World Cup leader Tove Alexandersson has decided not to start Saturday’s middle distance World Cup race out of tactical reasons. Even  winning on Saturday will not increase her chances to win the overall World Cup, and therefore the Swedish star wants to start on Sunday with rested legs. Of course ...

[Sprint Relay from Friday 15:00 CET / Middle Saturday 12:00 CET / Sprint Sunday 13:20 CET] In the World Cup final this weekend there will be a fight for the overall World Cup victory – but just as important is the good bye to three big Swiss stars: Simone Niggli, ...

[Warning – long post with many maps] Swedish Champs long with great long distance orienteering. Finnish Champs middle with 5 different nations on Top 5 for men. Swiss Champs middle which finally were successful for “little brother” Hubmann – Martin took the victory ahead of Daniel. Norwegian Champs with a ...

– It was with mixed feelings I travelled to JWOC. Unsure of my shape, unsure of how much I would be able to run and unsure of my expectations. I was happy if I could just make it to some of the races – and that wasn’t at all the ...

– It is cool to see that the last Swiss guys who took medals at JWOCs, they are now in the elite team and they are now the World Champions. So for me, that’s cool to see my future will maybe be the same, says Swiss Florian Schneider – winning ...

Friday August 2nd – Sunday August 4th: Orienteering in World Games 2013 in Cali, Colombia offers live streaming, GPS-tracking and live results. Norwegian Jørn Sundy will be speaker on the live streaming. With many medalists from the World Championships in Vuokatti on the start list the sprint (Friday), middle distance ...

The strong feelings involved – for both winners and losers – is what makes sports interesting. Read on for some selected moments from WOC 2013 – both the winners in pictures and the disappointments in the athletes own words. All photos from WOC 2013 are posted on the World of ...

A lot to learn from these mistakes – unfortunately a bit late for the competitors here in Finland. Now looking forward to the relay! The full gallery is posted here: Gallery: Top 160 mistakes from WOC Middle Final Follow the WOC relay live Links to live services: Online results, GPS-tracking, Live TV payment. ...

Simone Niggli wins Gold also on Middle after deciding a tricky middle distance for herself . Niggli started with a mistake on the first control – being in 34th place of the 45 starters when she found the flag – but took over the lead after a fantastic long leg ...

Leonid Novikov surprised everybody – including himself – by winning the World Champions middle distance in Vuokatti, Finland today. Thierry Gueorgiou finished second after a one-minute mistake at control which he never managed to fully catch up. Sweden’s Gustav Bergman became third. Below you see the mistake of Gueorigou at ...