Get your bearings, set & go! KUORTANE — On a warm summer night, bathed in sunlight, student athletes from around the world assembled in Finland’s Kuortane Sport Institute for the official start of the 21st World University Orienteering Championship. Over the next week, the 249 competitors from 33 countries will find their way […]
Karolin Ohlsson, Martin Hubmann and Matthias Kyburz fastest in the sprint distance race OLOMOUC – Sprint distance race was held today in Svatý Kopeček as the second medal race of the 19th World University Orienteering Championships 2014 in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Karolin Ohlsson from Sweden was the fastest woman. The Swiss Martin Hubmann and Matthias Kyburz […]
OLOMOUC – FISU Technical Delegate for Orienteering, Mr. Ola Kaberg and Julien Buhajezuk from FISU staff met in Olomouc with the Organising Committee of the 2014 World University Orienteering Championship. The event which will be held from 12 to 16 August, 2013 will enable the best student orienteering athletes to enjoy fantastic landscapes and […]
Hand-over of the FISU flag ALICANTE – The day of July 6th ended in a perfect atmosphere, gathering all participants for the closing ceremony at the Paraninfo University of Alicante. After playing the national anthem, a short speech from Carles Cortés Orts, President of the OC and Vice-Rector of Culture and Sports of the University […]
Women’s Middle Distance Podium ALICANTE – July 5th, hot weather in Alicante, a 30°C, starting at 8:30 in the morning with the third day of competitions featuring the Middle Distance organised in Santa Pola, 17km from Alicante City. Santa Pola is a very small fishing village, offering marvelous landscapes and natural spaces. The landform […]
Mayor Alicante & A. GageaALICANTE – On July 2nd from 7:30pm, the opening ceremony took place in the Park “Lo Torrent in San Vicente” in Alicante and after the parade of all countries in the street, the ceremony began with the welcome speech from Manuel Palomar, Rector of the University of Alicante and President […]
Medallists Men’s Long DistanceALICANTE – Everybody got up this morning, with only one idea… to attend the long distance event in Tibi, starting from 8:30am. Tibi is a small and quiet town formed by white houses and located between the Maigmo, the “balcony of Alicante”, and the red rock, la “Pena Roja”. Ola Kaberg, Chair […]
Tibi On July 1st, at the 1st Technical meeting, the following countries confirmed their participation, and we will have the attendance of 27 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Slovakia, Sweden and United […]
