World of O News

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2023 is the longest leg in the Swiss Championships long distance in challenging Jura terrain. Thanks a lot to Christoph Salzmann for the tip! This is typical Jura terrain where the runnability may be variable, and especially where the ground is stony running may be slowed ...

Today’s leg in Route to Christmas 2023 is from one of the largest competitions of the year – Jukola! The chosen leg is a common leg towards the end of the long night leg, the 3rd leg. At this time in the course, you are tired, and you probably want to ...

The 17th edition of the traditional Route to Christmas here at World of O starts with a long leg from the Finnish Long Distance Orienteering Championships. Enjoy the challenges – just like the competitors! Your job in Route to Christmas is to take a good look at the day’s leg, decide which route ...

Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) won the the European Championships (EOC) KO-Sprint in Vicenza, Italy – the last race in this year’s EOC and also in the 2023 World Cup . Both Kyburz and Alexandersson also won the overall World Cup with their good races this last World Cup ...

Sweden won a clear victory in the European Championships (EOC) Sprint Relay ahead of Switzerland and Finland. In the Swedish team, Tove Alexandersson led the field after the first leg – giving  Jonatan Gustafsson a gap out on the second leg which Martin Regborn and Sara Hagstrom managed to increase ...

Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) and Sara Hagström (Sweden) won the European Championships (EOC) Sprint in the historical city center of Verona, on a day were high speed and flawless orienteering was required in the relatively easy courses set in the flat terrain. In the men’s class, the battle for the gold ...

The European Orienteering Championships (EOC) starts off individual Sprint in Verona Italy on Wednesday October 4th – with qualification from 09:00 CET and the final from 14:30. The championships continues with Sprint Relay on Friday and KO-Sprint on Sunday. EOC 2023 is the second pure sprint EOC – after Switzerland in 2021 ...

The long distance competition in the sandstone area in Korce, Czechia offered many interesting routechoice legs in addition to tricky orienteering! Here we take a closer look at the decisive routechoice legs in the men’s course – read on to understand which controls were most challenging for the runners and ...

Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) won the women’s class  and Kasper Fosser (Norway) won the men’s class in today’s World Cup Long distance in very challenging sandstone terrain in Korce, Czechia – featuring lots of interesting route choice legs along with tricky orienteering between the sandstones in the steep slopes.  Simona Aebersold (Switzerland) and Sara ...

The sandstone area in Korce, Czechia offered tricky orienteering in spectacular terrain! Read on to understand which controls were most challenging for the runners, how the best solved the challenges, and why Jannis Bonek (Austria) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) could finish the day on the top of the podium. For maps, results ...