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10/08/2010 || Familiar names in the top spots in European Trail Orienteering Championships ||News||
Competitors from 17 countries took part in the European Trail Orienteering Championships in Bollnäs, Sweden. The top ten placings went to nine different countries, but the winners came from traditional trail orienteering nations. In the Open Class, Hannu Niemi from Finland won before Marit Wiksell, Sweden, and Clive Allen, Great Britain. The Paralympic Class winner […]
08/08/2010 || World Orienteering Championships: Double sprint gold for Switzerland ||News||
The 2010 Sprint World Champions are both Swiss: Simone Niggli and Matthias Mueller. This is Simone’s 16th World Championships gold medal. Photo: Erik Borg It was a very tight race for first place in the women’s class, with only 0.7 seconds separating Simone and last year’s champion Helena Jansson, Sweden, at the finish line. […]
07/08/2010 || World Masters Orienteering Championships: Six double gold medallists ||News||
After two qualification races and a final where 24 people crowned as World Masters Orienteering Long Distance Champions in Switzerland yesterday. Six of the winners had also won the sprint distance earlier this week – one of them Erkki Luntamo, 95, in M95, who now won his 13th gold medal at the World Masters Championships. […]
02/08/2010 || World Masters Orienteering Championships: Three sprint champions retain titles ||News||
Three of the sprint champions at this year’s World Masters Orienteering Championships were also gold medallists last year: Jenny Bourne AUS in W55, Nick Barrable GBR in M35 and Hermann Wehner AUS in M85. A M95 gold medal was awarded for the first time. More than 3.700 competitors took part in the sprint finals, held […]
28/07/2010 || 42 nations entered to the World Orienteering Championships ||News||
The 27th World Orienteering Championships and 7th World Trail Orienteering Championships take place 8-15 August in Trondheim, Norway. Altogether 42 nations have entered athletes to the events – equalling the record number of nations from 2007 and 2009. All World Champions from last year’s Championships in Hungary are present in Norway to defend their titles. […]
27/07/2010 || More than 4100 World Masters compete in Switzerland ||News||
The World Masters Orienteering Championships kick off in Pays de Neuchâtel, Switzerland on Saturday. The event will be huge: more than 4100 participants run in the championships classes, and some 400 in open classes. For example, anyone aiming to win M60 will first have to beat 445 competitors! But the competitions are not only attracting […]
20/07/2010 || O-zine 2-2010 now available ||News||
Click here to view this year’s second issue of the O-zine. O-zine is the IOF’s On-Line Newsletter, published four times a year. If you wish to receive an email notification whenever a new issue of O-zine is released, please subscribe here.
20/07/2010 || International Conference on Orienteering Mapping: Programme ||News||
The IOF Map Commission welcomes you to the 14th International Conference on Orienteering Mapping that will take place in conjunction with the World Orienteering Championships in Trondheim, Norway.The programme for the conference has now been published. To view the conference programme, please click here.
20/07/2010 || World University Orienteering Championships in Sweden ||News||
17th World University Orienteering Championships kicked off in Borlänge, Sweden yesterday. Altogether 309 participants from 31 countries representing four continents will compete for World University Champion’s title in sprint, middle distance and long distance. The competitions end with relay on Saturday. The event can be followed at the organising committee’s homepage and at the homepage […]
18/07/2010 || World MTB Orienteering Championships: Denmark and Russia best in relay ||News||
Denmark was strong in the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships relay in Portugal on Saturday, fighting for gold in both classes. At the end, Anton Foliforov was able to secure men’s victory to Russia, with Lasse Brun Pedersen from Denmark finishing a half a minute later, but in the women’s class Denmark won the relay […]
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