Grouping Norwegian Champs Long Distance

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 31 Aug 2008@8:00

Analysis again done by Henning Spjelkavik. The open terrain in Tromsø – along with the technical difficulties at the end made room for quite a few groups in the long distance.

Sorry for the format not being ideal for display on the page (due to poor internet connection here it has not been possible to do too much work on the layout).

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Anne MarieBleken 51 10 10 17 16 16 15 16 20 24 33 32 32 30 29 28 27 27 28 28
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Norwegian Champs: Gueorgiou and Hubmann beat them all

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 30 Aug 2008@20:03



In todays middle distance in the Norwegian Champs middle distanse the Norwegian men did not manage to beat guest runners Thierry Guergiou (FRA) and Daniel Hubmann (SUI) – both finishing in front of the Norwegian Champion Audun Weltzien. Second in the Norwegian Champs was another Swiss runner – Baptiste Rollier – who is allowed to run in the Norwegian Champs as he has been living in Norway since January 1st.

Thus, even on home ground the Norwegians have some work to do to reach their goal of being the leading orienteering nation at the World Championships on homeground in 2010 in Trondheim. Todays Norwegian Champion, Audun Weltzien, has not been in the very top internationally except for his victory at the mass start long distance World Cup race at O-ringen in 2007. Now he did two excellent races at the Norwegian Champs – winning both the long and middle distance – and shows that he will definetely be a man to count on in Trondheim in two years time.

The terrain was again very nicely runnable – you can see the first part of the womens course above. The first part of the course was the most challenging – runners really had to take care to keep full control on the map in the slope.

Women: Second for Andersen

Marianne Andersen – just as Weltzien – took her second victory in the Norwegian Champs with a very clear gold medal in the Middle distance. Second was Mari Fasting – and Anne Margrethe Hausken was even outside the medals. The women in the international class did not manage to give the best Norwegians a fight for the best times.

Results

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Norwegian Champs: Victory for Weltzien and Andersen

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 28 Aug 2008@23:50


Audun Weltzien won a tight Norwegian Champs long distance in Tromsø today performing very good in the last difficult part of the race. Second was Anders Nordberg – third Lars Skjeset. In the womens class Marianne Andersen caught Anne Margrethe Hausken with 2 minutes about 1.5 kilometers before the finish – giving Andersen the gold medal ahead of Andersen.


The scenery was fantastic – so was the terrain. The first part of both the men and women course was relatively easy – to a large degree in open areas above the tree level – some said the largest challenge was to concentrate on the map instead of on the magnificent view. The last 15 minutes of running was completely different (see map extract to the right – courtesy of Øystein Kvaal Østerbø). A very detailed terrain with lots of cliffs – quite difficult to read in full speed in 1:15.000. This was also the part where the mens class was decided.

Hubmann best guest

There was special interest from foreign top runners for the Norwegian Champs this year – partly due to WOC in Trondheim in 2010, and partly due to the marvelous nature and interesting orienteering areas high up in the North of Norway. However, world stars Hubmann, Gueorgiou and Gonon did not manage to give the best Norwegians a real fight for the top time – Hubmann coming closest with a time 5 minutes behind the winner Audun Weltzien. Gueorgiou was one minute behind Hubmann – but was tired after two hard weeks of orienteering in Northern Norway. - I was very tired today, but it was very nice to run here, Gueorgiou said after his raace.

When comparing todays area to the O-ringen “Fjäll”-terrain which has been given so much praise, there is not really much to compare. The terrain was much more runnable here, and the views from most of the course was more impressive than you would imagine from the pictures…

Tomorrow the championships continutes with long distance for juniors and middle qualification for elite.

Fantastic conditions for todays Norwegian Champs

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 28 Aug 2008@12:00

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The scenery is fantastic, the sun is shining, and the terrain is said to be wonderful. The first runners have already been heading into the forest. Follow the results live on the Norwegian Champs webpage now

Today is the Long Distance. Estimated time of the winners ready is 16.30, although the first start already at 1100 in the large field of 115 men.

Special Norwegian Champs high up in the North

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 27 Aug 2008@8:00

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Gueorgiou will be there. Hubmann will be there. Norberg will be there. And Gonon will be there. Thus gold medalists from the middle and long distance at the World Champs in Czech Republic this summer, along with the rest of the medal winners in the mens long distance, are running the Norwegian Champs in Tromsø Thursday until Sunday this week.

However, of these only Nordberg can become Norwegian Champion, as you have to live in Norway and run for a Norwegian Club to get Norwegian Champion. The others will start first in a separate “International Category” at the beginning of the start field. There is special attention towards this Norwegian Championships due to the World Champs in Trondheim in 2010 – and several teams have already been to the first pre-WOC training camp in Norway to prepare for the Trondheim WOC of 2010.

Record number of participants


Another special thing about this Norwegian Championships is that it attracts a record number of participants. A total of 115 men will run the 16 kilometer long distance in Tromsø – a new record for the long distance in recent years! The four days will give a total of 1300 starts in the junior and senior categories – impressive numbers for a championships for whom the traveling distance to get to the championships is more than 1500 kilometers for most participants.

To Tromsø for revenge

Holger Hott and Emil Wingstedt are two runners looking for revenge at the Norwegian Champs after not having optimal results earlier this year. Holger Hott has been injured big parts of this spring, and did therefore not manage to qualify to the World Champs. Emil Wingstedt was on his way to a medal on the WOC Sprint this year when he forgot an easy control and got qualified. Moreover, Wingstedt got ill before the long distance qualification, and thus came home from WOC 2008 without any results.

