EOC: Long Qual Maps, Statements and Results

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 27 May 2008@16:00


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The EOC Long Qualification was fast with some technically challenging parts (see map extract). Many runners did some smaller errors, but still the gap from the winner to the last qualifier in each heat was as low as 3.49 in one of the mens heats – and below 5.30 in all of the mens heata.

Winners in all the three mens heats had around 55 minutes for 10.9 kilometers – giving a pace of around 5 minutes/kilometer. The best women run 40 minutes for around 6.5 kilometers.

Statements

Some statements and personal Blog entries from the Long Qualification (will be updated with more):

  • Øystein Kvaal Østerbø: - Today the Long distance Qualification was held in a partly very detailed area north of Ventspils. I did a stabile run, and tried to orienteer well without pusing the maximum speed. My only bigger mistake was the 15th control where I passed the control flag with a few meters without seeing it, and lost 45 seconds. My result was a 13th place, 3 minutes behind the winner in my heat Matthias Merz. [read more (with map)]
  • Martin Johansson: - Var lite sliten sen gårdagens två race och kände mig lite stel i baksida lår. Försökte hålla ett högt tempo utan stress och fast jag klantade mig redan på 1:an och missade en 40 sekunder uppskattningsvis så behöll jag lugnet. En del små kontrollmissar och i morgon krävs mer noggrannhet. Kom på att jag skulle ta stopp på någon sekund … [read more]
  • Sandy Hott: - [...] following and otherwise cooperating are two of the most common ways of gaining time unfairly in orienteering today. Some may consider that this is just “part of the game”, but as following and co-operating are explicitly against the rules, I consider it as cheating. [...] But in my mind, the responsibility is largely on the runners to show respect for their competitors by “playing fairly” and competing according to the rules as best they can. [read more]
  • Thea Lillehov: - This morning I was nervous all ready when waking up. Usually this is a good sign, but today it wasn’t. I was getting more nervous every minute so I just longed for the start. It started really good, a long leg to the first controll and everything worked fine. The control sat where I wanted it to be, a good start. Longer leg also to nr.2 and then the misery started. First I overlooked the possi … [read more]
  • Karin Leonhardt: - der dritte Streich…Schon als wir heute vom Bus ausstiegen und zum Vorstart gingen dachte ich wow das Gelände sieht echt schön aus. Flach und der Boden wie in Skandinavien – mosig, weich und mit viel Heidelbeerkraut. Auch meine Stimmung vorm Start war gut und ich war viel weniger nervös als gestern. Als es dann los ging war es mein Ziel für heute ruhig zu bleiben, immer einen Plan zu haben un … [read more]
  • IOF World Cup news: - No top names missed out on qualification today but Andrey Khramov (Russia), bronze medallist yesterday, was only a few seconds inside the necessary qualification time in his heat. Times were close especially in the men’s heats, with the final qualification placers being only 4.06, 3.49 and 5.25 respectively behind the winners.[read more]
  • Emiliano Corona: - Questa mattina gara di qualificazione per la Long Distance: purtroppo nessun italiano in finale, distanziati dal tempo utile per entrarvi dai 2 in su. Gara che presentava lunghe tratte dove fondamentale era la direzione alternate ad altre più tecniche dove contava la lettura fine: in conclusione una bella gara, dove però era importantissimo correre sempre molto forte. Penso che come squadra non … [read more]
  • Alessio Tenani: - Anche la qualificazione della gara a lunga distanza è stata tiratissima: ho corso in 1h0213, a 656 dal vincitore della batteria, il Campione del Mondo Matthias Merz, e a 250 dal limite per laccesso in finale.Dopo la tirata per il primo punto, ho corso bene fino ai 40 di gara; alcune imprecisioni nel finale.Risultati e intertempi. … [read more with map]
  • De Laatste Post: - A lot of runners (like Merz) had some problems on their way to the second control. Baptiste Rollier was in the lead nearly the whole race. But at the finish Matthias Merz had the best time. [read more]
  • See also statements, results and maps from EOC Sprint Final
  • See also statements, results and maps from EOC Sprint Qualification.
Results
Men Heat A
1 Merz,Matthias SUI 55:17
2 Rollier,Baptiste SUI 55:26
3 Weltzien,Audun Hultgreen NOR 55:43
[18 Ozolins,Janis LAT + 04:26 / NQ]

Men Heat B
1 Ohlund,Erik SWE 55:22
2 Nordberg,Anders NOR 56:26
3 Troeng,Mats SWE 56:28
[18 Muller,Matthias SUI 04:04 / NQ]

Men Heat C
1 Ikonen,Pasi FIN 54:51
2 Hubmann,Daniel SUI 55:48
3 Johansson,Martin Per SWE 55:58
[18 Duncan,Jon GBR + 05:26 / NQ]
Women Heat A
1 Hausken,Anne Margrethe NOR 42:24
2 Persson,Lina SWE 42:51
3 Brozkova,Dana CZE 43:55
[18 Whitehouse,Pippa GBR + 06:39 / NQ]

Women Heat B
1 Engstrand,Emma SWE 41:05
2 Weltzien,Ingunn Hultgreen NOR 42:35
3 Korzhova,Natalia RUS 44:17
[18 Abzalone,Zanda LAT + 10:06 / NQ]

Women Heat C
1 Soes,Signe DEN 40:16
2 Ryabkina,Tatiana RUS 40:23
3 Johansson,Sofie SWE 40:58
[18 Brodmann,Ines SUI + 07:09 / NQ]

Some who did not make it who normally should have been in the A-final:

  • 18 Muller,Matthias SUI 59:26 + 04:04
  • 19 Fraser,Scott GBR 59:31 + 04:09
  • 25 Omelchenko,Yuri UKR 1:01:10 + 05:48
  • 18 Duncan,Jon GBR 1:00:17 + 05:26
  • 19 Troan,Hans NOR 1:01:17 + 06:26
  • 18 Whitehouse,Pippa GBR 49:03 + 06:39
  • 19 Wild,Angela SUI 49:36 + 07:12
  • 20 Mackenzie,Mhairi GBR 50:07 + 07:43
  • 21 Bridle,Helen GBR 53:48 + 12:43
  • 18 Brodmann,Ines SUI 47:25 + 07:09

Also notably: Francois Gonon and Minna Kauppi where on the startlist, but did not start today.

Map with course
Video

The Latvian organizers have prepared a video with impressions from the Long Qualification:


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