10MILA 2016: OK Pan Åhrus wins Women Relay

It was a really intense battle. Halden SK's girls took the helm and led the barge almost to the end. But it was OK Pan Århus and Nydalens SK who sprinted for the victory. In the last leg, Maja Alm got to the Danish team its second victory in the last three editions of 10MILA.

The clock showed 2:15 pm when in Falun - Borlänge started the Damkavlen, the 10MILA 2016's Women Relay. On the start line, 323 teams of five members each handed out to another great adventure with the ultimate goal of achieving the best possible result, which means, for the best world teams, to think exclusively in the possibility of crossing the finish line in the first place. As usual, all really well balanced in the first leg, with the strong Norwegian team of Halden SK getting the leadership by the Swiss Elena Roos, with less than one minute on eleven other teams, including the defending 10MILA Damkavlen winners, the Swedish from Domnarvets GoIF. Recovering of a less good start on the second leg, Ida Marie Næss Bjørgul did a really consistent race, expanding in the end the Halden's advantage to 1:35 over Koovee, 1:37 over Fossum IF and 1:38 over Domnarvets GoIF.

With a really strong start on the third leg, Hollie Orr came to give to Halden a three minutes advantage over the second placed, but some mistakes next the finnish allowed Judith Wyder (Göteborg-Majorna OK) to draw nearer Orr, shortening the difference to narrow 35 seconds at the start for the 4th leg. In this moment, the teams of IFK Lidingö SOK, Nydalens SK and Koovee ran approximately 1:30 after the lead and Domnarvets GoIF was sixth placed, with 2:02 more than the leader. The shortest leg is here and the duel is now between Anni-Maija Fincke (Halden SK) and Viktoria Ernstsson (Göteborg-Majorna OK). A small mistake of Fincke is enough to Ernstsson to take the lead, but the last part of the race is quite dramatic to the Swedish team, with Ernstsson loosing time after time and finishing 1:49 away from Anni-Maija Fincke. Will it be enough to Halden SK to get back to 2012 and recover the 10MILA scepter?

Inappropriate for cardiacs

The start field for the last leg is amazingly strong and the Swiss Sabine Hauswirth will have everything but easiness to keep the first place. Lina Strand (Göteborg-Majorna OK), Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg (Nydalens SK), Maja Alm (OK Pan Århus), Anna Bachman (IFK Lidingö SOK), Svetlana Mironova (Koovee) or Emma Johansson (Domnarvets GoIF) are just some of the major names expecting for a mistake in the lead. And Sabine Hauswirth breaks. With half of the last leg completed, she falls to the 7th position, while Lina Strand gets the lead now. But Lina seems also breaking in the decisive part of the race and, with few controls to the finish, there's four teams separated by 9 seconds: Strand, Bachman, Nordberg or Alm? Göteborg-Majorna OK, IFK Lidingö SOK, Nydalens SK or OK Pan Århus? Who will be the winner?

We are approaching to the Prewarn and the Finish line and Lina Strand and Anna Bachmann lost in the meanwhile precious seconds. In the lead, Alm and Hausken Nordberg fight shoulder by shoulder for the victory. It's a duel inappropriate for cardiacs. The winner will be found in the final sprint and, here, Alm's greater youth will be decisive. The Danish girls of OK Pan Århus are jumping again to the top place of the podium, like they did two years ago. Cecilie Friberg Klysner, Josefine Lind, Signe Søes, Ida Bobach and Maja Alm reached the first place with the overall time of 3:57:36, 5 seconds before Nydalens SK and Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg. With more 42 seconds than the winners, Göteborg-Majorna OK was third.

