Today will see the start of the second World Cup event of the year, the first which was held in Switzerland alongside the European Orienteering Championships.  Idrefjäll, Sweden is hosting the event and the Long distance event will be the first on the programme taking place by lake Burusjön, situated north of Idrefjäll.  The race will pass through challenging Swedish mountain terrain at an altitude of 630-880 m.a.s.l.  It is a hilly topography with moderate to steeper slope, the runability and visibility is good to very good with very few roads and paths in the area.

In the Long distance race, each athlete will start individually with 3 minute start interval to the next competitor.  The starting order is determined by the Long/Middle world ranking where the highest ranked athlete starts last. Great Britain will be represented by 12 athletes, 10 of those hoping to build on their performances from the World Orienteering Championships last month, including Megan Carter- Davies who will be hoping to continue a strong start to her international season following her 6th place at that competition.

Those returning from the World Orienteering Championships will also be joined by Laura King (EUOC) and Ben Mitchell (SBOC) who will be making their World Orienteering Cup Debut.

Start times (UK time) for athletes are below:

Sending good luck messages to the athletes in the GB team today as they compete with top performing athletes from across the world. 

Follow all the action from Sweden live here.