Fwd: Newsletter from IOF

[Cristina Luis]

Hi ClubNet,

Here’s the latest news from the IOF. Please share with your clubs!

 Cristina

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From: International Orienteering Federation <i...@orienteering.sport>
Date: September 19, 2025 at 00:00:27 MDT
To: cristi...@gmail.com
Subject: Newsletter from IOF
Reply-To: i...@orienteering.sport



World Cup Final in Switzerland, Clean Sport Webinars, Interim Heat Policy Read in browser  International Orienteering Federation Newsletter, September 2025 World Cup Final awaits in Switzerland next week Who will win the 2025 Orienteering World Cup titles?  That's decided when the World Cup Final is held from 26-28 September in Uster, Switzerland with three sprint races.     After the European Championships in Belgium in August, the World Cup standings are led by the defending women’s champion, Simona Aebersold (SUI), while Max Peter Bejmer (SWE) held on to his first place among the men.     Uster offers fast and flat terrain with some climbs along the way and will host a Sprint (Friday), a Sprint Relay (Saturday) and a Knock-Out Sprint to round off on Sunday.     The World Cup races can, as always, be followed via high-quality TV productions on IOF TV, as well as being broadcast on a number of national broadcasters in Switzerland, Swedena and Finland as well as langrenn.com for Norwegian customers.  World Cup Final organisers page Join the ITA Clean Sport webinars Join us for the IF Webinar Series! As an athlete, coach, medical personnel or other Athlete Support Personnel of the Orienteering community, you are a key part of clean sport. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your understanding of anti-doping and gain valuable tools and resources to empower yourself and your athletes to compete clean.   Register for the clean sport webinars here CX80 MTBO World Cup titles at stake in Bulgaria This weekend, the world’s best MTBO athletes will race for the overall CX80 MTBO World Cup 2025 and U23 World Championships-titles  over three races in Bulgaria.     The MTBO World Cup final begins on Friday morning with a Sprint, on Saturday there is a long distance before the international MTBO season ends with a mixed relay on Sunday.   Nikoline Splittorff (DEN) and Vojtech Ludvik (CZE) lead the standings before the final races. Photo: WMTBOC 2025 / wilcze.ok MTBO World Cup Final preview  IOF introduces interim heat policy   The IOF Council has decided to introduce an interim heat policy that comes into effect immediately for all IOF events covered by IOF Competition Rules with expected winning times of 20 minutes or greater.     The interim policy has been developed by IOF Medical Experts and contains guidelines to ensure that competitions are not held in weather conditions that may be dangerous to competitors, officials or spectators.   More on orienteering.sport WTOC in two countries This year's World Trail Orienteering Championships took place in both Slovakia and Hungary. Italy’s Marcello Lambertini won the concluding TempO race.   More on orienteering.sport YLA 2025 held in Italy The third edition of the IOF Young Leaders Academy (YLA) was held in mid-July bringing together 29 young leaders from 17 different nations. More on orienteering.sport WORLD CUP 2027 PROGRAMME The IOF has officially confirmed the programme for the 2027 Orienteering World Cup, which will take us to Sweden, Switzerland, Czechia and Spain. More on orienteering.sport IOF MAJOR EVENTS 2025 The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is the international governing body for orienteering sports.      The IOF governs four orienteering disciplines: foot orienteering, mountain bike orienteering, ski orienteering, and trail orienteering.      IOF was founded in 1961 and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1977.     IOF values are:     Sustainable Orienteering provides mental and physical challenge, builds life-skills and self-confidence and promotes a healthy lifestyle. We are respectful of the natural environment and promote environmental good practice. Orienteering events require limited infrastructure and a low threshold for participation. We are progressive in our response to changes in society.      Inclusive   We equally include people from all ethnic, religious and social backgrounds. success by women and men is equally recognised. Orienteering is a sport for people across all generations and with varying physical abilities.      Ethical   We are characterized by good governance, democracy and transparency. We are committed to fair play – characterised by the spirit of friendship. Everyone shall conduct themselves with the highest ethical standards of fairness, honesty and respect for the rules and for one another. We are committed to being a doping free sport and support the enforcement of the World Anti-Doping Code.    International Orienteering Federation Drottninggatan 47 31/2 tr, Karlstad, 65225 Unsubscribe