Results

1. OK Pan Århus (C.F. Klysner, J. Lind, S. Søes, I. Bobach, M. Alm) 3:57:36 (+ 00:00)

2. Nydalens SK (M. Sørensen, T. Lye, S. Ulvestad, A. Ulvestad, A.M.H. Nordberg) 3:57:41 (+ 00:05)

3. Göteborg-Majorna OK (K. Berglia, A. Forsberg, J. Wyder, V. Ernstsson, L. Strand) 3:58:18 (+ 00:42)

4. IFK Lidingö SOK (J. Sanderi, A. Hugosson, H. Karlsson, A. Gustafsson, A. Bachman) 3:58:22 (+ 00:46)

5. Domnarvets GoIF (J. Tullie, K. Højsgaard, D.S. Brozkova, J. Lindberg, E. Johansson) 4:00:13 (+ 2:37)

6. Alfta-Ösa OK (G. Vinogradova, J. Engström, S. Eskilsson, Y. Kindlundh, N. Vinogradova) 4:01:00 (+ 03:24)

7. Koovee (J. Huikkonen, M. Niittynen, M. Niittynen, U. Uotila, S. Mironova) 4:01:01 (+ 03:25)

8. Halden SK (E. Roos, I.M.N. Bjørgul, H. Orr, A.-M. Fincke, S. Hauswirth) 4:01:36 (+ 04:00)

9. Järla Orientering (I. Myhre, E. Jansson, E. Klingenberg, S. Klinting, K. Ohlsson) 4:05:22 (+ 07:46)

10. Fredrikstad SK (M.R. Kahrs, M. Kahrs, E. Johansson, L.M. Solberg, H.Ø. Bagstevold) 4:06:07 (+ 08:31)

For further information, please visit the event's webpage at http://www.10mila.se/index.php/en/.

[Photo: Svensk Orientering / facebook.com/svenskorientering]

Joaquim Margarido

MTBO World Cup 2016 Round 1: Braendli and Benham, the long Long Distance winners

Simon Braendli and Emily Benham started the MTB Orienteering World Cup 2016 with the right foot. In a really tough Long Distance under terrible weather conditions, they've shown at the highest level, achieving victories both muddy as tasty.

The MTBO Orienteering World Cup 2016 started today at Guebwiller, in Alsace (France). Searching for the best possible result, 62 men and 38 women headed the Throo Stadium earlier in the morning, for a tough and challenging Long Distance through the High-Rhine's superb terrains. In the Men Elite class, the Swiss Simon Braendli was a surprising winner, finishing with the time of 2:22:34 and achieving his first World Cup victory ever. 25th placed in the IOF MTB Orienteering World Ranking, the 25 y.o. athlete was faster than any one else, leaving the second place to the IOF World Ranking leader, the Russian Anton Foliforov, with more 2:44.

Although a bit upset when crossing the finish line because some small mistakes in the vineyards that almost ruined his result, Simon Braendli was very happy with his race and mostly with his tyre choice in muddy terrains. The Czech Vojtech Ludvik was another wonderful surprise, finishing third with more 3:21 than the winner. Fourth placed Clément Souvray, France, and sixth placed Riccardo Rossetto, Italy, also reached unexpected results. The Portuguese Davide Machado did a good race, finishing 9th with more 8:08 than Braendli.

As for the Women Elite class, the British Emily Benham started the best way as defending World Cup winner overall in the two last years. She reached the finish line after 2:03:45 riding hills and valleys, winning by 1:57 over the French Gäelle Barlet, second, and 4:38 over the Czech Renata Paulickova, third. The fight for the bronze was really intense, with the Finnish Ingrid Stengard and the Swiss Maja Rothweiler spending more 8 seconds and 18 seconds, respectively, than Paulickova. The Czech Martina Tichovska, IOF MTB Orienteering World Ranking leader currently, finished 8th with more 8:14 than the winner.

A pair of comments

To the second placed in the Men Elite class, “it was the muddiest MTBO event of my life”, says Foliforov with a big smile. But he liked the course and “its several long legs with really interesting and complicated route choices”. Although his good pace from the start, Anton admits that “who started earlier had a good advantage, because the bad weather conditions affected mostly the red group. Some troubles with “seeing the map normally, because of map holder fogged up from inside”, small mistakes in some route choices and some mechanical problems didn't troubled Anton's mood and he's clear when he concludes: "I am satisfied with the result.” Vojtěch Ludvík also left his opinion, showing himself really happy with the result, mainly because “it means a presence in Portugal and Lithuania”. After a first half of the race quite clear and at a comfortable pace, “on the second half was mistake after mistake”, Ludvík says. But it's definitely his best result on the international ground and he couldn't be more happy. The Portuguese Davide Machado underscored the “mountainous, harsh but spectacular” region, however regretting the weather conditions, with “heavy rain, hail and thunder, possibly the worst conditions I've ever met on a MTBO race”, he says. Physically, the Portuguese felt really well and, without mistakes, it would be a dream-race, but... “a mistake to the fourth control made me lose more than 7 minutes and I've been the rest of the race trying to recover, reaching the 9th position at the end”, he concludes.

