woO-TV: WOC Long Final Runthrough with Headcam

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 22 Jul 2008@8:00

tvwo.pngWoO-TV has prepared a runthrough video of the last (and decisive) part of the mens course in the WOC 2008 long distance final with a headcam. Alongside the video the map along with a GPS track is shown in a split screen and the running speed in minutes/km. Headcam-runner is Jan Kocbach.

Video quality is not the best. Thus, this is considered another video piece for the specially interested orienteer. Still – it is nice to see exactly what kind of challenges the competitors met when comparing with the map.

Enjoy the video!

WOC Relay: All pictures added and country results updated

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 20 Jul 2008@20:00

longqp.jpg
Pictures from todays Relay have now been added to the country pages which give pictures and results of all runners sorted by country. The WOC history by country has also been updated with the results from todays WOC Relay.

World of O Runner profiles and World of O Ranking will be updated within the next day(s). This concludes the WOC 2008 coverage at World of O. Thank you to all visitors and all feedback given.

WOC Relay: Gold for Great Britain after big drama

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 20 Jul 2008@14:00

DSC_3884_s.jpg
After a very exciting last leg, Great Britain got the gold medal before Russia in the mens class in the WOC Relay in Olomouc, Czech Republic. France was in the lead in most of the last leg, but at the end of the leg the crowd went quiet as the last leg runner of France, Thierry Gueorgiou, was observed walking in the forest.

When Gueorgiou arrived walking at the finish, it turned out that he had been bitten by an insect, and got an allergic reaction, and therefore had to break of the race. Gueorgiou is said to be in no danger.

DSC_3886_s.jpg

Historic gold medal for Great Britain

This was the first gold medal for Great Britain in the relay. Graham Gristwood run a very good first leg, Graham Gristwood changing over as number 4 after the first leg. Jon Duncan ran an excellent second leg for Great Britain, coming first to the changeover. Jamie Stevenson was caught up by Thierry Gueorgiou of France in the start of the leg, and soon also Russia with Valentin Novikov passed Stevenson. In the very exciting finish Novikov made a mistake, and Jamie Stevenson could take in Great Britain to a surprising victory.

Switzerland finished in 3rd place for a bronze, and Czech Republic got 4th.

Results

relm.jpg

WOC Relay: Gold for Finlands women

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 20 Jul 2008@12:00

relayw.jpg

Finlands Minna Kauppi took home the gold medal for Finland in the WOC relay after a very strong last leg where she caught leading Switzerland with 3 minutes – and in the end was more than 2 minutes ahead of Russia in second spot with Sweden in third spot for the bronze. This was the first medal for Lindeqvist and Rantanen in the Finish team, and it was also the first relay medal for the Russian women.

Notably also that China managed an impressive 7th spot! Winning women’s team Finland were 7th after the first leg and 5th after the second. Russia were 1st and 3rd before finishing 2nd. Sweden were 2nd and 2nd before finishing 3rd. Switzerlands Vroni König-Salmi ran a very impressive second leg for Switzerland, and sent Switzerland to a clear lead. Swiss anchor Lea Müller kept the lead for about half of the leg, but was then passed by several runners.

Results

woO-TV: WOC Middle Final Runthrough with Headcam

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 20 Jul 2008@8:00

tvwo.pngFor those of you who have not had the possibility to run through the WOC 2008 Middle course, woO-TV has prepared a runthrough video of the first (and tricky) part of the womens course with a headcam. Alongside the video the map along with a GPS track is shown in a split screen.

Note that the runthrough was done after the competition, and it was therefore rather dark, and some of the controls were already removed from the forest. No music this time either – only the breathing of the headcam operator. Thus, this is considered another video piece for the specially interested orienteer. Still – it is nice to see exactly what kind of challenges the competitors met when comparing with the map.

Enjoy the video!

