World of O News

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. Jukola 2013 is organized  in Jämsä around ...

Many interesting route choices in the men’s middle distance at NORT in Oslo today – the leg from 15-16 seen above maybe being the most decisive. The winner Carl Godager Kaas was more than 30 seconds faster than Gustav Bergman (second in the end, only three seconds behind Kaas). Links ...

3 x victory for Switzerland with Niggli and Kyburz – and Carl Godager Kaas took his first World Cup victory since his WOC gold medal in 2010. Switzerland still dominates the sprint scene – while Norway and Sweden are a step ahead in Nordic forest. The big surprise of the ...

5 stages – 3 countries – 8 days – 133 starters – all races broadcast on TV / webTV – and 29 of the 40 best orienteers in the world* on the start line – although not all will travel on from Oslo. The 2013 edition of the Nordic Orienteering ...

Frederic Tranchands victory in  the overall Finnish orienteering league (Huippuliiga) after starting as number 52(!) in the chasing start was the highlight of this orienteering weekend – the start field was very good. There were also very strong start fields in the three Silva League races in Sweden. In the prestigious ...

10Mila GPS-tracking is online – here you get some of the highlights! Sit back and enjoy! And send some warm thoughts to the “entertainers” – I’m sure they didn’t enjoy it that much… Below a few of the highlights have been collected – there is a lot more to find ...

– I had a very good flow, but I was still running too fast for my technique, Thierry Gueorgiou said about his opening speed on the last leg of the 10Mila relay 2013 – after leading Kalevan Rasti to victory in 10Mila 2013. – I had the best legs of ...

[GPS-tracking highlights & short interviews] A very happy Lena Eliasson took Domnarvet to victory in the women’s class in 10Mila. – I had a fantastic flow today. I knew where I was all the way. On the way I thought that “I am nearly 32 years old, and it is ...

[Updated with LivebBlog] 10MILA countdown: One day left until one of the main highlights of the spring season for an orienteer: 10MILA. Kalevan Rasti, Halden and Kristiansand are the biggest favourites among the men –  Halden, OK Tisaren, Tampereen Pyrintö and Pan Århus the top teams among the women. New! ...

Here is a selection of 10Mila videos to get you in the right mood ahead of 10Mila. Relive the summary video and the start from 10Mila 2012, the slowmotion video from 10Mila 2008, the tracking highlights from 10Mila 2007, the 10Mila Petzl video from 2008 or some of the other ...