World of O News
[With GPS comparison] At the second stage of NAOM 2014 Thierry Gueorgiou was back were he wants to be – on top of the M21 Elite class – with Daniel Hubmann in second. In the overall Gueorgiou got the upper hand with some seconds. In the women’s class Amelie Chataing won both the second stage and overall.
As you can see in the GPS comparison, both Hubmann and Gueorgiou did some small 10-15 second mistakes. Their speed was similar – and Hubmann did more mistakes – leaving Gueorgiou on top.
– I think I’m in pretty good shape but I was not very happy with the race yesterday and the small mistakes, Gueorgiou said after the race.
– In the evening I tried to analyse what had not gone particularly well and I did a more active orienteering today, a careful reading of the map, tried to better understand the terrain and the things eventually went better. The race today was much more challenging, more demanding from a technical point of view, requiring more careful reading and to anticipate the options, Gueorgiou continued.
Beginning of season
– We are at the beginning of the season and what really counts is to realize that I’m improving little by little after each race. At the time of the Mediterranean Championships and, then, at the Portugal O ‘Meeting, I will really focus on the competition so that I can reach the European Championships, confident in the best results, Gueorgiou finishes.
This means that Gueorgiou will not race the World Cup in Turkey – which is organized at the same time as Portugal O ‘Meeting.
The women winner Chataing commented the race in the following way:
– I am delighted with these two days of excellent competition. I was quite disappointed with my mistakes in yesterday’s stage, but I’m pretty happy with the race today and with this victory. It was a physically demanding race, but I liked the course, the changes of direction and the orienteering challenge in areas with a lot of detail.
Results
Results Men
1. Thierry Gueorgiou (Kalevan Rasti) 33:17
2. Daniel Hubmann (Kristiansand OK) 34:02 (+0:45)
3. Philippe Adamski (Kalevan Rasti) 35:13 (+1:56)
Results Women
1. Amélie Chataing (Kalevan Rasti) 32:11
2. Anastasia Tikhonova (CSP Novgorod) 33:53 (+1:42)
3. Emily Kemp (OK Linné) 35:48 (+3:37)
Thanks to the organizers / Joaquim Margarido for maps, interviews and information!
