Alexandersson “cheats” us for Middle-distance duel with Niggli

Jan Kocbach October 4, 2013 Orienteering News Comments Off on Alexandersson “cheats” us for Middle-distance duel with Niggli

World Cup leader Tove Alexandersson has decided not to start Saturday’s middle distance World Cup race out of tactical reasons. Even winning on Saturday will not increase her chances to win the overall World Cup, and therefore the Swedish star wants to start on Sunday with rested legs.

Of course it would have been fun to meet Simone even in the forest

With this decision, all the spectators in Switzerland and the TV-viewers will also loose one of the most interesting duels in Saturday’s World Cup race. Even if the race would not have been decisive, it would have been the last big fight between the queen of orienteering through the last decennium, Simone Niggli, and the runner which might very well take over after Niggli.

PS! Niggli does not have anything to gain in the overall World Cup by running Saturday’s middle distance either.

– I will have fast legs

– Of course it would have been fun to meet Simone even in the forest here in Switzerland before she retires, Tove Alexandersson says to orientering.se.

– But the total World Cup is very important for me, and I will give myself optimal conditions to run well on Sunday. Now I will have fast legs for that race. And I really look forward to that challenge.

Overall World Cup standing

Alexandersson has a big advantage with her 736 points and 51 point lead – Niggli will need some help to take the overall World Cup.

The following rules are important for the overall calculations:

In the competition 13 (World Cup Final) the runners finishing the race get double points. The winner gets 200 points down to 2 points for the 40th place.
Total is calculated as the sum of all scores from competitions 1 to 8 plus the best 2 scores from competitions 9 to 12 and the score from competition 13 (last race)

1	736	Tove Alexandersson	SWE	30	100	100	60	60	28	38	160	–	80	80	–	–
2	685	Simone Niggli	SUI	–	–	–	75	75	60	75	200	100	100	100	–	–
3	491	Annika Billstam	SWE	45	80	24	20	28	9	45	120	80	–	40	–	–
4	439	Tatyana Riabkina	RUS	60	37	50	34	20	34	22	100	–	45	37	–	–
5	414	Ida Bobach	DEN	80	35	40	45	12	24	28	90	–	30	30	–	–
6	323	Lina Strand	SWE	37	17	33	45	26	18	24	80	29	–	14	–	–
7	278	Emma Klingenberg	DEN	15	25	–	30	0	75	60	36	37	–	–	–	–
8	272	Tone Wigemyr	NOR	50	45	–	26	24	15	0	56	–	33	23	–	–
9	269	Judith Wyder	SUI	21	33	31	0	15	45	30	66	–	–	28	–	–
10	243	Venla Niemi	FIN	40	31	29	7	7	0	–	42	60	–	27	–	–
11	211	Ines Brodmann	SUI	28	26	18	6	11	14	20	70	–	18	–	–	–
=12	201	Mari Fasting	NOR	33	15	27	24	45	–	–	–	–	35	22	–	–
=12	201	Sara Lüscher	SUI	27	50	28	5	34	12	–	–	–	26	19	–	–
=12	201	Galina Vinogradova	RUS	–	–	–	18	13	38	34	58	40	–	–	–	–
15	200	Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	NOR	31	25	80	0	0	–	–	–	31	–	33	–	–
16	194	Tessa Hill	GBR	27	27	21	15	0	22	15	18	45	–	4	–	–
17	167	Helena Jansson	SWE	100	30	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
18	160	Minna Kauppi	FIN	–	–	60	–	–	–	–	–	–	50	50	–	–
19	153	Emma Johansson