World of O News

The last long leg down just before the finish – being the same in both the men’s and women’s course – is a very interesting route choice leg.  With the World Orienteering Championships Long courses being publiched some hours before the best runners start, this is your perfect chance to try ...

Christmas is coming early this year: With the World Orienteering Championships Long courses being publiched some hours before the best runners start, this is your perfect chance to try out your skills on the long leg in the womens course. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you ...

WOC Long Race & Favourites Preview: The Swiss Alps are expected to deliver a spectacular Long distance when the first medals of the 2023 World Orienteering Championships (WOC) will be decided within 14:00 (women) and 16:10 (men) today. The women start from 09:02 until 12:35 with expected winning time of 82 ...

Here we take a look at some of the most tricky legs in the very interesting WOC 2023 Middle Qualification courses – and how the best runners solved the course planners’ puzzles. Although more technical courses are expected in Saturday’s Middle Final and the courses might not look that tricky from the sofa, the ...

Sweden and Switzerland dominated a technical and interesting Middle qualifier at the opening of the World Orienteering Championships (WOC)  in Trin, Switzerland. Hanna Lundberg (Sweden), Tove Alexandersson (Sweden), Simona Aebersold (Switzerland), Joey Hadorn (Switzerland), Albin Ridefelt (Sweden) and Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) took the victories. All favourites and biggest outsiders made ...

Very interesting and technical orienteering is expected when the 2023 World Orienteering Championships (WOC) starts in Flims Laax in Switzerland on Wednesday July 12th with the Middle Qualification. The championship continues with the Long distance on  Thursday  (no qualification), the Middle Final on Saturday after a rest day, and finally rounds of with the Relay on Sunday. ...

[LIVE from Monday July 3rd 15:30 CET] The Junior World Orienteering Championships 2023 in Romania starts with Sprint on Monday July 3rd, continues with Sprint Relay on Tuesday, Middle on Wednesday, Long on Friday and finishes off with Relay on Saturday.  The championship is organized around Baia Mare, Romania – and will offer GPS-tracking (all competitors ...

The 2023 edition of Jukola – the largest orienteering relay in the world  – is organized the coming weekend with more than 18.000 competitors on the start. Start of the Jukola relay is Saturday at 22:00 CET (23:00 local time). 9 hours earlier at 13:00 CET the women start their relay. Here ...

The test races for the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) in Flims Laax in Switzerland concluded with a long distance race in hilly terrain with many route choice options on Tuesday. As for the middle distance races, the start field was divided into two classes for men and two classes for women based ...

With only 5 weeks until the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) in Flims Laax in Switzerland, many countries hold their WOC test or selection races in Switzerland this long weekend with more than 300 top runners at the start. Saturday and Sunday Middle distance races were organized, while a Long distance ...