Start Time Selection for Competition ClassesIn the WOC Tour Orienteering Week’s competition classes H/D16–95 and children’s classes H/D8–14, participants can select their start times in advance. In elite classes H/D16–21E,…
Already 2,300 orienteers will be navigating the same terrain as the world’s elite! The Kuopio Orienteering World Championships are approaching, and the world’s top athletes are already training and holding…
The program for the orienteering week has been updated to include the schedules for both WOC Tour and WOC2025 competition days. The WOC Tour program has been planned in consideration…
This summer, Finland is adopting a system where orienteering courses are classified by difficulty using color codes. This model is used in WOC Tour Orienteering Week for open courses orienteering,…
The WOC Tour competition terrain echoes with the wings of history The orienteering community is granted access to the northern part of Puijo, particularly the Puijonsarvi area.Markku Kotamäki, an experienced…
Challenge and enjoyment near Kuopio If an orienteer has time to pause at one of Neulamäki’s high terrain points to admire the expanse of Lake Kallavesi, they won’t be disappointed….
The World Championships will start in exactly two months with the opening ceremony at Tahko and the Fin5 / WOC Tour Orienteering Week sprint competition in the center of Nilsiä….
For the third race of the WOC Tour competition at Tahko, experienced course planner Raimo Antikainen offers advice that could be key to a strong performance. According to Antikainen, competitors…
Ossi Lakkala has experience both as a competitor and an organizer The second competition terrain of the WOC Tour event week is legendary and promises interesting control legs and points,…