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11/05/2012 || World elite gather for European Championships ||News||
The first major international foot and trail orienteering competitions of the year, the European Orienteering Championships (EOC) and the European Trail Orienteering Championships (ETOC), take place in this coming week beginning on Monday 14th May. 387 athletes representing 33 nations will compete in EOC; 96 competitors from 13 nations in ETOC.
08/05/2012 || MTB Orienteering Event Evaluation Form published ||News||
The IOF MTB Orienteering Commission has published an online Event Evaluation Form to collect feedback on IOF MTB Orienteering World Cup and World Championships events.
07/05/2012 || MTB Orienteering World Cup: Finland wins mixed relay ||News||
Victory in the mixed relay – teams of three, at least one woman – went as anticipated to Finland’s star team of Marika Hara, Samuli Saarela and Samuel Pökälä. Second place went to the Czech Republic and third place to Switzerland.
06/05/2012 || MTB Orienteering World Cup: Double Schaffner victory ||News||
Switzerland’s Christine Schaffner, four times a MTBO World Champion, won today’s Middle Distance race in the World Cup by 25 seconds over yesterday’s winner Marika Hara, Finland. It was quite a day for the Schaffner family: husband Beat also took victory in the men’s race, winning by 19 seconds.
05/05/2012 || MTB Orienteering World Cup: Triumph for Samuel Pökälä ||News||
Samuel Pökälä, Finland, had the race of his life today. In his third season in elite MTB orienteering, IOF World Ranked number 33 before today, he was the fastest throughout the first World Cup race of this year and won by 2 minutes 22.5 seconds over World Champion Samuli Saarela. Finland had a double triumph with Marika Hara winning the women’s race.
04/05/2012 || Final entry deadline for World Masters Orienteering Championships 2012 coming up ||News||
The final entry deadline for World Masters Orienteering Championships 2012 in Germany is almost here: registrations can be submitted untill next Thursday, 10 May 2012.
02/05/2012 || 2012 MTB Orienteering World Cup starts on Saturday ||News||
The world’s elite mountain bike orienteers meet up for IOF competition for the first time this year at the weekend, when the first round of the World Cup will be held in the Prague region of the Czech Republic.
01/05/2012 || Athlete of the Month: Mission Heavy Metal ||News||
Our Athlete of May, elite MTB orienteer Tobias Breitschädel from Austria, reveals his secret for the preparations for the World Championships in Hungary, and admits that it is “horrible” to combine work and sports.
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