Simona Aebersold (Switzerland) won her first World Championships (WOC) title over the Long distance on homeground today, beating pre-race favourite Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) with half a minute. Kasper Fosser (Norway) won his second WOC Long title in a row after a tough battle with Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) all the way ...

WOC Long Race & Favourites Preview: The Swiss Alps are expected to deliver a spectacular Long distance when the first medals of the 2023 World Orienteering Championships (WOC) will be decided within 14:00 (women) and 16:10 (men) today. The women start from 09:02 until 12:35 with expected winning time of 82 ...

For the second time in the history of the “Orienteering Course of the Year”, a very special urban sprint course takes the honors! Back in 2013 the Monsanto evening sprint in Portugal won the “Course of the Year” title – this time the 4th stage of the Pomeranian Sprint Cup in Poland was ...

Remember to vote by Wednesday – it is still tight in the top! With two days left to vote, we take a look at the 10 courses that are currently in the Top 10 of the “Course of the Year 2022″. The following courses are in the top 10 as of now: ...

What was the best orienteering course of 2022? WOC Long distance won in 2021, The Norwegian World Champs selection race long distance won in 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 winners ...

What was the best orienteering course of 2021? The Norwegian World Champs selection race long distance won in 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 winners are a spectacular sprint between ...

[To be updated] Creative orienteers all around the world find alternative orienteering activities in these difficult times when most orienteering races are cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis. The activities range from different types of online orienteering competitions to mapping your own home. And those who are lucky enough to be able ...

A traditional long distance course with many long route choice legs interspersed with technical orienteering is the “Orienteering Course of the Year 2019″!  The course was run by many of the world’s best orienteers, as the event was a selection race for the World Orienteering Championships for several countries. The ...

– There is something really nice about a very good long distance. You don’t get many of those in a year! Those are Gustav Bergman’s words about one of the best forest orienteering courses he ran in 2019 – one of the Swedish League races in the middle of April. Read ...

– In these kind of races, the TV-production doesn’t set any limits so it is easier to make the whole course really challenging, Finnish rising start Miika Kirmula says about his two favourite forest races of the year. Read on to get to know more about what kind of courses ...