EOC Middle: Jukkola and Gueorgiou

Jan Kocbach May 31, 2008 Events Comments Off on EOC Middle: Jukkola and Gueorgiou

Gueorgiou is still the King of Middle Distance – and Finland took the Triple in the womens class with Heli Jukkola, Merja Rantanen and Minna Kauppi. A very popular silver medal in the mens class to home runner Martin Sirmais. Bronze in the mens class went to Pasi Ikonen – former World Champion on the short distance.

Statements

Baptiste Rollier: – The middle distance final took place today in a very swampy and green terrain and it was a real challenge to find the controls without doing any mistake.Yesterday, the qualification was more hilly and it was important to have a good understanding of the curves in order to avoid hesitations in the control area. My race wasnt very good and I made several small errors which cost me some time. During … [read more]
Emma Engstrand: Arrangörerna hade verkligen lyckats med banor och val av terrängområden under mästerskapet, och trots att samtliga distanser genomfördes i liknande terrängtyp så blev det en helt annan typ av orientering på medeldistansen. Det var mycket mer mossar, mycket mer diffust och mycket mindre höjder där det var väldigt svårt att avgöra vilka höjder som var med på kartan och vilka som inte var det. De kontroller som föll avgörande var just de kontroller som var satta i de diffusa mosspartierna. … [read more]
Jørn Sundby: – On a very technical and marshy day in Latvia Thierry Gueorgiou took his third EOC gold medal on the middle distance. His margin only 26 seconds to Martins Sirmais. The latvian runner was for the second EOC in a row very close to beating Thierry. Two years ago in Estonia Sirmais was ahead of Gueorgiou until the very last controls. The terrain with low visibility in the large marshes proved tricky and maybe also unusual for many runners. A lot of athletes had direction problems and lost a lot of time. […] In the womens class Anne Margrethe Hausken was too careful and too slow in todays race, and ended seventh after being caught by Merja Rantanen who took a surprise silver medal. A great finnish day with a complete blue and hvite podium. Jukkola gold and Kauppi bronze- no surprise. [read more]
Celine Dodin: – In the end, I finish 29th, I still mark points, but I have not really made a good race with a feeling of being passed along. This will be the next time… I hope the WOC! [read more (French)]
Kristiansand OK Elite: – Daniel Hubmann showed again a world class performance and ended on 4th place at the middle distance final, only 28 sec down the podium. Hubmann said that it was a very challenging race where he had one bigger mistake already at the 3th control. Baptiste Rollier ended up on a 13 spot. He did several smaller mistakes in the beginning of the race. Anyway, this result shows that Baptiste is not o … [read more]
Alternativet.nu: – Den sista individuella distansen på årets EM blev ett finskt medaljregn. De svenska löparna hamnade … … [read more]
European Orienteering Champs: – A great day for Finland! The Finnish girls took all the three medals in womens class and Pasi Ikonen was the 3rd in mens class in the middle distance final today in Jaunupe. Read more » … [read more]
Norwegian O-Federation / Anne Margrethe Hausken: – I could have run a lot faster, and got me a real wakeup … [read more (Norwegian)]
Anders Nordberg: – Two and a half hour ago I started in the middle… … [read more (Norwegian)]
Swedish O-Federation: – Finland dominerade totalt när EM i orientering på lördagen fortsatte med final på medeldistansen. Guld, silver och två brons blev utdelningen. Svenskarna fick inte riktigt till det. Bäst placerade sig Emil Wingstedt, som slutade femma.Läs mer … [read more]
Karin Leonhardt: – Das Middle-GelÃ¤nde war in der Quali und im Finale extremst schwierig. Viel zu offensiv startete ich in die Quali – er … [read more]
OPN.no: – Heli Jukkola fra Finland og franske Thierry Gueorgiou ble begge europamestere på mellomdistansen med 26 sekunders margin lørdag ettermiddag. For Finland ble det en knalldag med Merja Rantanen og Minna Kauppi på sølv- og bronseplass. Blant herrene ble det en gledelig 2. plass til arrangørnasjonens Martins Sirmais, mens finske Pasi Ikonen løp inn til 3. plass … [read more]
Halden SK Elite: – Emil Wingstedt løp inn til en 5. plass på dagens mellom-finale, kun 1.37 bak vinner Thierry Gueorgiou som igjen tok mellom-tronen. Anne Margrethe Hausken ble nr 7 etter en hel-finsk pall med Heli Jukkola på toppen. Begge våre som har løpt alle distanser, leverte med andre ord en sterk innsats også i dag.
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French Orienteering Federation: – THIERRY CHAMPION DEUROPE POUR LA 3ème FOIS CONSECUTIVE! The "middle king" Thierry Guéorgiou vient dêtre sacré Champion dEurope de la moyenne distance. Pour la 3ème fois consécutive (2004 – 2006 et désormais 2008 (les championnats dEurope de Course dOrientation ont lieu tous les 2 ans)) Thierry décroche la … [read more]
Olle Kärner: – Soine ja tihe mets. Pisikeste küngaste rägastik. Ideaalne maastik Olle jaoks. Suunamuutused, tempovahetus – ideaalne rada Olle jaoks… Loe edasi … [read more]
Emiliano Corona: – Oggi è andata in scena un’appassionante finale middle: purtroppo senza alcun italiano a prendervi parte. Ci siamo dovuti accontentare di fare da spettatori alla gara vera e propria, dopo qualcuno è partito per la finale B, qualcuno ha fatto una corsetta più stretching e altri hanno deciso di riposare in vista della staffetta di domani. Io sono partito nella finale B e dopo circa 28’, arrivato al … [read more]