Best ever for Czech Republic, France and Slovakia

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 19 Jul 2008@18:00

francoisgonon_WOC2008LongFinall_s.jpg

Dana Brozkova’s gold medal in the long distance was the first World Orienteering Championships gold medal ever for Czech Republic in the womens class over the long distance. The bronze medal of Francois Gonon was also the first ever medal for France at the long distance at a WOC – and also the first ever individual WOC medal for France for anybody except Thierry Gueorgiou. – Finally we have managed to get anotherone up there along with Thierry, Team France coach Petter Thoresen said after the competition.

Finally, Marian Davidik of Slovakia also set a record for Slovakia. His 6th spot was the best ever spot for Slovakia in the long distance in a World Championship (not counting the years when Slovakia and Czech Republic were one country).

WOC Long Final: 400 pictures and WOC history updated

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 19 Jul 2008@18:00

longqp.jpg
Pictures of most runners from todays Long Final have now been added to the country pages which give pictures and results of all runners sorted by country. The WOC history by country has also been updated with the results from todays WOC Long distance.

WOC Long: Gold for Hubmann and Brozkova

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 19 Jul 2008@14:00

DSC_2401_s.jpg

DSC_2908_s.jpg

Very popular gold medals for Dana Brozkova (CZE) and Daniel Hubmann (SUI) at the long distance at the World Orienteering Championships in Olomouc today. In both cases there was a tough fight between the medalists all the way to the end – the races being decided only in the very tricky last loop of the race. Silver and bronze went to Marianne Andersen (NOR) and Annika Billstam (SWE) in the womens class and Anders Nordberg (NOR) and Francois Gonon (FRA) in the mens class.

- A great feeling

- I did not understand that I was fighting for the gold medal here at the spectator control. I hoped I was fighting for a medal, but I did not know that I was fighting for the gold, Brozkova said after celebrating her victory. – This is really a great feeling!

Lost the gold – and a contact lens

Marianne Andersen was in the lead in most of the race, but in the end she had to see Brozkova beating her. – I felt that I lost the gold medal today, Andersen said after the race. – I had a very good start of the race, but lost my contact lens after about one third of the race, and I think that cost me some time.

For Andersen this was her third individual silver medal after silver medals in both Middle and Long in Denmark in 2006.

A dream come true

- It was a dream since years to win one of these gold medals after so many silver medals, said Hubmann who has previously won three WOC silver medals and four EOC silver medals.

- After the sprint, I was really happy with my race. But of course these two seconds was not a good feeling. And after the middle distance were I was fourth after doing a minute mistake I was really unhappy. But today I only looked forwards, and I managed to keep the focus on the orienteering. I managed to stay calm even if I was very nervous in the end.

Results and maps

The course got a lot of praise from the competitors. – I liked the course. It was a good mix with many routechoices, and some tricky controls in the end, silver medalist Marianne Andersen said after the race.

Grouping: WOC Long Qualification

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 19 Jul 2008@8:00

While waiting for the WOC Long Final, it may be interesting to take a look at the Grouping analysis from the Long Qualification. As expected, there is not too much grouping in the qualification, as there is a random starting order (except for start groups) in the qualification. For the final, the starting order is based on the qualification results with the potentially best runners starting in the end, and thus the chances for grouping are significantly better.

Let us hope that grouping of runners which influences the results does not occur in the WOC Long distance finals this year.

The grouping analysis below is again made by Henning Spjelkavik. Note that the splits files where on a somewhat strange format, and that there might be some inaccuracies. Please leave a comment below if you can spot an error.

