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14/06/2007 || 17 nations ready for the first final of the 2007 World Cup ||News||
A total of 17 nations qualified for the Sprint Finals in the first World Cup round of the 2007 season, staged in Lapua Finland. The new World Cup model gives nations up to 10 runners in the qualification heats, based on the nation’s strength in the IOF World Ranking. In the women’s heats 10 nations […]
05/06/2007 || Watch out for the start of the 2007 World Cup ||News||
The 2007 World Cup season starts on 14th June with a sprint competition in Finland and ends with another sprint in Switzerland on 7th October. The programme consists of 10 individual races, three of them being the World Championships finals in Ukraine. The other venues are in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. Watch out for […]
23/05/2007 || World elite orienteers make up new Athletes’ Commissions ||News||
At its recent meeting, the IOF Council was pleased to receive confirmation that an Athletes’ Commission consisting of world elite athletes had been formed in two orienteering disciplines – Foot Orienteering and Ski Orienteering. Emil Wingstedt (SWE) is the co-ordinator of the Athletes’ Commission in Foot Orienteering and the three other members are Joanne Allison […]
07/05/2007 || Invitation to the IOF MTB Orienteering Event Advisers’ Clinic ||News||
This Event Advisors’ Clinic is organised for the education and recruitment of new IOF licensed Mountain Bike Orienteering Event Advisors. The national orienteering federations are kindly asked to identify and enter suitable candidates. *****Outlines of the IOF MTB-O Event Adviser’s Clinic***** Organiser: IOF MTBO Commission on behalf of the International Orienteering Federation; IOF Rules Commission. […]
30/03/2007 || A new orienteering season – a new World Cup ||News||
The 2007 World Cup is eagerly awaited by the world’s elite orienteers. A new format is being introduced, with some exciting innovations designed to raise the profile of the World Cup and make it accessible to a far greater number of runners from around the world than has previously been the case. One of the […]
28/03/2007 || Professional Arena Production – new CD ||News||
High quality arena production has become almost mandatory for modern world level orienteering competitions such as World Championships and World Cup events. One of the tasks of the IOF Professional Arena Production working group has been to compile and spread the knowledge of what constitutes, and how to plan, a quality arena production. The brand-new […]
02/03/2007 || The Swiss Surprise ||News||
Switzerland took bronze after a hard battle on the last leg. That was the big surprise in the relay at the World Championships. Christian Spörry who skied the last leg was very happy when he finished. He won the battle with Jan Laureman in the fight for the bronze. – I was a bit stronger […]
02/03/2007 || “I can hardly believe it” ||News||
The World Championships in Ski Orienteering just north west of Moscow ended with another incredible day for Russia. Just as expected it was gold for both the women and the men in the relay. The Russian head coach Alexander Bliznevsky was, of course, very happy but also a bit surprised. – Just now I can […]
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