• News
  • Event website woc2013.fi launched
  • Spjelkavik appointed as IOF Senior Event Adviser
  • Preparations well underway for the 2013 World Championships
  • Elite orienteers to compete in Vuokatti already in 2012
  • IK Hakarpspojkarna got their first taste of WOC2013 terrain
  • Only one orienteering week in Finland 2013 and 2014
  • WOC2013 delegation visits Trondheim
  • IOF delegation pleased with its first visit in Vuokatti
  • Tv contract set to cover 4 final days, marketing getting into full swing
  • The first WOC 2013 newsletter published in Finnish
  • Minna Kauppi: There is a certain magic
  • Merry Christmas!
  • Embargoed areas updated
  • Kauppi chosen as Finnish Athlete of the Year
  • Come and experience WOC2013 terrain already this summer!
  • Vuokatti at its best challenges orienteerers
  • Preliminary programme published
  • TempO to debut at WTOC program in Vuokatti 2013
  • WOC 2013 Vuokatti joined Facebook
  • RTG will provide accommodation services for WOC2013
  • Mapping and combining interests for common good
  • Taivainen already excited about WOC 2013 on home soil
  • Tv production plans going well forward
  • Bulletin 1 has been published
  • Training maps published
  • Swedish and British teams visit Vuokatti on their way to Euromeeting
  • Kainuu Orienteering Week 2013 page online, World Cup 2012 infos updated
  • WTOC Senior Event Advisor Roberta Falda visits Vuokatti
  • WOC2013 team wears Trimtex
  • New faces join the WOC2013 team
  • Mapping work has progressed well
  • Pasi Ikonen: The circle closes in Vuokatti
  • 570 days to go
  • Helena Jansson loves what she does
  • Salmi has fresh memories from WOC relay 2001: ”We had a personal need to win the gold”
  • Minna Kauppi hopes for full recovery soon
  • Consistent Hubmann aims at achieving more medals
  • Announcers O-P Kärkkäinen and Hannu Varkoi entertain and serve public at WOC 2013
  • WOC 2013 publication no 1 has been published
  • Mika Ilomäki likes to be involved in development
  • Merja Rantanen is seeking for certainty and control in her orienteering
  • WOC 2013 gives extra boost for Finnish athletes
  • There are still plenty of hotel rooms available in during WOC 2013
  • RTG Ready to Go Oy is no longer in operation
  • The World Cup sprint course preparation nearly complete
  • Towards WOC2013: Topi Anjala
  • Ida Bobach – a Humble Girl With Great Orienteering Skills
  • Minna Kauppi Visited WOC 2013 Training Terrains
  • Rauno Asikainen Has Mapped a Part of Kainuu History – 360 Tar Kilns in the Terrains of Tipasoja
  • 25 Training Maps available in Kainuu Area
  • World Cup Programme Published
  • One Year to Go – Event Slogan Comes from Flow
  • Registration for WOC 2013 Spectator Race Kainuu Orienteering Week has begun
  • Bulletin nr 2 Published
  • Falda Pleased with the Progress of WTOC arrangements
  • Lowered special price for KOW2013 until August 15
  • Niggli and Kyburz enjoy exploring WOC terrain types
  • KOW 2013: more than 1500 entries during the first phase
  • NORT & World Cup: 125 athletes from 17 nations will compete in Kajaani and Vuokatti
  • More accommodation options will be available
  • WTOC bulletin nr 2 published
  • Nordberg psyched about WOC 2013
  • Our Turn
  • Crystall ball: Orienteering Season 2012 – Tops and Flops
  • Pinja Mäkinen Found Trail-O: “Great Opportunity to Strive For a WTOC Medal”
  • ”The most urban sprint in Finland ever”
  • The President of the Rebublic of Finland to be patron of the WOC 2013
  • Kyburz and Bobach fastest in qualification
  • Niggli and Leandersson win in Kajaani
  • Swiss celebration in Nordic Orienteering Tour
  • More accommodation options available
  • Bus is the fastest way to reach WOC Arenas
  • Plenty of new accommodation options available within 45 minutes of WOC action
  • ”Organization has proven to be very ambitious”
  • Sponsorship and accommodation matters are keeping the organizers busy
  • Kainuu Orienteering Week’s preliminary starting times published
  • Plenty of cottages available at Paljakka and Ukkohalla
  • Sininen Ylivoima makes the WOC competition song
  • Jani Lakanen aims for the gold but also enjoys the journey
  • Tove Alexandersson finds Kainuu terrains familiar
  • Trail Orienteer Pekka Seppä: ”Success in Vuokatti depends on skills and trusting them”
  • Almost 2000 already registrated for KOW
  • The first WOC2013 newsletter in English is out!
  • Media accreditation for WOC 2013 has started
  • High demand for WOC accommodation
  • Kainuu Orienteering Week passed the 2000 entries mark
  • Finnish railway company VR brings WOC guests smoothly to Vuokatti
  • Team Accreditation has started
  • Local orienteering activity benefits up to 20 years from the WOC mapping projects
  • HK Ruokatalo for WOC 2013 Event’s Main Event Partner
  • Venla Niemi has set her sights on WOC sprint
  • The first newsletter has been published
  • Preliminary schedule for World Orienteering Championship events published
  • Deadline for WOC 2013 media accommodation bookings is approaching
  • Simulation Orienteering brings new challenges and exciting opportunities
  • Now it is time to benefit from lower prices in KOW registration
  • Registration for spectator race open categories and Holiday Club Katinkulta Open Sprint is now open
  • Pre-order WOC 2013 bus pass!
  • 4150 registrated runners for spectator race by second entry step
  • Olav Lundanes was born to orienteer
  • Team accreditation’s first deadline approaching
  • Rules deviations in WTOC
  • WTOC preparations in full swing
  • Jurenikova got impressed by course setters work already at World Cup
  • Bertuks wants to conquer long distance in Vuokatti
  • Minna Kauppi in top winter condition
  • Pre-order WOC souvenirs and Bus Pass save euros!
  • Fredric Portin: Motivation grows when one notices the peak is achievable
  • Newsletter is out!
  • VR gives 30% discount for those WOC guest arriving by train
  • 27 nations already registrated for WOC
  • Tv-times published
  • Courses for spectator race KOW are ready
  • WOC organisers and Finnish team in Sportmagasinet
  • Only a true allrounder can win both long and middle distance in Vuokatti
  • WTOC preliminary starting times published
  • New training maps published
  • Third WOC bulletin published
  • All WOC Arenas published
  • Team accreditation final forms available
  • Gueorgiou: A part of my medals belong to the many days I have spent in Finland and to Kalevan Rasti
  • WOC event ceremonies are a puzzle of several details
  • 2null13 brings Nordic countries’ young instructors to Vuokatti
  • Newsletter is published
  • WOC song “Find your flow” released
  • Maja Alm wants more sprint success
  • Pre-order WOC Shuttle Bus pass and save euros
  • WTOC Bulletin 3 published
  • Almost 4700 already registrated for WOC Spectator race KOW
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News

