World of O News
Finland took it all in todays very exciting WC relay in France. The finnish second team won the womens class after a magnificent run by Bodil Holmström on the last leg. Minna Kauppi made it a double for Finland by beating Simone Niggli in a tight fight at the last leg. And a triple by also securing the overall relay World Cup for Finland in the womens class.
20 minutes later, Jarkko Huovilla made the day close to perfect for Finland by giving Finland the victory also in the mens class. Switzerland ended as number two in the mens relay after a very good race by Daniel Hubmann at the second leg. Swedens second team took the third place in todays relay, securing the overall World Cup for Sweden.
Behind these teams, Thierry Gueorgiou started on what looked as his 5th super-performance this week. He started out as number 14, and at the 3rd radio control he had run the french team up to into 3rd spot. However, Thierry showed that he is human after all – and made some mistakes in the end, returning to the finish as number 4. In addition, both France and Sweden I had a mispunch on the second last control of the last leg.
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Bodil Holmström decided the relay for the finnish second team.