Using 2016 to focus on other aspects of her cycling - skills, mud riding, speed and endurance – Emily Benham only have been back racing MTBO for just 2 weeks but her Orienteering skills have been good so far. Today she had no expectation, only knowing that actively racing over the winter in really muddy XCO events would be good for her, given the recent heavy rain in France. She found the first few controls well, taking strong route choices. But... “The storm started while I was on the big climb to control 2, and I couldn't see anything! Fog on my Sunglasses, mud on my Orifix board, mud on the map and so much rain!! I often stopped to be sure I going the correct way in junctions; it was just impossible to see anything of the map on the bike”, she remembers. But still she had some problems to find the 4th control and, with a 5 minutes time loss, she seriously considered going home. “My desire to get a result regardless won and so I fought on through the endless mud. Luckily my Cannondale and Rocket Ron tyres were great, so I had full confidence. I understood that I couldn't make any more mistakes so I was stopping regularly to check my route choice and my location. It's great to win today in such tough conditions - maybe I should start liking mud races (?!)”, she concludes.

Results

Men Elite

1. Simon Braendli (Switzerland) 2:22:34 (+ 00:00)

2. Anton Foliforov (Russia) 2:25:18 (+ 02:44)

3. Vojtech Ludvik (Czech Republic) 2:25:55 (+ 03:21)

4. Clément Souvray (France) 2:26:18 (+ 03:44)

5. Luca Dallavalle (Italy) 2:26:23 (+ 03:49)

6. Riccardo Rossetto (Italy) 2:28:31 (+ 05:57)

(…)

9. Davide Machado (Portugal) 2:30:42 (+ 08:08)

41. João Ferreira (Portugal) 2:49:45 (+ 27:11)

43. Daniel Marques (Portugal) 2:54:36 (+ 32:02)

Women Elite

1. Emily Benham (Great Britain) 2:03:45 (+ 00:00)

2. Gäelle Barlet (France) 2:05:42 (+ 01:57)

3. Renata Paulickova (Czech Republic) 2:08:23 (+ 04:38)

4. Ingrid Stengard (Finland) 2:08:31 (+ 04:46)

5. Maja Rothweiler (Switzerland) 2:08:41 (+ 04:56)

6. Ursina Jaeggi (Switzerland) 2:09:41 (+ 05:56)

(…)

35. Ana Filipa Silva (Portugal) 3:09:26 (+ 1:05:41)

For further information, please visit the event's webpage at http://www.mtbo2016.fr/en/world-cup/.

Joaquim Margarido

  

IOF Athlete of the Month: Marika Teini

IOF Athlete of the Month is revealed! Finnish sprint orienteer Marika Tieni's passion for orienteering is obvious in her hard work and focus, but what else can we learn about her? Read the full article to find out about her thoughts on training, combining studies with sport, her career so far and what she likes to do in her free time.

Name: Marika Teini
Country: Finland
Living place: Joensuu in Finland (is from Säkylä, close to Turku in south west Finland)
Club: SK Pohjantahti
Date of Birth: January 31st 1989
Discipline: Foot Orienteering
Career Highlights: Number eight at sprint European Championship 2012 and third place at sprint race in World Cup race in Poland in 2016
IOF World Ranking: 11th sprint, 59th middle and long

Always finding a way

Marika grew up with five siblings and has learnt to handle challenges and to keep looking forward. There’s always possibilities. Hard work and a strong will to never give up give results.

At the World Cup opening round in Poland she experienced breathing problems during the middle distance race in Sobotka, and had to quit the race. However, the day after she was really back in business, with her best international performance so far: the third place in the World Cup sprint.

– The result means a lot. I had good results from forest races during winter and spring, but especially with the catastrophe in middle distance in Poland I was afraid that allergy symptoms would ruin my summer.

Growing up at the forest’s edge

Marika is from a small town called Säkylä, and grew up in the countryside. She had almost ten kilometres to the town centre and school from the family’s house, situated just at the edge of the forest.

– Unfortunately, there wasn’t an orienteering map of that forest because it is a flat area and had a lot of cut down areas and other forestry. But at least there were some arrow-straight forest roads to run along.

She grew up with a big family with one sister and four brothers.

