Compared with foot orienteering, competitors usually are not permitted to leave the trail and track network.

Depending on terrain type either hard tailed or full suspension mountain bikes are more appropriate.

Known brands for map holders are Orifix, Mapdec, Miry, Devotech, Nordenmark, Autopilot and Windchill.

Mountain bike orienteering is most popular in European countries and Australia.

Other successful mountain bike orienteers are Michaela Gigon, Ruslan Gritsan, Adrian Jackson, Christine Schaffner and Päivi Tommola.

For a full list of all medals taken by mountain bike orienteerers at World- and European Championships, visit MTBO Info [4] In order to keep track of the competitors' riding times, Sportident is typically used.

Each rider has a 'card' (chip) on their finger, and they 'punch' the Control point (orienteering) as shown on the image below.

In recent years, time-keeping has become more modern, and mountain bike orienteering events typically use touch-free time-keeping, meaning that competitors can maintain their speed while punching the control points.

In mountain bike orienteering there are 5 main disciplines which can be competed in at the world championships.

Fastest time to punch all the controls in the right order and cross the finish line wins.

Fastest time to punch all the controls in the right order and cross the finish line wins.

Fastest time to punch all the controls in the right order and cross the finish line wins.

In order to keep competitors from just following each other and ensuring they have to orienteer themselves, there are 'forkings' on mass starts.

First competitor to punch all controls in the right order and cross the finish line wins.

Similarly to the mass start, there are forkings on the relay, so competitors can't just follow other riders.

W20: Lucie Nedomlelova M21: Andre Haga, Pekka Niemi, Samuel Pökälä

M20: Noah Tristan Hoffmann, Mikkel Brunstedt Nørgaard, Morten Örnhagen Jørgensen