World of O News

With the World Championships in Czech Republic coming up in 2021, elite orienteers are posting lots of interesting routechoice legs from the area. Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 19 in the M21 course from a WOC 2021 Training Camp Long distance training at the Skalacek map. This ...

Yannick Michiels was one of the biggest names on the international orienteering scene this autumn after winning two straight World Cup Sprint races – in Switzerland and in China, and topping the World Ranking Sprint after the season. The fast Belgian athlete is a sprint orienteering specialist, but still enjoys ...

– Awesome “untypical” Finnish terrains with a lot of bigger and smaller route choices even on really short legs, is the description Miika Kirmula gives this terrain in tomorrow’s interview for Course of the Year 2019. The interview will not be published until December 7th, though, but you can enjoy ...

Today we have got a real highlight in Route to Christmas: A quite short leg, lots of routechoice options, excellent(!) opportunities to lose a lot of time – and on top of that the course is relevant for WOC 2021 for those aiming at success in Czech forests in two ...

– A long run through the Scandinavian forest, only few controls and a deep experience, is Denisa Kosova’s description of her favourite orienteering course in 2019. Read more about Kosova’s experiences in the forest the last year further down. Denisa Kosova is a Czech orienteer who is knocking on the door to ...

– It was a true long distance challenge in a tough Norwegian terrain, with several long and medium-length legs, Lucas Basset explains when talking about his favourite course of the year. And no, it is not the World Championships Long distance, but another Long distance course in Norway without spectators ...

– It is one of the most difficult terrains I have ever been to, is Simona Aebersold’s description of the terrain of today’s leg in Route to Christmas. The map is Les Plans d’Hotonnes, and the race is a Swiss Selection Race over the long distance in May this year. The chosen leg ...

Simona Aebersold has impressed the orienteering world with her strong performances this season! The first year in the senior class the young Swiss took silver and bronze at the individual races at the World Orienteering Championships in Østfold, Norway – and impressed overall throughout the season.  Read on to look ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is an interesting long leg in Norwegian terrain from a selection race for the World Orienteering Championships 2019. The leg goes through two different terrain types, and has two different components: Intensive mapreading and an interesting routechoice. Thanks a lot to Lucas Basset for ...

What was the best orienteering course of 2019? The World Cup Final Middle in Czech Republic won in 2018, the World Champs middle distance in Estonia won in 2017 and the last stage of France 5 won in 2016. Other recent winners are a spectacular sprint between boulders and old buildings in Portugal in 2013 and some great technical ...