Tight and Exciting Norwegian Champs in Tricky Slopes

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[With maps and animation] On a day were many top runners got into trouble, Bjørn Ekeberg and Mari Fasting won the Norwegian Championships Middle. The decision in the men’s race came in a tricky slope at the very end of the course after a very tight fight between Ekeberg and previous middle ...

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Finnish Champs Long: Kauppi and Young Finnish Men

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In the women’s class “retired” Minna Kauppi took a clear victory in the Finnish Championships Long this weekend. In the men’s class Finland’s “New Golden Generation” showed the way – with Gold to Toni Saari (23) ahead of 3 other U23 athletes – and with this year’s Junior World Champion Olli Ojanaho ...

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Antwerp Sprint Meeting: Michiels and Vinogradova

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[With maps and results] Sprint stars Yannick Michiels (Belgium) and Galina Vinogradova (Russia) won the first edition of the Antwerp Sprint Orienteering Meeting in Antwerp, Belgium this weekend with strong start fields. The ASOM 2015 event included two sprint races on Saturday in the ‘Luchtbal’ area. On Sunday the elite classes ran an ...

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Summary of International Orienteering Coaches Conference 2015

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When listening to the participants at the International Orienteering Coaches Conference 2015 in Austria, it is clear that a lot of focus is on one hand to build a development environment where young athletes can develop towards elite level – and on the other hand to build an elite environment which helps elite athletes get World Champions. Representatives of ...

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Norway: Educate club coaches & build training environment in the clubs

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Norway does not have a formalized structure with youth teams, regional training centers or even a dedicated junior national team as most of the other top orienteering nations. Instead Norway’s approach  is to put a lot of focus on helping the clubs building a training environment in which future World Champions ...

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France: New training approach – New challenges

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Instead of following the successful approach of Thierry Gueorgiou, Francois Gonon and Philippe Adamski which has brought France a lot of success throughout the years, the “new” generation of French runners use a somewhat different approach according to French coach Charly Boichut at the International Orienteering  Coach Conference in Faak am See, Austria this is not ...

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Czech Republic: Hard work with limited resources

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– In total we produce around 90 days of team activity each year, Czech Head Coach Radek Novotny says. – As the clubs are weak and we have no state funded training centers, the national team must take many of the functions clubs and training centers have in other countries, ...

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Mental training: Central part of the Swiss success story

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The Swiss approach to mental training was one of the main topics when Swiss Junior National Team coach Beat Okle presented how Switzerland organizes their elite activities within orienteering at the International Orienteering Coach Conference in Faak am See, Austria. The recommended training for a Swiss orienteer from youth until young ...

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Behind Sweden’s success: 25-30 full-time orienteering coaches

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– We are proud that even with half of the budget we still manage our goals, Sweden’s Head Coach Susanne Wiklund Björk explained at the International Orienteering Coach Conference in Faak am See, Austria. Since 2011 the budget for elite orienteering in Sweden has gone down step by step. – We ...

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Finland: A new golden generation

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– Our juniors have been improving the last few years, a new golden Finnish generation may be coming up, an optimistic Petteri Kähäri, sport director of the Finnish Orienteering Federation, said when presenting Finland’s approach to elite orienteering at the International Orienteering Coach Conference in Faak am See, Austria. It may ...

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