At the age of five or six she started doing orienteering. Her mother comes from an orienteering background. She was the leader of the local orienteering club’s children’s training group. It was mainly activities in the forest, so Marika didn’t start sprint orienteering until the age of 15.

– The sprint orienteering wasn’t yet even “invented” when I began. I competed only in the forest until I was 15 years old.

Didn’t give up

She liked orienteering from the start.

– During my first competitions I used to spend so long time in forest, just considering my routes really carefully, that my big brother often came to find me because my parents were sure I was lost.

Marika’s club, Eura-Kauttuan Urheilijat, is a small club, but there were some families with kids of her age when she started.

– We had a really good time together because we knew each other so well also outside orienteering events. But one by one, the others quit. At the age of 15 there weren’t any other orienteers in my club who would take part in the Finnish Champs, and I decided to move on to a slightly bigger club.

The best performances

Marika has taken part in JWOC two times. Her best performance is a third place from the long distance in Italy in 2009.

In 2009 Marika Teini won the bronze medal on the long distance at JWOC.

Her first race on the senior’s international level was at the EOC in Sweden 2012, where she was 8th in the sprint.

– It was totally unexpected to do so well. Before the race, I thought that top 20 would be really good. I was so happy with the result.

– When did you understand you have an extraordinary talent?

– I haven’t yet understood that, she smiles. – I don’t think I’m particularly talented but I love orienteering and have a strong will to develop myself. Whether it’s a competition or just a light training, I always try to focus to navigate as smoothly and effectively as possible.

Favourite orienteering

Her favourites are technically challenging sprints and middles.

– I like it when you have to be fully concentrated all the time and every leg is challenging. I also like technically challenging middle distances.

The 27-year-old athlete’s goal is to see how good she can be in orienteering. She wants to be able to do perfect orienteering runs.

– So, I’m not very often totally happy with my competitions or trainings because there’s always something you could have done better. But taking steps forward in my career satisfies me. I will go on as long as I feel motivated to train. At the moment I haven’t been thinking of when I will end my career. As long as it’s fun and I can develop, I will continue training and competing.

Have to do alternative

During the last year she has had two stress fractures. It total, this meant seven months without any running.

– Almost every year, I have had some smaller or bigger problems which have forced me to be without running or training for some months, for example hamstring rupture, knee injuries and respiratory inflammations. There have also been problems with overtraining.

She has learnt what she has to do to not get as few days as possible with sickness and injuries.

– The biggest change is that I run less. During the training season I had two days each week without running to let my legs recover. And I’m more careful with any symptoms of sickness or leg pain and don’t train if I’m not feeling good.

Living in Kalevan Rasti city

In 2012, she started studying in Joensuu. She and her partner Olli-Markus Taivainen chose Joensuu mainly because of great orienteering terrains.

– There’s lots of good maps of both technically and physically challenging terrains near Joensuu.

Kalevan Rasti is the club of Joensuu that has been the leading international club for men the last years, but Marika isn’t running for them.

– We have a strong women’s team in SK Pohjantähti and my team mates are my good friends. So I don’t see any reason to change club.

SK Pohjantähti is one of the best women’s teams in Finland.

Marika is a part time law student.

– I don’t know what kind of law I want to work with. I’m studying slowly, as I want to focus on orienteering for now. But I hope to work in court someday.

There is no time for so much studies. About four of five months a year she is away from home on camps.

– In training camps I don’t do a lot except training and analysing trainings and trying to recover. I don’t usually have energy for any extra activities.

Analysing together

Marika and Olli Markus have been a couple for almost seven years. He is one of the best Finnish men. As a junior he become World Champion both in orienteering and ski orienteering. He is also well known for really training a lot.

– We talk a lot about orienteering and analyse trainings together. We seldom train together if you don’t count driving the car to the edge of forest and running a different orienteering training at the same time. And I train a little bit less than him, though he’s no longer training as much as he did during his ski orienteering career.

Olli Markus was sick during the selection races before WC in Poland and didn’t take part there.

– He is doing well and is fully focusing on WOC.

Incredible in baking

– What do you like when not studying law or doing orienteering?

– I like reading books and also cooking and baking.

– Things you are very good at outside orienteering?

– Well, when I have the patience to follow the recipe, I can bake pretty good cakes.

