World of O News

Today we are travelling to the World Championships 2019 area in south-eastern Norway. Today’s leg is a long leg in terrain which according to the WOC 2019 organizers is very relevant for WOC 2019 – and the leg itself has also been suggested by the WOC 2019 organizers to be ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is something quite a bit different from what we usually see. Instead of long leg in untouched nature, we travel indoors to multilevel indoor-orienteering in Stockholm Indoor Championships 2017. The reason for introducing this leg in Route to Christmas is to let people understand ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 14 in the M21E course from the Slovenian Championships Long distance. Thanks a lot to Matjaz Stanfel for the suggestion – and for preparing the material The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is from the largest orienteering race in the worldo: O-Ringen. The chosen leg is leg number 6 from O-Ringen stage 3 in the Men Elite course. Thanks to Simon Hector for another good suggestion for this year’s Route to Christmas. Hector writes the following ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is a real classic from the past year – the longest leg in the World Championships long distance in Estonia. The leg is chosen based on a tip from Aigars Kokins – who points out that even if this leg has been analyzed at WorldofO ...

Read about the fantastic achievements of 16 athletes or teams from 10 nations which are nominated for The Orienteering Achievement of 2017. Then post your votes for your favourites – and be part of the drawing for prizes worth  5500 Euros! Vote here by December 12th: The Orienteering Achievement of ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is leg 14 in the H17-20 course from JWOC Long – thanks a lot for Simon Hector for suggesting the leg and providing lots of analysis! The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas takes us to a long leg in beautiful Karst-terrain in Italy – to the Italian Championships long distance in the Belluno-area. The leg is as usually first provided without routes – you may take a look at it and think about how you would ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas is “a long way from anywhere” – and probably one of the most spectacular legs we have seen in competitions this year. The 3rd leg in the longest course in the Western Canadian Orienteering Championships Long 2017 does simply look amazing. What a leg! On the ...

See an overview of the suggestions for nominated athletes below – 16 in the men’s and 9 in the women’s. Monday December 4th at midnight CET is the last chance to suggest a nomination for the Orienteering Achievement of 2017.  Suggested athletes and achievements as of Sunday evening (through Facebook page, intro-article and e-mail) ...