World Cup: Fosser takes over lead after EOC, Aebersold remains on top
The just ended European Championships in Hungary didn’t just give us three exciting and tough races. We also found out who has the best chances to win the 2024 Orienteering World Cup, which will be decided in Finla...
2024-08-21
Warm and tough EOC to begin on Friday
The world’s best orienteers return to the forest, when the 2024 European Orienteering Championships begin in Hungary on Friday. Exactly one month after the World Orienteering Championships ended with an exhilaratin...
2024-08-13
CX80 MTBO World Cup: Splittorff and Haga retain top places
With 5 races of the 9-race CX80 World Cup season now completed, Danish rider Nikoline Splittorff and the Finn André Haga continue to lead the standings. Both riders won one of the recent two races in Latvia; Splittorff w...
2024-07-08
CX80 MTBO World Cup: Mixed Relay win for Lithuania
A strong Lithuanian team won by 2.55 over Italy, with Finland third, 3.13 down, in Latvia today. In an exciting race in mainly forested terrain with many small paths and some hills, on a bright but windy day, the lead ch...
2024-07-07
MTBO rising stars: Italian triple European junior champion wins U23 gold; second gold for Swiss rider
In the Long distance races, Iris Aurora Pecorari, Italy and Noah Rieder, Switzerland, won World Championship gold medals as the best U23 riders in the CX80 World Cup field. Rieder is also U23 Sprint champion. Pecorari, o...
2024-07-07
CX80 World Cup in MTBO: Sprint wins for Splittorff and Bettega
Dane Nikoline Splittorff extended her lead in the CX80 World Cup with a win by 51 seconds, while Italian Fabiano Bettega won the men’s race by 19 seconds. World Cup leader André Haga, Finland was third. The race doubled ...
2024-07-06
CX80 World Cup in MTBO: leaders geared up for second round
Nikoline Splittorff, Denmark and André Haga, Finland ride over Sprint and Long Distance in the coming days in Latvia to defend their respective leads in the CX80 MTBO World Cup standings. Almost all the top six in the me...
2024-07-04
World Cup: Switzerland won nail-biting Sprint Relay
Switzerland won the first international sprint relay in 2024, when they were the first to cross the finish line after a nerve-wracking final at the Orienteering World Cup round in Genoa. Finland and Czechia continued to ...
2024-06-02
World Cup: Aebersold and Fosser take huge margin wins in Genoa
Simona Aebersold (SUI) and Kasper Fosser (NOR) won today’s Orienteering World Cup sprint in Genoa, Italy by large margins. With an arena beautifully located on the waterfront in Genoa’s western end and a both...
2024-06-01
How to follow Orienteering World Cup Round 2 in Italy
We have only just said goodbye to Olten, Switzerland but it’s already time to continue the Orienteering World Cup in Genoa, Italy this weekend. Round 2 consists of a sprint on Saturday and a sprint relay on Sunday at the...
2024-05-30
Heikkilä and Swiss duo lead World Cup standings before Genoa
Finland’s Tuomas Heikkilä leads the men’s World Cup, while Switzerland’s Natalia Gemperle and Simona Aebersold share first place in the women’s after this weekend’s Round 1 in Olten, Switzer...
2024-05-29
CX80 EMTBOC: Europe’s MTBO stars gather in Poland
Poland is the host for this year’s CX80 World Cup first round, the European MTBO Championships, with four days of intense racing scheduled from Thursday to Sunday. 109 athletes from 20 nations will be striving for the me...
2024-05-28