Comments on: JWOC Middle Final: Maps and Results

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 08:03:13 +0000

Cycling uses the same route for everybody. Orienteering doesn’t. Thus where is “the distance”? 2 meters behind or left or right? Look at Risby. Being nearly cought up by Butt but still making a silver medal… Should she gave up (in a situation when Butt closed the gap) and kept behind? Lundanes vs. Novikov is a situation when 2 runners are equal in fact. Both physically and technically. We can’t expect same on a junior level. One mistake doesn’t destroy the race. Look at long and even middle distance. Incredibly many mistakes even for those on podium…

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:48:11 +0000

My regular analysis does not work in this case as Schneider ran never solo being caught up by Svensk at the first control. [Of course are they juniors, but such an influence on such a nine seconds World Championships Podium makes me wondering, why it is impossible to introduce some simple rules in similarity to the rules for the individual time trial in cycling(page 36 bottom). There a caught up competitor is "second class", he/she has to keep his distance]

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:11:31 +0000

Interesting, Martin. Have you got a full split analysis? Would be nice to see your regular stuff.

BTW: They are juniors, so it is tough to expect the Lundanes-attitude when you run the race of your life …

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:08:52 +0000

According to the split-times Schneider punched 8 controls ahead of Svensk. Personally I would have prefered Schneider would have shown little bit more “Lundanes at WOC12-Middle Final after being catched up by Novikov”-attitude.