Orienteering

Switzerland, the host country, Sweden, Finland and France won all the gold medals at the 2022 FISU World University Championship Orienteering, which just ended in the area of Biel-Magglingen.   This big four actually gathered all the medals except one: German orienteer Colin Kolbe managed to earn bronze in Sprint. Swiss athletes were dominant in […]

More than 250 student-athletes from 27 nations are ready to compete in and around Biel-Magglingen (Switzerland), which hosts the 2022 FISU World University Championship Orienteering from 17 to 21 August.   An endurance sport developed in Sweden in the late 1800s, foot orienteering requires from the athletes to run over rough ground, completely unprepared forest […]

Last week, the EGK European Orienteering Championships (EOC) took place in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, reuniting the best athletes from Europe in 3 disciplines: sprint-relay, knock-out and individual sprint. The competition took place without spectators and each on-site member had to present a negative coronavirus test. It was the first big orienteering event since the Orienteering World […]

Mercury rises with the Middle Distance races on Day 2   KUORTANE –The heat is on in the Finnish city of Kuortane and it’s not just the weather. As the 21st World University Orienteering Championship entered Day 2, it was time for the tough middle middle distance races in sweltering conditions at Virpimäki, Lapua.   […]

Excitement and expectation collide in the Finnish woods during 21st edition of event     KUORTANE, FINLAND – The first day of the competition at the 2018 FISU World University Orienteering Championship kicked off with the sprint relay race. After a very close and thrilling competition team Switzerland was the first to cross the finish […]