– What is only a few or nobody that knows about you?

– My dream job would be to work at an animal shelter, but still I’m studying law. Something went wrong, she smiles. – As my friend once said– I like cats almost more than I like most people.

The Finnish team after Minna

– What kind of changes have you seen in the Finnish team since Minna Kauppi stopped?

– It’s of course strange not to have Minna with us anymore, because she was such a big part of our team. She’s a nice person and also a role model for us. It was inspiring to see her in training and competitions because at her best she was almost unbeatable.

– Why are so many Finnish girls doing so well – there were five of you in the top 15 on the sprint in Wroclaw?

– Indeed that was an unexpected result. But during recent years, sprint orienteering has developed a lot in Finland and nowadays we have a lot of challenging sprint races and training races. Also, with the national team, we have analysed and speculated sprint orienteering technique quite a lot.

Marika likes to help and take care of other team mates.

– I don’t think I’m the kindest person in our team. I’m horrible when I have done a bad race, but we have great team spirit in Finnish team and we have a good time together.

Hasn’t run in the Czech Republic

At the European Championships in the Czech Republic, Marika will run the sprint and the middle distance and maybe one of the relays.

– My goal is to perform so well that I can be happy afterwards. I don’t have any placement goals, but of course the higher I’m in results the happier I will be.

She has never been in the Czech Republic. The Finnish team had a training camp there just after the World Cup in Poland, but Marika had to cancel that.

– I got food poisoning on Monday after the sprint race in Poland and had to cancel that camp.

– How are you preparing, and what’s the goal for the WOC in Strömstad?

– I’d like to run the sprint and the middle distance in the WOC. Because of injuries I haven’t been able to train in Strömstad much yet, but our team will be selected in the beginning of July, so there will be time to prepare if I get into the team.

Text and Photo: Erik Borg

[See the original article at http://orienteering.org/iof-athlete-of-the-month-april-2016/. Published with permission from the International Orienteering Federation]

Two or three things I know about it...

1. Andrea Seppi (Erebus Vicenza) and Christine Kirchlechner (Sportclub Meran ASD) are the Italian Sprint Champions 2016. Organized by the GS Pavione, the event took place last Saturday in Canal San Bovo, in the beautiful region of Trentino, with the presence of almost 750 participants. The winner in 2015, Giacomo Zagonel (US Primiero ASD), got now the second place, 22 seconds after Seppi, while Riccardo Scalet (ASD PWT Italia) was third, with more 35 seconds than the winner. In the Women Elite class, the defending title Christine Kirchlechner needed 17:06 to finish her course, a 46 seconds winning over Carlotta Scalet (Sportclub Meran ASD), second placed and Lia Patscheider, from the same club, being third with the time of 18:18. The winners of the Italian Championships of Middle Distance, held in Calaita on Sunday, were Riccardo Scalet and Christine Kirchlechner, in Men Elite and Women Elite, respectively. Scalet spent 32:54 against 35:08 from Alessio Tenani (GS Forestale), second placed, and 35:26 from Marco Seppi (CUS Bologna ASD). Kirchlechner finished her course in 30:41, while Lia Patscheider got the second place with 32:35 and Heike Torggler )Sportclub Meran ASD) was third with more 2:27 than the winner. For further information and complete results, please consult the event's webpage at http://www.gspavione.it/it/pagina/italian-orienteering-championships.

2. France is ready to host next weekend the MTB Orienteering World Cup 2016's first round. The best athletes in this exciting discipline are heading Guebwiller to compete for the medals in two individual races – Long Distance (Saturday) and Middle Distance (Sunday) – and one Mixed Relay (Monday). The High-Rhine Orienteering Departmental Committee and three local clubs – Buhl-Florival, Colmar and Mulhouse – sign the organization, offering to 370 competitors a weekend full of emotion. Current leaders of the IOF World Rankings, the Russian Anton Foliforov and the Czech Martina Tichovska are the headliners of a competition that joins 72 participants in the Men Elite class and 50 in the Women Elite class. In the male section, the Italian Luca Dallavalle and the Finnish Jussi Laurila will be Foliforov's main rivals, but the French Baptiste Fuchs, Cédric Beill and Yoann Garde, playing home, also have a word to say. Winner of the World Cup in the last season and nº 3 in the IOF World Ranking, the British Emily Benham is, along with the French Gaelle Barlet, a big candidate to the podium's highest place. Other names to have in mind are the Russian Svetlana Poverina and the Finnish Marika Hara. To know more, please visit the event's webpage at http://www.mtbo2016.fr/en/world-cup/.