MENA

Navn 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Gösswein Csaba 35 11 9 6 1 2 2 4 3 5 1 1 1 3 1 1 5 2 7 12 12
Lubina Alexander 35 14 19 20 34 32 34 34 32 30 30 30 29 29 23 20 23 21 21 21 21
Efimov Roman 35 13 10 10 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 4 2 2 3 4 4 5 4 6 7
Kamenarov Ivaylo 35 7 13 14 12 11 13 15 16 16 16 17 17 19 17 17 17 17 17 16 16
Yamaguchi Daisuke 35 24 16 16 32 34 33 32 29 28 28 28 28 27 28 28 29 29 29 26 25
Tarasovs Anatolijs 35 17 18 19 33 30 30 29 27 27 27 27 26 25 26 24 26 29 26 24 24
Vukovic Igor 35 22 24 22 17 24 24 22 21 22 21 23 21 21 21 22 22 25 28 27 28
Wu Yongwen 35 35 33 35 31 31 31 30 28 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 31 31 31 31 31
Štanfel Matjaž 35 20 20 31 24 29 27 26 25 25 25 25 25 26 29 29 28 27 27 30 30
Duca Nick 35 32 30 27 27 33 32 33 33 32 32 32 33 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
Anjala Topi 35 12 4 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 12 12 13 13 13
Anghel Marius 35 30 34 33 29 28 28 27 34 34 35 33 34 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33
Portal Daniel 35 25 31 32 25 25 22 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 23 21 22 22 28 27
Aadli Erkki 35 26 21 18 14 17 18 17 17 17 17 16 15 16 15 15 15 15 15 18 18
Sousa Joaquim 35 31 28 29 28 26 23 28 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 30 30 30 29 29
Piltaver Jaka 35 21 25 24 19 22 21 23 22 21 22 21 23 23 25 25 24 24 24 23 24
Dobbs Neil 35 27 29 30 30 27 25 24 23 23 23 22 24 24 24 26 25 23 23 22 22
Richert Marcin 35 18 14 14 18 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 20 19 19 19 20 19 19
Bastin Michel 35 19 23 24 21 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 17 18 18 18 18 18 17 17
Erdo?an Musa 35 34 32 28 22 19 29 31 30 33 33 34 35 34 34 35 34 34 34 34 34
Troeng Mats 35 4 8 9 4 3 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Morrison Garry 35 33 35 34 35 35 35 35 35 35 34 35 32 35 35 34 35 35 35 35 35
Adamski Philippe 35 11 4 4 9 13 12 12 10 9 9 9 10 11 10 9 8 7 5 5 4
Barták Lukáš 35 15 12 11 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 8 6 6 8 8 10
Morrison Ross 35 16 15 15 10 14 14 16 15 15 15 15 16 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 15
Rattray Kerrin 35 28 26 25 17 21 20 20 26 26 26 26 27 28 27 27 27 26 25 25 26
Gvozdev Pavel 35 11 22 21 13 10 10 9 11 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 11 11
Merz Matthias 35 4 4 2 15 12 11 12 9 12 10 10 9 9 8 6 9 8 6 4 5
Bone Eric 35 29 27 26 26 23 26 25 24 24 24 24 22 22 22 21 20 20 19 20 20
Stevenson Jamie 35 8 5 9 7 4 4 2 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 3 3
Glibov Ruslan 35 24 17 17 21 16 16 14 14 14 14 13 12 12 12 12 10 11 9 8 7
Nordberg Anders 35 6 11 7 3 1 1 1 4 2 6 6 5 5 5 3 2 3 2 2 2
Soes Rasmus 35 6 7 12 11 9 10 10 12 10 12 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Mamleev Mikhail 35 2 6 4 2 5 6 6 5 4 4 5 7 6 7 7 7 9 10 9 8
Smola Michal 35 1 1 1 23 18 15 13 13 12 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 10 11 10 9

