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NORT Stage 2: Live from 18:05 CET – 5 Swiss men and 5 Swedish women

[Update: 5 Swiss men and 5 Swedish women in Semi-finals – Semi-finals live from 18:05]

From 18:05 CET you can follow the KnockOut sprint Worldwide on webTV – but already at 10:00 CET the qualification starts with a regular sprint race. As for stage 1, the qualification time counts in the overall along with bonus points from the final round, and thus the qualification race is also important for the overall (although time differences are expected to be much smaller in a regular sprint).

Important links and information:

Startlist Semi-finals
Men semi-A 1900 meter 6 anmälda 1
Nr-lapp Bricka Namn Förening St tid
1 500255 Matthias Mueller Switzerland, SUI 18:39
7 810707 Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Norway, NOR 18:39
10 505593 Frèdèric Tranchand France, FRA 18:39
20 501817 Jerker Lysell Sweden 18:39
26 501890 Gustav Bergman Sweden 18:39
27 886886 Alexey Bortnik Russia, RUS 18:39



Men semi-B 1900 meter 6 anmälda 1
Nr-lapp Bricka Namn Förening St tid
2 1160483 Daniel Hubmann Switzerland, SUI 18:51
3 851523 Matthias Kyburz Switzerland, SUI 18:51
15 501659 Martin Hubmann Switzerland, SUI 18:51
19 501088 Scott Fraser Great Britain, GBR 18:51
23 2003592 Matthias Merz Switzerland, SUI 18:51
30 997947 Alexey Sidorov Russia, RUS 18:51
Women semi-A 1780 meter 6 anmälda 1
Nr-lapp Bricka Namn Förening St tid
1 553379 Maja Alm Denmark, DEN 18:15
7 502001 Annika Billstam Sweden 18:15
8 501868 Tove Alexandersson Sweden 18:15
10 501781 Linnea Gustafsson Sweden 18:15
16 501622 Emma Claesson Sweden 18:15
17 848014 Mari Fasting Norway, NOR 18:15



Women semi-B 1780 meter 6 anmälda 1
Nr-lapp Bricka Namn Förening St tid
2 552555 Merja Rantanen Finland, FIN 18:27
3 501849 Lena Eliasson Sweden 18:27
9 860508 Amélie Chataing France, FRA 18:27
13 1302399 Galina Vinogradova Russia, RUS 18:27
15 628840 Ines Brodmann Switzerland, SUI 18:27
27 991044 Angela Wild Switzerland, SUI 18:27

Results qualification

Men qualifying 2610 meter 68 anmälda
1 Matthias Mueller Switzerland 12:48
2 Daniel Hubmann Switzerland 12:50
3 Matthias Kyburz Switzerland 12:58
4 Olav Lundanes Norway 13:05
5 Andreas Kyburz Switzerland 13:08
6 Anders Holmberg Sweden 13:09
7 Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Norway 13:13
8 Jonas Gvildys Lithuania 13:15
9 Jonas Leandersson Sweden 13:19
10 Frèdèric Tranchand France 13:23
11 Pasi Ikonen Finland 13:25
12 Fabian Hertner Switzerland 13:28
13 Erik Rost Sweden 13:29
Johan Runesson Sweden 13:29
15 Martin Hubmann Switzerland 13:30
16 Rasmus Thrane Hansen Denmark 13:31
17 Valentin Novikov Russia 13:33
18 Graham Gristwood Great Britain 13:34
19 Scott Fraser Great Britain 13:36
20 Jerker Lysell Sweden 13:39
Carl Waaler Kaas Norway 13:39
22 Jonne Lehto Finland 13:41
23 Claus Halingdal Bloch Denmark 13:45
24 Andreas Ruedlinger Switzerland 13:47
Matthias Merz Switzerland 13:47
26 Gustav Bergman Sweden 13:49
Baptiste Rollier Switzerland 13:49
28 Alexey Bortnik Russia 13:50
29 Olav Johannes Deelstra Netherlands 13:53
30 Alexey Sidorov Russia 13:54
Olle Boström Sweden 13:54
Women qualifying 2330 meter 49 anmälda
1 Maja Alm Denmark 12:29
2 Merja Rantanen Finland 12:42
3 Lena Eliasson Sweden 12:50
4 Lilian Forsgren Sweden 12:53
5 Signe Søes Denmark 12:56
6 Elise Egseth Norway 12:58
7 Amélie Chataing France 13:00
Tove Alexandersson Sweden 13:00
Annika Billstam Sweden 13:00
10 Linnea Gustafsson Sweden 13:02
11 Rahel Friederich Switzerland 13:09
12 Julia Novikova Russia 13:13
13 Galina Vinogradova Russia 13:16
14 Heidi Bagstevold Norway 13:17
15 Ines Brodmann Switzerland 13:19
16 Emma Claesson Sweden 13:22
17 Mari Fasting Norway 13:23
18 Claire Ward Great Britain 13:24
Judith Wyder Switzerland 13:24
20 Silje Ekroll Jahren Norway 13:27
21 Hollie Orr Great Britain 13:28
22 Nataliya Vinogradova Russia 13:31
23 Venla Niemi Finland 13:32
24 Sarah Rollins Great Britain 13:36
25 Sofie Johansson Sweden 13:38
26 Ulrika Uotila Finland 13:39
27 Angela Wild Switzerland 13:40
28 Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen Norway 13:41
Line Hagman Norway 13:41
30 Tone Wigemyr Norway 13:44
Streetview Preview of the old map&terrain

