Orienteering News

[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. ...

[Including some analysis from the races] Maps and full GPS tracking from the Jukola and Venla relays are now available both in GPSSeuranta and in 3DRerun. Upload your own track to compare with the GPS-tracked teams. See below for instructions on how to add your own GPS tracks to the ...

Thierry Gueorgiou did it again for Kalevan Rasti. After a difficult night for the Finnish team, with many mistakes in the tough and technical terrain, the world stars Fabian Hertner and Thierry Gueorgiou decided the relay for Kalevan Rasti on the two last legs. The last leg was a real ...

The Danish favourite team OK Pan Århus took their second Venla relay victory in a row after very strong performances by all four runners. Signe Søes decided it all on the first 2 km of the second leg – catching up 1 minute to the lead and opening a gap ...

22:00 CET on Saturday Jukola  starts – the largest orienteering relay event in the world. 9 hours earlier at 13:00 CET the women start their relay – the Venla relay. Here you find all the information you need about the  Jukola and Venla relays. This is the 66th edition of ...

Denmark won today’s unoffical World Cup race in sprint relay in the very tricky artificially built labyrinth-like streets of Imatra. Emma Klingenberg, Tue Lassen, Søren Bobach and Maja Alm run in the Danish team. Sweden had a clear 25 second lead on Denmark after three legs – Jonas Leandersson doing ...

Still a long time until Christmas, but ‘Route to Christmas’ makes a quick visit in the middle of the summer today. The interesting World Cup sprint course in Imatra yesterday is the occasion – leg number 8 in the men’s course is the chosen leg. The leg is as usually ...