MENb

Navn 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Fraser Scott 35 7 17 15 9 8 8 9 10 9 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 9 8
Kaas Carl Waaler 35 6 5 4 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
Pihl Peeter 35 25 23 9 8 9 20 21 24 27 30 30 30 30 30 28 30 30 30 27 27
Kerrison Neil 35 14 19 23 27 28 29 27 27 24 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 24 24 24
Bernaciak Aleksander 35 16 15 25 18 18 21 24 26 28 29 29 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 28 29
Schneider David 35 21 9 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kraj?ík Michal 35 23 18 13 17 16 18 14 17 16 20 19 21 21 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
Wimberley Paul 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
Nogueira Pedro 35 34 34 33 33 33 33 33 33 34 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33
Ferrer Lluis 35 30 27 30 32 31 31 30 28 30 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 28 30 30
Hofmeister Christoph 35 19 14 11 11 10 15 18 18 17 17 16 16 15 17 17 17 17 16 16 16
Omelchenko Yuri 35 12 10 12 14 15 12 12 12 12 13 12 10 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 13
Matsuzawa Toshiyuki 35 20 20 32 30 29 26 31 31 29 27 27 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26
Lauenstein Marc 35 9 8 19 16 14 7 7 7 5 3 5 4 4 6 8 6 7 7 7 9
Losman Petr 35 15 31 28 23 21 18 15 14 23 23 21 20 19 22 20 20 20 21 20 20
Cao Bin 35 27 28 22 28 27 25 32 32 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31
Kamenarov Zlatko 35 17 22 18 25 26 28 26 23 25 25 25 23 24 23 23 23 23 23 23 23
Bogya Tamas 35 11 17 14 15 20 19 16 15 15 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
Schgaguler Klaus 35 11 12 26 26 24 27 22 21 18 18 18 17 16 15 15 16 15 15 15 15
Legac Lino 35 24 26 31 29 30 30 28 29 27 26 26 28 29 28 30 28 29 29 29 28
Djurhuus Rasmus 35 14 7 16 10 13 10 10 11 10 11 14 15 17 16 16 15 16 17 17 17
Harju Antti 35 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 6 9 8 7 7 7 9 8 9 8 7
Smith Ross 35 29 32 29 31 32 32 29 30 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
Krumins Janis 35 6 3 10 13 13 13 17 16 14 14 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 10
Öhlund Erik 35 26 24 27 21 17 11 8 8 7 10 11 11 10 10 10 11 11 11 14 14
Quin Andrew 35 31 29 17 19 22 24 25 25 22 22 23 25 23 24 24 24 24 25 25 25
Bekmez Mehmet 35 33 33 34 34 34 34 34 34 33 34 34 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35
Hribar Andraž 35 9 12 8 12 11 15 19 22 21 19 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
Smith Mike 35 32 30 21 22 23 22 20 19 20 21 20 19 20 20 21 21 21 20 21 21
Kovács Ádám 35 28 21 6 7 5 6 6 6 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Lang Markus 35 22 26 24 24 25 23 23 20 19 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 12 12 11 11
Gvildys Jonas Vytautas 35 4 7 2 7 7 9 13 13 13 12 10 9 9 8 6 9 6 7 5 5
Gonon François 35 19 14 7 5 4 3 4 5 8 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
Khramov Andrey 35 2 2 21 20 19 16 11 10 11 9 8 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 12 12
Pasquasy Fabien 35 1 5 5 4 6 6 5 4 6 7 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 8 6 6

