Orienteering News

The mixed sprint relay in Trento was an exciting race – partly because the lead changed often during the race. However, it was difficult to understand exactly why the lead changed during the race – especially due to the GPS not working well in the narrow streets of Trento. Was ...

[Updated with maps] Switzerland’s Judith Wyder ran Switzerland to gold when the first World Championship in mixed sprint relay was decided in Trento, Italy today. Belgium and Denmark had a clear lead after two legs, but Switzerland’s Matthias Kyburz basically decided the race on the third leg were he brought ...

[LIVE from 17:30 CET] Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland all have very strong teams – Denmark with a small edge after their fantastic sprint day in Venice on Saturday. Sweden and Switzerland are just as strong though – this will be a very exciting premiere for the mixed sprint relay. Looking back ...

Both Maja Alm and Tove Alexandersson did bad technical races taking wrong route choices and doing navigational errors – but they still managed to win medals due to their high running speed. Judith Wyder secured gold through a very stable race – at a bit lower speed. The sprint in ...

[Updated with analysis and splitsgraphs] Surprise Gold to Søren Bobach (Denmark). Judith Wyder (Switzerland) handles the pressure and wins the women’s sprint at WOC 2014. The sprint in Venice was spectacular and exciting – Denmark was the big winner with three medals at the first day of the World Championships ...

[Updated with better quality picture] The big surprise of the day was Mårten Boström failing to qualify for the final – except for that everything went according to plan for the big favourites in today’s sprint qualification in Burano by Venice. Heat winners were Daniel Hubmann, Jonas Leandersson and Yannick ...

[Live from 09:00 CET] We have taken a look at what happened in the international sprint scene the last year. Who performed well – and who didn’t? Travel with us one year back in time along the timeline – and afterwards lean back and enjoy the action in Burano and ...

The World Orienteering Championships starts on Saturday July 5th at 09:00 CET with sprint qualification in Burano – an island outside Venice. The first medals are fought for in the sprint final in Venice in the afternoon – with start from 15:20 CET. The championships continue with Mixed sprint relay ...

– We want to make the race series more attractive for all partners: Athletes, spectators, organizers and media, says Matthias Niggli on behalf of the project group WorldCup 16/20. Niggli is heading the project together with his wife Simone. [Disclaimer: The author of this article/interview has been part of the ...

What will the future Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) look like? The future JWOC program could become a carbon copy of the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) program: Introducing a mixed sprint relay and introducing a quota system for the forest races. Or it may stay exactly like it is today. ...