Orienteering News

World of O turns 17 today! The Internet is 20 years old, Google is 14 years old, Facebook is 7 years old. Thus 17 years is quite an age in the Internet world. 17 years ago World of O among other things offered “a slideshow through all o-pages” – that ...

– We are getting close to finishing the update of the IOF standard for information exchange, Mats Troeng – the man behind great orienteering software like QuickRoute, Doma and WinSplits – writes in an email. Now Troeng and the IOF want to have feedback from orienteers on the new standard ...

At yesterday’s joint meeting of the IOF Council and Commissions, the IOF Council announced that the WOC in the future project is dead. – 80% of the federations are happy with the current status, it was said in the meeting according to sources present in the meeting. This is one ...

The future of the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) is getting more open after the IOF member federations’ feedback to the suggested WOC program have started being published. Of the responses posted so far, there is not exactly big support behind the WOC program suggested by the IOF. Update 20.01.2012 15:00: ...

Today’s Sunday Route Choice Puzzle is a follow-up to Route to Christmas were more sprint legs were requested. The sprint race “Effretiker OL” was organized in Switzerland today – and as the Swiss federation now has bought GPS-units, there is GPS-tracking available with several top runners. The course has a ...

Download and Print the World of O Wall Calendar today – and you are ready for the 2012 season with pictures of the orienteers behind the greatest orienteering achievements of 2011 along with a practical overview of all important races the coming season: All WOC races, World Cup  races, World ...

Thierry Gueorgiou, Ida Bobach, Ionut Zinca, Helena Jansson, Daniel Hubmann and Tove Alexandersson have all two things in common: They were behind some of the greatest orienteering achievements of 2012 2011 – and they are featured on the World of O Wall Calendar 2012. The World of O Wall Calendar ...

– I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I have been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Thierry ...

Another Bonus sprint leg – this time from the Latvian Championships sprint. The suggestion is from Kalvis Bruns: – When I was running this race, Leg 7 was quite a challenge for me. After the 6th control, I was just standing still for like 3-4sec and trying to scan the ...

You asked for sprint legs – here you get one as the third bonus leg! This one is from the WMOC sprint qualifier in Hungary this year. The tip is provided by Aron Less: – WMOC Sprint Qualification in my opinion was one of the best sprint courses in Hungary ...