MENC

Navn 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Tenani Alessio 35 27 25 22 24 24 24 22 22 18 18 18 18 19 18 19 19 19 20 21
McGrath Clem 35 21 31 30 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 32 33 33 33 33 33
Marchuk Oleksandr 35 17 22 24 24 23 19 21 21 21 21 26 26 26 25 25 27 27 26 26
Johansson Martin 35 9 4 4 7 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 4 4 5 4
Pretnar Janez 35 23 30 31 30 30 27 26 26 23 24 23 23 22 22 22 22 22 22 23
Christensen Christian 35 4 11 26 22 22 20 19 19 17 19 19 19 18 19 18 18 18 18 19
Mrázek Jan 35 13 9 9 12 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 11 12 12
Avci Ilyas 35 32 32 32 31 31 30 28 28 29 28 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29
Yang Chang-Chan 35 33 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35
Coupat Vincent 35 6 12 11 10 13 14 15 15 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 18
Weltzien Audun 35 17 11 6 5 7 8 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15
Dávidík Marián 35 11 8 10 7 6 6 6 5 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 10
Tsvetkov Dmitriy 35 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 3 3 6 6 6 6 7
Goeres Patrick 35 25 26 28 25 25 25 24 24 27 27 27 27 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Johnson Oli 35 23 17 16 13 12 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 13 13 13 13 13 13 14
Zazgornik Jan 35 11 13 13 18 18 18 18 18 20 17 17 17 20 20 20 20 20 19 20
Marchenko Alexey 35 27 19 19 20 19 21 23 23 25 26 25 24 27 26 26 25 25 24 26
Adams Michael 35 24 27 25 27 26 26 25 25 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 24 24 23 24
Lam Sam Choi 35 35 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34
Vonyó Péter 35 18 20 19 17 18 17 16 16 27 25 25 25 25 27 27 26 26 25 27
Avramovic Dejan 35 30 23 23 26 27 32 31 32 31 31 31 31 30 29 29 28 28 28 28
Teich Christian 35 3 3 3 4 3 7 13 13 13 12 12 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 16
Haldin Mats 35 6 18 17 14 14 13 8 9 9 8 8 8 10 10 9 9 9 8 9
Pan Rui 35 21 21 20 19 21 23 27 27 24 23 21 21 24 24 24 24 23 27 1
Kashimada Koji 35 21 24 21 21 20 22 20 20 19 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 22
Mulder Nicholas 35 31 29 27 28 28 28 30 30 30 29 30 29 31 33 32 31 31 32 32
Zinca Ionut Alin 35 13 16 14 16 16 15 10 8 7 9 9 9 9 9 11 11 11 10 11
Moiteiro Celso 35 34 33 33 32 32 31 29 29 28 30 29 30 29 31 31 32 32 32 31
Casal Roger 35 9 5 9 9 10 13 14 14 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 11 13
Kärner Olle 35 30 14 12 8 8 9 7 7 6 6 5 4 5 5 4 3 3 5 5
Klobucaric Damir 35 30 29 29 29 30 29 32 31 32 32 32 32 32 30 30 30 30 30 30
Banach Robert 35 9 7 9 15 16 16 17 17 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 17
Nikolov Kiril 35 14 15 15 11 9 5 4 4 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
Bertuks Edgars 35 3 2 2 3 4 3 5 6 4 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 6
Hubmann Daniel 35 1 7 5 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3

WOMENA

Navn 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Hao Shuangyan 29 16 11 18 19 19 15 13 13 19 19 23 24 23 23
Rihma Annika 29 5 19 16 16 16 19 14 14 13 14 14 20 18 18
Ishiyama Kayoko 29 26 26 25 25 26 26 26 26 28 28 28 27 28 28
Stanchenko Larysa 29 22 18 17 21 25 24 22 22 21 23 21 22 25 25
Cejka Caroline 29 8 12 12 9 9 9 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Syvoronova Olga 29 25 27 24 23 21 23 23 24 22 21 18 20 19 19
Arama Una 29 27 25 22 15 16 19 18 20 16 14 15 15 15 15
MacNaughton Charlotte 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29
Dimitrova Natalaya 29 14 13 13 10 10 11 15 15 15 12 13 14 14 14
Kvo?i? Vinka 29 28 28 28 27 28 27 28 27 26 27 27 28 27 27
Largey Ciara 29 25 23 21 24 23 22 24 23 24 25 25 25 24 24
Whitehouse Pippa 29 18 17 19 18 18 17 16 18 25 24 24 23 22 20
Andersen Marianne 29 9 7 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
Guizzardi Michela 29 21 20 20 17 17 13 18 17 20 20 20 18 21 22
Kazlauskaite Inga 29 13 6 9 8 14 16 12 12 12 17 17 16 16 16
Kelemen Bernadett 29 5 4 4 6 7 6 5 4 3 2 3 3 5 4
Saeger Samantha 29 20 21 27 26 22 21 21 21 18 18 19 17 17 17
Gigon Michaela 29 11 14 12 12 13 14 19 17 17 16 16 13 13 13
Allison Joanne 29 6 10 10 14 11 12 10 9 8 10 9 9 8 9
Van Opstal Lieke 29 20 24 23 28 27 28 27 28 27 26 26 26 26 26
Soes Signe 29 13 8 9 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 1
Minoiu Veronica 29 23 22 26 22 20 20 20 19 14 15 13 12 12 12
Oeyen Greet 29 15 16 15 20 24 25 25 25 23 22 22 21 20 21
Brožková Dana 29 3 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 4 4 3 3
Gil Esther 29 17 15 14 11 8 8 7 8 7 7 10 10 10 10
Rákayová Martina 29 11 10 9 5 6 5 6 5 1 4 8 8 9 8
Dodin Céline 29 2 2 3 3 4 7 8 6 6 6 5 5 4 7
Jukkola Heli 29 7 5 6 13 12 10 9 10 9 9 7 7 7 6
Engstrand Emma 29 1 1 1 7 5 4 4 7 10 8 6 6 7 5

