Orienteering

Orienteering is an outdoor sport that is performed with a map, a compass and an electronic timing system (electronic chip on the finger) for official races and which takes place in the forests (individual or relay) or in an urban setting (sprint and relay) by day or night. For the racer, the race consists of reaching the finish as quickly as possible from the starting point through the various checkpoints, in the compulsory order of their numbering, following a route left to their discretion.