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 […]
CISCA members ALICANTE – Alicante is one of the most flourishing cities in Spain. It is the fourth city in Spanish with a total GDP behind Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. This expansion is reflected in the tourist offers in Spain, thanks to the fantastic climate in this part of the country, with a mix of […]
BRUSSELS – The city of Alicante in the south-east of Spain is getting ready to welcome the best student orienteering champion from July 2nd to 6th in a very dry and warm Mediterranean climate. With one of the most attractive campuses inSpain, the place was almost obvious when deciding to host a World University Orienteering […]
FISU Assessor Kairis Ulp BORLANGE – ’Everybody is a winner: athletes, spectators organizers and off course university sports. I would like to thank everybody for this wonderful, wonderful event’, said FISU Assessor Kairis Ulp when she declared the 17th World University Orienteering Championship closed. At the Closing Ceremony there were many people who thanked […]
Team Sweden wins the men’s relay BORLANGE – For the second day in a row, orienteering friends gathered at Gustafs orienteering arena. The last competition of the World University Orienteering Championship, the relay, finished a week full of successful competitions. The men’s competition was in the end a tough fight between three nations. Sweden, […]
Men’s Gold Medallist Mattias Merz (SUI) Men’s Middle Distance Podium BORLANGE – The winners of the final individual middle-distance competitions at the 17th WUC Orienteering were decided today, July 22nd. The location of the races for the day was the village of Gustafs outside Borlänge. Heavy rainfall disturbed the first half of the races. […]
Jerker Lysell BORLANGE – The sprint is the latest addition amongst the different distances in orienteering. And the latest addition to the Swedish senior national team is a sprint specialist. Jerker Lysell, remember that name. After a successful time as a junior, his name is now also in the history books as a gold medalist […]
