missed the final according to the unofficial results. ...

[Updated Friday evening: All men into final, only top 17 women] Heat winners were Daniel Hubmann (SUI), Gernot Kerschbaumer (AUT), Timo Sild (EST), Helena Jansson (SWE), Mari Fasting (NOR) and Signe Søes (DEN). [Note! Results are unofficial, and according to @NOF_orientering 6 nations have protested – claim three controls are ...

The European Championships in Orienteering (EOC) starts off with three days of qualification races: Middle Thursday April 10th, Long Friday and Sprint Saturday. The first final is the Sprint final on Sunday late afternoon – and the championships concludes with middle final, long final and relay without a single day ...

Oleksandr Kratov (Ukraine) and Lena Eliasson (Sweden) both won their first World Cup victories in the World Cup middle distance in Spain today. Again the Spanish organizers offered technical and challenging courses. In the women’s class it was again a Swedish day – 4 Swedes among the top 5:  Helena ...

Tove Alexandersson won then women’s race on a great Swedish day – the men’s race was voided due to controls 21-22 being removed by the organizers. Olav Lundanes ran the fastest time in the men’s race ahead of Baptiste Rollier and Gustav Bergman. Fast is however maybe not the best ...

A real long distance with 3 minutes start interval on Saturday and a technical middle distance on Sunday – that is what awaits the athletes at the second World Cup round of the season in southern Spain. Both races can be followed via GPS-tracking and live internet TV. The other ...