WOMENB

Navn 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Panchártková Jana 28 10 6 15 16 13 10 12 7 7 8 7 7 9 9 10
Creedon Ailbhe 28 23 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28
Rafols Ona 28 26 24 23 23 23 23 23 22 22 23 20 18 18 18 19
Simon Ágnes 28 21 21 22 22 22 22 20 21 21 21 23 22 22 22 23
Anttila Liisa 28 4 4 8 8 6 5 4 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 6
Ptasekaite Rasa 28 25 22 19 19 16 14 22 20 20 17 15 15 15 15 16
Riddervold Marianne 28 8 12 7 8 8 6 5 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 2
Saeger Hillary 28 22 23 21 21 21 18 16 13 15 20 22 25 25 25 25
Macinská Jana 28 14 9 9 9 9 9 7 5 5 6 9 9 8 8 8
Rebane Kirti 28 20 17 16 14 14 15 15 14 13 19 17 17 17 17 15
Rantanen Merja 28 6 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4
Fey Zsuzsa 28 9 10 6 6 5 7 11 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 9
Søderlund Line 28 20 18 13 13 18 19 18 17 19 18 18 19 19 19 18
Billstam Annika 28 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1
Zhu Mingyue 28 28 26 25 25 25 24 24 23 23 22 21 21 20 20 20
Dresen Elisa 28 16 14 10 16 15 20 19 19 19 15 16 17 16 16 17
Mulpas Vinciane 28 15 13 17 17 19 21 21 25 25 25 25 26 26 26 26
Costa Raquel 28 27 25 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27
Shandurkova Iliana 28 13 11 13 11 10 13 13 18 17 13 13 13 14 14 14
Bamba Yoko 28 17 20 18 18 17 16 17 15 14 14 19 20 21 21 21
Hott Sandy 28 13 16 14 10 11 12 10 11 11 10 11 12 13 13 13
Lillehov Thea 28 24 19 24 24 24 25 25 26 26 26 26 24 24 24 24
Ewels Kathryn 28 18 15 20 20 20 17 14 12 12 11 8 8 7 7 7
Ryabkina Tatiana 28 7 7 4 4 7 8 8 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
Skrastina Aija 28 1 2 5 5 4 5 6 16 17 12 12 11 11 11 11
Wild Angela 28 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 10 11 8 6 7 6 6 5
Rollins Sarah 28 5 8 13 13 12 11 9 8 6 17 14 14 12 12 12
Volynska Nadiya 28 13 27 26 26 26 26 26 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23

