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Plans for WOW 2024
2023-11-20One of the person that already have preregistered a World Orienteering Week event for 2024 is Domonkos Győrffy, usually called Doma amongst orienteers. It is the first time that he will organise an event. He is from Hungary but lives today in Constance. He have been doing orienteering for some time and when he arrived … Continued
Preregistered for WOW 2024
2023-11-20In Norway, in a small club, IL Leik, in Trøndelag, Ole Gunnar Sølberg has started the plans towards World Orienteering Week 2024. In IL Leik they are usually between 30 and 50 people at the orienteering trainings and orienteering competitions. They have been part in previous WOD events and will continue with WOW! In 2024, … Continued
Global Development Webinar
2023-10-31From November 2 and once every month until March, you will again have the unique opportunity to get insights on orienteering development through a new series of Global Development Webinars. The first webinar has the title “World Orienteering Week (WOW) 2024 – how do we make it a success for you?”. The webinar will be … Continued
World Orienteering Week 2024
2023-10-31From 2024 and onwards it will be World Orienteering Week instead of World Orienteering Day. This was decided by the IOF Council during their meeting in September. The dates will be the 18th to the 26th of May. During this week every orienteering event, local club training, smaller competition to bigger event, that you organise … Continued
World Orienteering Day 2023 in figures
2023-10-31World Orienteering Day 2023 was organised, between the dates May 17th and May 23rd, any activity held could be registered as a World Orienteering Day event. In total 780 events were organised with 100 952 participants in 63 countries / regions around the world. This is an increase in the number of participants and events comparing … Continued
Preparing for the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Karlskrona? In this webinar, Swedish elite orienteer Simon Hector will share his first-hand experience and winning tactics from the recent JWOC test race held on May 14th. He will dive into the specific characteristics of the Karlskrona forest terrain and discuss how to approach its unique technical and navigational challenges. Join us to learn what it takes to master the terrain ahead of JWOC 2026. 🗓 Tuesday, 9 June from 15:00 - 16:30 CEST (UTC+2) 👨🏫 Simon Hector ✍ Register: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1862e532-1b26-4723-acdf-275c9e1df31f@a9dcd984-57e3-45e0-aca0-9bbe4d0a2c8b
A thrilling Sprint World Cup race in Skara, Sweden, saw the favourites deliver outstanding performances. Simona Aebersold 🇨🇭 dominated the women’s race with a flawless run and a convincing 22-second victory, while 🇳🇴 Kasper Fosser controlled the men’s race and went on to win by 12 seconds. See you for the Sprint Relay Sunday afternoon👋