British Orienteering has today been informed by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) that the IOF has suspended Russia from all orienteering activities.
The Board of British Orienteering fully supports this extraordinary and difficult decision.
British Orienteering is deeply saddened by the invasion and our thoughts are with the Ukrainian Orienteering Federation, all orienteers, and the population of Ukraine.
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The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) suspends the membership of its Russian member due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The Council of the International Orienteering Federation decided at an extraordinary Council meeting today to immediately suspend the membership of the Russian Orienteering Federation. The suspension of the Russian member federation is for an indefinite period of time and means the following.
These additional measures are being taken as a result of discussion within the IOF Council and are supported by statements made by a number of IOF member federations. They are in addition to the support expressed previously by the IOF for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommendations published on February 25. The decisions are made in accordance with the IOF Statutes and Code of Ethics.
Furthermore, the IOF Council will discuss the conditions for a potential suspension of the member federation in Belarus.
The IOF also requests other International Sports Federations for their support and asks that they consider applying similar measures. The IOF is committed to working towards the positive reinforcement of the values of sport via its engagement in stakeholder organisations.
IOF President Leho Haldna – We want to express our solidarity with the Ukrainian Orienteering Federation and our support of all orienteering athletes in Ukraine. The Council decisions are taken to uphold the IOF values which are at the core of our sport, and we believe that the situation requires of us to make these extraordinary decisions in the support of peace.