World of O News

Read about the fantastic achievements of the 13 athletes and 3 teams who are nominated for The Orienteering Achievement of 2012. Then post your vote for your favourites, and be part of the drawing for prizes worth nearly 4000 Euros! Teams can now also win the achievement of the year ...

The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the map sample – can you make it all the way to 24? Fill out your name, e-mail address and ...

The third day of Route to Christmas 2012 takes us to Sweden and the Swedish Championships Ultralong. The race was organized on September 29th southwest of Mora. The leg in question is leg number 23 – in the last part of the race. The leg is a long one in ...

With yesterday being very tricky, we go a bit easier again today – at least for many of you! The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country for the ...

The second day of Route to Christmas 2012 takes us to Norway and the Norwegian Championships Long. The race was organized on September 13th close to Oslo. Todays leg is leg number 13 in the H21 course. The leg in question was in the second half of the course – ...

Today we have got a really tricky one – at least I think so! Can you guess from which country this map sample comes? The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess ...

– I got beaten by a girl on a night training on that map in 2006… It still irritates me! (Christian) The WorldofO Christmas O-Quiz gives you one map sample each day from December 1st until December 24th. You get one point for each day you guess the correct country ...

The first day of Route to Christmas 2012 takes us to Hungary and the Hungarian Ultra-Long Championships. The race was organized on March 31, around 60 kms NE of Budapest. Thanks to Aron Less for tip about the route – and providing both map and routes! We are considering the ...

Nearly 1000 people set up their Top 5 lists for “The Course of the Year 2012″ (up from around 700 in 2011) – and more than 80 courses were suggested for nomination (up from 50 in 2011). As a thank you to all participating, sponsor prizes are drawn among the ...

… a challenging middle distance course in technical terrain with varying visibility which was given high praise by many of the world’s top runners! Read the full interview with the course setters and see several different versions of the courses – from the early version to the final version. All ...