With the old map available online – and Google Streetview also available for significant parts of the area – it is tempting to set the two together to “take a walk” through the terrain while studing the map to look at what to expect at the race. See here a short video where map and Streetview is compared. Or take a walk yourself in this interactive demo.

Overall NORT results after stage 1
Men

Name Time Qualification Bonus Time Total time Stage 1 Difference
1. Matthias Merz 31:33 1:30 30:03
2. Olav Lundanes 30:35 0:11 30:24 0:21
3. Pasi Ikonen 30:59 0:09 30:50 0:47
4. Daniel Hubmann 31:51 0:55 30:56 0:53
5. Matthias Kyburz 32:58 2:00 30:58 0:55
6. Matthias Müller 31:59 1:00 30:59 0:56
7. Fabian Hertner 32:23 1:10 31:13 1:10
8. Tero Föhr 32:12 0:07 32:05 2:02
9. Carl Waaler Kaas 32:28 0:12 32:16 2:13

Women

Name Time Qualification Bonus Time Total time Stage 1 Difference
1 Anni-Maija Fincke 32:53 0:36 32:17
2 Merja Rantanen 33:20 0:38 32:42 00:25
3 Heidi Bagstevold 33:17 0:11 33:06 00:49
4 Tone Wigemyr 33:27 0:12 33:15 00:58
5 Annika Billstam 34:28 1:10 33:18 01:01
6 Mari Fasting 33:43 0:09 33:34 01:17
7 Maja Alm 34:22 0:34 33:48 01:31
8 Tove Alexandersson 34:40 0:50 33:50 01:33
9 Julia Novikova 34:44 0:18 34:26 02:09
10 Rahel Friederich 35:24 0:55 34:29 02:12
KnockOut Sprint NORT 2010

2010 was the first year a KnockOut sprint was organized as part of the World Cup – then also as the second stage of NORT. Nobody seemed to be really impressed with either the courses nor the TV broadcast. In the race report last time, WorldofO.com wrote “From watching the TV broadcast, it looked like the runners were mostly following each other – the tactics for the one behind being to wait for a mistake from the one in front.”. With this years race being more in the forest with possibilities for longer legs, there is hope that the orienteering will be more interesting for the runners. However, there will yet again be no spreading method at all (at least there won’t be any forking error then), so following will again be a possible tactics.