Favourites for winning the Norwegian Champs in the mens class over the long distance are probably Nordberg, Wingstedt and Hott – but there are several other runners like e.g. Audun Weltzien, Hans Trøan, Anders Tiltnes, Olav Lundanes or Carl
Waaler Caas who may also have possibilities to take home victory.

Hausken or Andersen?

In the womens class the international participants are less likely to fight for a best time. Instead the fight will probably stand between the two big profiles of Norwegian woman orienteering, Anne Margrethe Hausken and Marianne Andersen. Hausken has been the best of them all of this year, but Andersen is hungry for victory!

Programme

The Norwegian Champs start with Long Distance on Thursday August 28th, continue with Middle Qual August 29th, Middle Final August 30th and finally Relay at August 31st.

Kauppi: Outside the map on the long leg

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 07 Aug 2008@8:00

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Minna Kauppi run the fourth best time on the long leg in the womens class at the WOC long distance utilizing a route choice which went outside the map. A small gamble, but it took her from 9th to 5th place…

Extract from WOC news number 11:
- The women had a map exchange at the beginning of the long leg which prevented them from being able to plan the route choice in advance. One of the southern options resulted
in the fastest time, utilising the roads which avoid the valley in the beginning (4.65 km / 90 m). The best time on this leg was achieved by Bernadett Kelemen of Hungary (22‘20‘‘) who ran it together with Sofia Johansson (22‘26‘‘).

- Hausken, who opted for a route far left all the way, and even through the village (4.67 km/150 m), ran the third best time on this leg (22‘52‘‘). Minna Kauppi with her route choice across the field off the map even further north followed closely with a split time only 15 seconds slower. Here Minna climbed up from 9th to 5th place. The next best time (23‘17‘‘) was run by Andersen who made the exact same choice as Hausken. Sarah Rollins, who did not go to the village but preferred to run nine contours up over a spur to a road, was 15 seconds slower. Dana Brožková made a 24‘20‘‘ split time.

See complete map and read complete routechoice analysis in WOC news number 11

Gueorgiou: – I had 20% of the normal capacity of my lung

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 06 Aug 2008@10:00

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Thierry Gueorgiou describes his nightmare at the WOC Relay in detail in the latest number of WOC News – a story you shouldn’t miss.

Our team dream – the WOC relay gold medal – was gone but I started to realise that I was also in danger

- I was really satisfied to see the great teamwork of my two mates. They were preparing my leg very well. On my leg, I took the lead in the relay quite early and was pushing very hard like in an individual race. After the spectator control in the field, I knew that my lead was good enough and I just had to take the last controls with care.

- When I ran to the 22nd I was in full control. I punched this control and went out of the light green area. Then, in just a tenth of a second, I realized that several bees were flying in front of me. I had walked on to a bee swarm. I don’t know how, but a bee went in my mouth. I tried to spit it out, but the bee went into my throat.

- Then I had a severe nausea reaction. My pulse at that moment was probably around 180-190. I got shocked and panicky. In my mind, everything became very confused. I knew that the finish line was so close, so I pushed myself to run. But I didn’t read my map and went in the wrong direction. In less than one minute, the bite reaction didn’t allow me to breathe normally. I went very fast into a sort of asthma reaction. I had some 20% of the normal capacity of my lung.

- Our team dream – the WOC relay gold medal – was gone but I started to realise that I was also in danger.

- Then I tried to calm down and thought that I had to go to a TV man in the forest to ask him to call the emergency staff at the finish….

[read the rest in WOC news number 11, page 10 (PDF-file)]

The latest issue of WOC news also contains a lot of other interesting stories. Print it out – and enjoy!

  • Map, analysis and many pictures from relay
  • Complete race analysis and route choice analysis from the long distance
  • Discussion about the Czech mapping standard
  • …

Read all in WOC news number 11

Today Live: WUOC Middle distance from 0900 CET

Posted by Jan Kocbach, 01 Aug 2008@8:00


The World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) starts continues with Middle distance in Tartu today with the first start at 0900 CET. You can follow the race online with both text commentary and several split times.

Report from WUOC middle distance 2006 (source International University Sports):
For the women, Norwegian Line Hagman took the day, but she had to struggle for it, and the times were very close. Russian Larisa Stanchenko clocked in just 13 seconds behind her, and Finnish Maria Rantala came in only 38 seconds later. “The itinerary was not as easy as I thought” Line said just after the race, “but I made no errors, and that’s what gave me this excellent score, the best of my career”.

The men’s race was undecided up to the end. Lithuanian Simonas Krepsta, French Phillippe Adamski and Norwegian Stig Alvestad fought it out to the end. They crossed the line in that order. An excellent race for Krepsta who managed to do his best in this magnificent but difficult course.

Internet resources
Program

The championships starts with the sprint distance at 0900 CET today Wednesday July 30th. The organizers promise live results and live commentary from all the events. There are no qualifications in the WUOC, and each nation is allowed to enter three runners for the sprint and four runners for the middle and long distance.

  • Wednesday July 30th 0900 CET: Sprint
  • Thursday July 31st 0830 CET: Long
  • Friday August 1st 0900 CET: Middle
  • Saturday August 2nd 0830 CET: Relay