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Sprint gold for Merz and Jansson


Victories for Matthias MerzMatthias Merz (Switzerland) and Helena Jansson (Sweden) in todays sprint in the Nordic Orienteering Championships at Bornholm, Denmark. Home favorite Søren Bobach took the Gold medal in the mens junior class, whereas Siri Ulvestad (Norway) won gold in the womens junior class.

Below you find the six best runners in the senior classes. Click the runners to see their runner profiles, including their previous top results. Note for example that this is Helena Janssons first international medal in the senior category.

Men 21

    1    158 Matthias Merz                   Switzerland                     15:31 
    2    140 Jonas Pilblad                   Sweden                          15:38 
    3    164 Matthias Müller                 Switzerland                     15:40 
    4    162 Audun Hultgren Weltzien         Norway                          16:03 
    5    131 Marius Bjugan                   Norway                          16:05 
    6    151 Jarkko Huovila                  Finland                         16:07 

Women 21

    1     52 Helena Jansson                  Sweden                          17:19 
    2     51 Minna Kauppi                    Finland                         17:27 
    3     42 Heli Jukkola                    Finland                         17:32 
    4     43 Martina Fritschy                Switzerland                     17:34 
    5     44 Marianne Andersen               Norway                          17:45 
    6     47 Elise Egseth                    Norway                          17:53 

Men 20

    1    333 Søren Bobach                    Denmark                         14:29 
    2    324 Olav Lundanes                   Norway                          14:47 
    3    318 Petter Eriksson                 Sweden                          15:06 
    4    331 Patrik Karlsson                 Sweden                          15:08 
    5    328 Mikael Kristensson              Sweden                          15:19 
    6    329 Olli-Markus Taivainen           Finland                         15:42 

Women 20

    1    224 Siri Ulvestad                   Norway                          15:23 
    2    229 Eva Svensson                    Sweden                          15:25 
    3    215 Kine Hallan Steiwer             Norway                          15:36 
    4    230 Silje Ekroll Jahren             Norway                          15:53 
    4    226 Maja Alm                        Denmark                         15:53 
    6    216 Anna Forsberg                   Sweden                          16:14 

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