3. Orienteering “classic”, the 10MILA is back, attracting once more club teams from all the major orienteering nations. On behalf of the Tiomilakavlen Association, the 10MILA 2016 is organized by the clubs Stora Tuna OK, Grycksbo IF, Korsnäs IF OK, Kvarnsvedens OK, OK Kåre, Säterbygdens OK and Bjursås OK, and will be for the first time conducted north of Dalälven – in Falun, Borlange. Held annually in Sweden since 1945, the event is a 10-man relay which includes both night and daytime legs. The Women's race consists of five daylight legs and there's also a Youth race with four daylight legs. The 10MILA 2016 will start with the Youth Relay on Saturday 11.15 am, then the Women's Relay at 2.15 pm and finally the 10MILA-Kavlen at 8.30 pm. The Swedish teams IFK Göteborg and Domnarvets GoIF are going to start as defending titles in Men and Women, respectively. All the information at http://www.10mila.se/index.php/en/.

[Photo: Gruppo Sportivo Pavione / gspavione.it]

Joaquim Margarido

World Orienteering Day: Raising the Orienteering's flag everywhere

The World Orientation Day was of celebration and feast a bit everywhere. More than two thousand five hundred locations spread over 79 countries on the five continents hosted thousands of people of all ages joining hands and highly raising the Orienteering flag.

Throughout yesterday, took place the first ever World Orienteering Day, an initiative from the International Orienteering Federation. The project joined thousands of people from all over the world with the same goal: to benefit both education at school and development of the sport. Maps and compasses in hands, this amazing sport was celebrated in the world's four corners, from Turkey to New Caledonia, from Uruguay to Oman.

Since its launch, one could realize that this was an initiative aimed for success. The way that clubs, schools, public institutions and civil society shown their interest in this cause, adding their names to a list continuously growing, was certainly a huge incentive for the IOF and, above all, to the project's mentor, Göran Andersson. And when Łukasz Maletz posted a picture with the bib numbers of the events in Poland and the indication “start soon”, in Canberra, Australia, the Bushflyers added: “The controls are out, the rain is finishing, and tomorrow morning will be the first ever WOD event. Don't be late! (there's a mass start)”, the WOD had already started.

More than 90,000 participants so far

The number of preregistered locations was of 2.423 and it's time, now, for counting the participants worldwide, which is close to 100.000 so far. Surely still away from the 250,000 participants, the sum desired by Andersson that will place the event in the Guinness Book of Records. But who care? Just go through the event page on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/events/145745899143580/ -, to quickly realize that it was worth all this movement.

Hundreds of images were arriving during the day, confirming the power of the initiative and the wave of enthusiasm. “Wen Ya elementary school in Taiwan joins this fantastic activity”, “event starting in Hobart Tasmania on a windy evening as the sun disappears”, “a great time was had in sunny Coffs Harbour, Australia”, “a really great Orienteering Day in Sundsvall, Sweden”, “Canoe Orienteering in Parys South Africa to celebrate World Orienteering Day”, “celebrating World Orienteering Day in Cyprus” and “Cameroon on the map”, are just some of the many sentences that witness hundreds and hundreds of events. Adding to this, there are also maps from different places such as Ceylanpinar, on the Turkey – Syria border, Faneromeni Square in Nicosia (Chypre), Noumea (New Caledonian) or Parco Iris, Padova (Italy).

Grand opening in Karlstad

For the IOF Office, it has also been a momentous day, in the form of the grand opening of the new office in Karlstad. The day of celebrations was of course started off with a visit to a local school to participate in a World Orienteering Day event. Guests included IOF President Brian Porteous, IOF Senior Vice President Leho Haldna, local politicians and World Champion in Long Distance Ida Bobach, as well as representatives from the Swedish Sports Confederation, Swedish Orienteering Federation, the Latvian orienteering Federation

It's time now to congratulate all those who made possible this fantastic day and say that we'll have another World Orienteering Day next year, on May 24th. To know everything about the WOD, please visit the event's webpage at http://worldorienteeringday.com/.

Joaquim Margarido