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FISU World University Championship Ski Orienteering Begins Tomorrow

Championships 18 February 2022

    The FISU World University Championship season is set to start tomorrow, 22 February, as the 2022 FISU Championship Ski Orienteering gets underway in Jachymov, Czech Republic. Over 95 athletes and officials from 12 countries are registered to attend making it the largest of the three editions of the Championship, the last held in […]

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FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championship cancelled

Championships 12 March 2020

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championship, slated to be held in Rovaniemi, Finland, has been cancelled by the Finnish government, as a result of precautions being undertaken due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Championship was to be held from 23-27 March 2020.   A statement received from the local organising committee read: […]

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Ski orienteering added to Winter Universiade 2021 programme

Winter Games 2 July 2019

Even more sport is coming to the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade! Ski orienteering was added today as the event’s 10th – and final – discipline to the competition programme Lucerne looks to “Welcome Home” the Winter Universiade to Central Switzerland as the Lucerne 2021 tagline asserts. The event will be the first time the Universiade […]

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Joergen Baklid and Liisa Nenonen win Ski-O middle distance gold

Ski Orienteering 4 March 2019

The Biathlon competitions of the 29th Winter Universiade concluded at the Biathlon Academy Multifunctional Complex with the men’s Mass Start race. Espen Uldal from Norway won the gold medal, while in the women’s event, Ekaterina Moshkova won her third gold medal of Krasnoyarsk 2019   KRASNOYASK, 10 March – The men’s Mass Start race started […]

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Czech' out Ski Orienteering at Krasnoyarsk 2019

Winter Games 25 February 2019

“It was always my dream make it to the Olympics and the Universiade is something very similar,” says Markéta Firešová (above), a member of the Czech Ski Orienteering contingent at Krasnoyarsk 2019. She believes the Universiade is a stepping stone, as Ski Orienteering is not yet part of the Winter Olympics programme.   In fact, […]

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Norway and Russia shine during the final day of WUC Ski Orienteering

Championships 26 February 2018

TARTU, ESTONIA – The fourth and final competition of the 2018 FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championship saw student-athletes compete in the Middle Distance Mass Start at the Haanja Ski Centre in the Baltic nation’s sourtheastern corner.     The women’s competition mixed up the format with one map change and 15 control points for […]

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Norway golden again in the WUC Ski Orienteering Pursuit event

Ski Orienteering 25 February 2018

TARTU, ESTONIA – The third day of competition, a fresh layer of snow greeted competitors of the 2018 FISU World University Ski Orienteering Championship’s individual pursuit. As the competition started, though, snowfall stopped, the sun came out and student-athletes put down their best possible performances on Estonia’s 100 year anniversary. Estonia has a long and […]