Results from last year:

Men
1. Fabian Hertner (SUI)
2. Jerker Jysell (SWE)
3. Francois Gonon (FRA)
4. Øystein Kvaal Østerbø (NOR)
5. Graham Gristwood (GBR)
6. Daniel Hubmann (SUI)

Women
1. Helena Jansson (SWE)
2. Beata Falk (SWE)
3. Galina Vinogradova (RUS)
4. Maja Alm (DEN)
5. Simone Niggli (SUI)
6. Elise Egseth (NOR)

About NORT Stage 2

In the morning it is a qualification race, the 30 best are qualified and divided into 5 quarter finals. There are 5 consecutive mass-start quarter-finals each running the same course with a 7-9 minute winning time. The 2 best runners in each heat are qualified for semifinal and also the 2 runners with the fastest times in places 3 and 4.

The 2 semifinal-heats also have 6 runners in each heat and the qualification for the final is the same as for the semi-final. All runners that are qualified for quarter-final get bonus time from 120 to 1 second. There are 2 consecutive mass-start semi-finals each running the same course with a 6-8 minute winning time. The final will be a mass-start Sprint with a 8-10 minute winning time.

The terrain is mixed of urban areas and parks, moderately hilly, some large building complexes connected. Dry and mainly level underfoot, therefore good run ability. Generally very good visibility.

NORT 2011 Program

Following the qualification Thursday morning is a regular sprint final in the afternoon. The race time for this sprint final does not count in the overall – instead bonus seconds are awarded – 120 seconds for the winner, 90 seconds for number two, and 70, 60, 55, 50, 40, 38, 36, 34, 32, 30, 18, 17, 16 and so on down to 1 second for number 30.

After stage 1 in Finland on Thursday, NORT moves to Sweden with a KnockOut-sprint in Göteborg on Tuesday. The NORT final is a chasing start south of Oslo in Norway. The full program is shown in the table below:

Stage 1 Thursday June 16th Qual 08.00 CET: Prolonged Sprint
Final 15.00 CET: Regular sprint
Stage 2 Tuesday June 21st Qual 10.00 CET: Regular Sprint
Quarterfinal 13.00 CET: KnockOut sprint
Semifinal 18.10 CET: KnockOut sprint
Final 19.10 CET: KnockOut sprint
Stage 3 Saturday June 25th Prolonged Middle distance
Chasing start based on overall standing
Start 14.00 CET (women) and 15.00 CET (men)

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19 comments

  1. Womens leader Anni-Maija Fincke doesn´t run, because of her achilles tendon problems. http://www.suunnistusliitto.fi/SSL/sslwww.nsf/sp?open&cid=Media&screen=newsscreen&newsid=content266D98

  2. Is there a direct link to the live results from the qualification. The one pointed to is dead

    • seems that all the links for the live results are be cancelled…

    • The mention of live results on the NORT page was just removed (it was there at 10:00 without link, and at 10:10 it was gone). Probably they have problems with live services – please add a comment if you find live results..

  3. Why is it in Finnland always no problem and in Sweden they don’t get it? They are so professional, or they think they are…. This is just a shame for NORT!!

  4. Seems like the results are updated on the homepage of NORT http://www.nordicorienteeringtour.com/

  5. How hard can it be? – even just a webcam on the finish and to upload the results every 10 minutes…
    “Swedish Orienteering – To be the worst World Cup Organsers in the World…”
    You can bet in January 2013, the World Cups in New Zealand will be so much better online LIVE coverage…

    On the plus side, good to have live global Internet TV coverage going out for the final – of course if you can’t speak Swedish you are pretty stuffed…

  6. I posted too soon! Good stuff – how it should be. Good luck guys…

  7. This is a really bad results service from Sweden. I could do a better job if I was in the Goteborg audience and had my iPhone.

    Hopefully the IOF are looking at this when they make their decision about WOC 2015. It’s a shame the chief adviser to the council is Swedish though.

    Eric and Ath are so right. Sweden think they are so great at everything, but they never get it right. At least we don’t have to pay money to not get anything, unlike at 10Mila.

  8. Just in case anybody wonders: in case of equal time the result of NORT1 qualification decides.

  9. Swedish organisation must improve. In addition, there were some problems and shortages during the MTBO World Cup.

  10. Any info on Signe Søes and Carl Waaler Kaas?