World University Ski Orienteering Championships will be reality
Posted on | July 1, 2013 | Category: News
The IOF delegation presented ski orienteering at the meeting of the Executive Committee of FISU (World University Sports Federation) today in Kazan, Russia.
The meeting went well, and the FISU Executive Committee is ready to support World University Ski Orienteering Championships in the future.
IOF President Brian Porteous commented: “This is great news. Orienteering is a very popular sport amongst students and we are delighted that the World University Sports Federation has agreed to our proposal for a World Universities Ski Orienteering Championships every two years from 2016. We have excellent relationships with FISU and I am delighted for this major new vote of confidence in our sport. This will be another important step forward for our global ambition to achieve further growth in ski orienteering around the world.”
FISU also published the news on their homepage: www.fisu.net/en/FISU-Board-attributes-5-more-WUC-for-2014-Sport-Climbing-and-Ski-Orienteering-added-to-the-Sports-Programme-3133.html?mbID=5302
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