17.05.2013  Almost 4700 already registrated for WOC Spectator race KOW

WOC Spectator race Kainuu Orienteering Week’s registration deadline is in two weeks, even though post-registrations will be accepted until June 16. At the moment there is already 4667 orienteers from 30 nations who will be competing at KOW. It will be a record-breaking KOW.

17.05.2013  WTOC Bulletin 3 published

World Trail-O Championships bulletin number 3 has been published. The informaton package for teams can be downloaded on our website as PDF-file.

16.05.2013  Pre-order WOC Shuttle Bus pass and save euros

Are you still trying to figure out how to move around during the WOC week? The answer for most convenient mean of transportation is WOC Shuttle Bus. When buying your weekly pass by June 14, you save euros: the pass for adults is only 25 euro, normal price being 30 euro.

11.05.2013  Maja Alm wants more sprint success

Spring has brought elite orienteers to Vuokatti. This week, Denmark had a squad on training camp in WOC terrain types. Among them there was Maja Alm, who last summer in a sprint won his first medal at major Championships.

07.05.2013  WOC song “Find your flow” released

WOC song Find your flow, Finnish version Suuria unelmia (big dreams) has been released. The songs are made by Sininen Ylivoima, which equals Finns Matti Maajärvi (31) and Tero Väisänen (23) who started to make orienteering-related music a few years ago mainly for the joy of their club friends.

06.05.2013  2null13 brings Nordic countries’ young instructors to Vuokatti

The WOC event is much more than just World Championships and public events. One of the sports-related events is the 2null13 camp, which is aimed for 18–25 year-old instructors or for those considering instructing. The camp will be held July 10–14. 10 participants from Norway, 10 from Sweden, 7 from Finland and 5 from Denmark will be coming to the camp.

05.05.2013  WOC event ceremonies are a puzzle of several details

The WOC event is associated with a variety of different ceremonies, which, in order to progress smoothly and elegantly, demands for the success of many details. The person in charge of the ceremonies, Helka Leimu-Pelkonen, informs that the situation in regards to the planning of the opening ceremony, flowering, prize distribution and closing ceremony is good.

03.05.2013  Newsletter is published

May's edition of WOC newsletter has been published. Thierry Gueorgiou in spotlight, some actual numbers related to registrated runners and other WOC guests, behind the scenes in WOC ceremonies, 2null13 camp and important dates.

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