WOMENC

Navn 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Linde Ane 28 16 15 14 13 12 9 10 16 16 14 13 15 12 11
Dimitrova Stefaniya 28 22 24 25 25 26 24 24 23 23 25 26 26 25 25
Stepan Nikolina 28 28 27 27 27 27 26 26 26 26 26 28 28 28 28
Leonhardt Karin 28 24 23 23 24 24 25 25 25 24 23 24 24 23 23
Sa Maria 28 25 26 26 26 25 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27
Chuang Pei-Chi 28 27 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 1 1 1 1
Winskill Helen 28 17 17 18 19 15 23 22 19 18 18 20 19 16 17
Johansson Sofie 28 7 10 11 10 10 15 13 11 11 9 8 6 5 5
Round Vanessa 28 5 6 10 9 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 14 11 12
Abzalone Zanda 28 11 13 15 15 13 14 15 18 21 20 21 20 24 24
Stalder Seline 28 5 4 7 6 4 2 3 2 2 1 2 8 7 7
Fernandez Annabel 28 20 19 17 16 14 12 12 20 19 19 19 23 21 21
Kuuselo Riina 28 12 8 5 4 6 17 11 10 9 8 9 11 9 9
Oram Louise 28 18 20 19 18 17 13 16 13 13 13 12 10 17 16
Ju?eníková Eva 28 3 5 3 3 2 4 2 4 5 4 4 2 3 3
Korzhova Natalia 28 13 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 6 6
Kanoh Naoko 28 26 25 24 23 23 22 23 24 25 24 25 25 26 26
Zivkovic Dragana 28 20 22 21 22 22 19 19 22 22 22 23 22 22 22
Danylova Anastasiia 28 15 17 20 17 20 20 20 17 17 17 18 17 15 15
Zürcher Sandra 28 15 14 12 12 16 18 17 15 15 15 17 18 19 19
Jaeger Meike 28 21 19 16 14 18 16 18 14 14 16 16 16 18 18
Li Ji 28 2 3 4 20 19 11 8 8 8 6 11 9 14 13
Pauzaite Sandra 28 8 9 9 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10
Vanjuk Merike 28 11 12 13 11 11 10 14 12 12 12 14 12 9 8
O Boyle Niamh 28 23 21 22 21 21 21 21 21 20 21 22 21 20 20
Hausken Anne Margrethe 28 7 2 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 2 6 5 4 4
Gyurkó Fanni 28 9 11 8 7 10 7 7 6 6 11 15 13 13 14
Kauppi Minna 28 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 3 2 2

Best ever for Finland, Israel and Latvia

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 18 Jul 2008@8:00

minnakauppi_WOC2008MiddleFinal_10_s.jpg
Minna Kauppi’s gold medal in the middle distance was the first World Orienteering Championships gold medal ever for Finland in the womens class over the middle or short distance. The first short distance race in the World Orienteering Champs was in Czechoslovakia in 1991. Now the Finnish women (and Kauppi also) have gold medals in all disciplines except for the sprint distance.

Best ever for Latvia

edgarsbertuks_WOC2008MiddleFinal_3.jpg
Martins Sirmais has been in the World Orienteering elite on the middle distance for several years – winning a silver medal both at the European Champs in Estonia in 2006 and at the European Champs in Latvia earlier this year. However, at the World Champs Sirmais has never managed to repeat his fantastic runs from the European Champs. This year at the WOC Sirmais again did not succeed – finishing up as number 35 at the middle distance. However, another Latvian, Edgars Bertuks, got an all-time-high WOC middle distance position for Latvia with his excellent 9th place from an early start.

Gvodzev for Israel

pavelgvozdev_WOC2008MiddleFinal.jpg
The last all-time-high position at the WOC 2008 Middle distance was Pavel Gvodzev of Israel with his 25th place. Actually, this was the first time an Israeli qualified for the Middle distance final, and thus all Gvodzev had to do to improve the Israeli record was to get through the course without being disqualified. Gvodzev did an excellent race, and his 25th place is only 4 places behind his 21th place at the long distance at the WOC in Kiev last year.

« Previous Page — Next Page »