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20/09/2018 || Information Technology Open Meeting 2018 – Presentations ||FootO, MTBO, News, SkiO, TrailO||
IOF IT Commission invited the orienteering world to present and discuss orienteering relevant technology – timekeeping, GPS, analysis, services, hardware, software etc. The Open Meeting were held at the 6th August 2018 during WOC 2018 in Riga, Latvia.
19/09/2018 || Athletes rights in focus in The Athlete Charter and at WADA Global Athlete Forum ||FootO, MTBO, News, SkiO, TrailO||
The aim with The Athlete Charter is to be the world’s largest athlete-focused survey ever commissioned. All elite-level athletes are invited to share their voice. Integrity and Clean Sport is one of the key topics. Clean Sport was also the main topic on the 1st WADA Global Athlete Forum with the theme The sport we want. Erik Blomgren, coordinator of the Ski Orienteering Athletes Commission attended the forum on behalf of the IOF.
18/09/2018 || IOF High Level Event Seminar 2019 Announcement ||FootO, MTBO, News, SkiO, TrailO||
The International Orienteering Federation, in cooperation with the Czech Orienteering Federation, is pleased to announce that the 2019 IOF High Level Event Seminar will be held on 2-3 February in Prague, Czech Republic.
13/09/2018 || General Assembly Weekend – Update ||News||
The XXIX IOF Congress and General Assembly is to be held in Prague, Czech Republic 4-7 October, 2018 The General Assembly will be held on Saturday the 6th October. Read about news and reminders.
13/09/2018 || Call for WRE applications ||FootO, MTBO, News, SkiO, TrailO||
The general deadline for WRE applications in the 2019 season (2018-2019 season for SkiO) is in 30th September and applications are as usual entered in IOF Eventor. Note that it is very important to get the SkiO and MTBO applications by the deadline, 30 September. The FootO and TrailO application period is a bit more flexible, but still we want to have the majority of applications in by 30th September.
12/09/2018 || Apply For IOF Major Events ||FootO, MTBO, News, SkiO, TrailO||
IOF invites all member federations to apply for IOF Events and the next application deadline is 2019-01-01.
11/09/2018 || The World Games 2021 bulletin 1 ||FootO, News||
Orienteering will be one of the sports represented in The World Games (TWG) 2021 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Bulletin 1 is now released and can be found in IOF Eventor.
07/09/2018 || Sprint, Sprint Relay and Middle Distance at the World Cup Final in China 2019 ||FootO, News||
China will host the World Cup Final 2019 in Guangzhou in southern China. The competitions will be held between the 25th and the 29th of October.
06/09/2018 || European Ski Orienteering Championships 2020 in Russia ||News, SkiO||
The IOF Council has appointed Russia as organiser of the European Ski Orienteering Championships 2020. There have been difficulties in finding organisers for major events in Ski Orienteering and 2020 is no exception; Russia was the only bidder for ESOC 2020.
04/09/2018 || World Cup standings: close fight ahead for men’s title ||FootO, News||
Tove Alexandersson, Sweden has a commanding lead in the women’s standings, but there are three athletes in serious contention for the men’s title at the finals in Prague next month. Switzerland has a small lead in the Team World Cup.
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