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27/12/2018 || Orienteering in the spotlight – vote for Tove! ||Arena, FootO, News||

Do you think that Tove Alexandersson was the greatest Swedish athlete in 2018? If so – vote for Tove to win the Jerring Prize!

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21/12/2018 || Plans for the 2019 WOC Clinic announced ||FootO, News||

The IOF has cooperated with the organisers of World Orienteering Championships since the 2011 to put on a WOC Clinic. The aim of the Clinic is to encourage and support participation from member federations who otherwise would not be able to participate at the World Orienteering Championships due to economic challenges.

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21/12/2018 || IOF Newsletter Published ||News||

It includes interesting reading about the four Athletes of the Year 2018, new orienteering cartoons, why orienteering is totally in line with the image of university sport’s motto, a multi-talented medal winner, updated rules and much more.

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21/12/2018 || Interested in the development of orienteering? IOF Commissions are looking for new members ||News, Newsletter||

As we enter the new strategic period for the IOF, we have identified a number of needs to strengthen IOF Commissions with new members. We would therefore ask your help in identifying new commission members for the following commissions.

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20/12/2018 || Updated competition rules for FootO published ||FootO, News||

The Council Event Supervisory Board has approved an updated version of the competition rules for IOF Foot Orienteering Events. These new rules are valid as of January 1, 2019.

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14/12/2018 || Qualification rules for The World Games 2021 approved ||FootO, News||

The World Games 2021 will be organised in Birmingham, Alabama, USA from July 15 – 25, 2021. Orienteering will be present with 3 competitions, an individual Sprint, an individual Middle Distance and a Sprint Relay. The Council Event Supervisory Board has approved the qualification rules which will be used to select the 40 female and 40 male athletes who will participate the The World Games 2021. 

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06/12/2018 || 10th IOF High Level Event Seminar to take place in Prague ||News||

The International Orienteering Federation, in cooperation with the Czech Orienteering Federation (ČSOS), is pleased to publish the invitation to the 2019 IOF High Level Event Seminar to be held at Hotel Golf in Prague, Czech Republic 2-3 February, 2019.

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27/11/2018 || Special Rules for the 2019 Orienteering World Cup ||FootO, News||

The Special Rules for the 2019 Orienteering World Cup have been published. The World Cup Final programme in China, Increased Prize money and the Long Distance chase start concept in Finland are some of the interesting things to highlight.

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