World of O News

Switzerland took the women’s relay and Norway the men’s relay at the European Championships relay in Tessin, Switzerland. In the women’s relay Switzerland dominated from start to finish, with one of their two teams being in the lead throughout the relay. As only on team from each country counts in ...

Switzerland’s Judith Wyder took the lead already from the start of the first leg – and Florian Howald, Martin Hubmann and Elena Roos took care of the lead all the way to the finish – giving Switzerland a clear win in the European Championships Sprint Relay in Ticino, Switzerland. Sweden took ...

Matthias Kyburz (SUI) and Marika Teini (FIN) took the gold medals on tricky courses in today’s European Orienteering Championships (EOC) Middle in Tessin, Switzerland. On another strong Swiss day Switzerland took the two first places in the men’s class. Matthias Kyburz took his second gold medal of two possible – winning ...

    Switzerland dominated the EOC Middle qualifier with heat winners Fabian Hertner, Daniel Hubmann, Florian Howald, Julia Gross (all SUI).  Marika Teini (FIN) and Jana Knapova (CZE) won the two last heats – on a day where everal high-ranked athletes missed the finals. The steep sloped with few features ...

Two wrong routechoices cost Judith Wyder the gold medal at the EOC 2018 Sprint. One wrong routechoice cost Elena Roos the bronze medal. Both Swiss runners took the wrong choice on the long leg to control 5 (shown above) – and in addition Wyder took the wrong route on the ...

In a demanding sprint course at EOC 2018 Sprint, the winners Daniel Hubmann and Matthias Kyburz took the right routechoice on nearly every leg – and their execution of the routechoices was close to perfect.  The following analysis goes through the GPS- and splits-data on the most interesting legs, and looks at ...

Tove Alexandersson (SWE) won the women’s race while Matthias Kyburz and Daniel Hubmann (both SUI) shared the victory in the men’s race in the sprint which marked the opening of the European Championships 2018 in the Ticino-region in Switzerland.  The first day in the championships was a big success for ...

Excellent live coverage is offered when the European Orienteering Championships (EOC)  starts on Sunday May 6th with Sprint qualification and final – and finishes the following Sunday, May 13th, with the Long distance. The program also includes Middle (qualification Tuesday, final Wednesday), Sprint Relay (Thursday) and Relay (Saturday).  Update: Updated with information ...

One of the main highlights of the spring season is coming up on Saturday & Sunday morning: 10Mila in Nynäshamn, Sweden. The organizer again focus on high quality webTV broadcasts, spectators both at home and on the arena in Sweden can expect highly entertaining competitions.  The start for the men’s relay ...

Christmas is a perfect time for orienteering – take a look at some of the nice “Christmas special” orienteering courses here. Have you got your own “Christmas special” or “New year special” orienteering course? Why not post it as a comment below?