World Cup Qualification: Sweden and Switzerland dominate

Jan Kocbach February 28, 2014 Orienteering News Comments Off on World Cup Qualification: Sweden and Switzerland dominate

[Updated with map] Lena Eliasson (Sweden) and Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) won the Qualification in the first World Cup race in Turkey today. A fast middle distance with less than 25 minutes winning time was on the program. With only 30 runners qualifying for the A-final, some top runners missed the cut.

– A great experience, it was such a challenge today

Like in the World Cup opening in New Zealand in 2013, the Swiss and Swedish runners dominate the qualification. In the men’s class 9 of the 10 best are from either Switzerland or Sweden – with Matthias Kyburz winning 19 seconds ahead of Martin Hubmann (Switzerland) with William Lind (Sweden) in third.

In the women’s class double Sweden: Lena Eliasson ahead of Helena Jansson – with Russian Svatlana Mironova in third.

– A great experience, it was such a challenge today, Helena Jansson said after her race. Jansson is back in the World Cup circuit after injury problems last year.

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Boström, Föhr, Kerschbaumer out

With only 30 runners qualifying for the A-final and up to 6 runners from each country, some top runners did not manage the cut for the A-final. Notably outside the Top 30 in the men’s class were Mårten Boström (DSQ, see his Tweet below), Pasi Ikonen (DSQ), Tero Föhr, Gernot Kerschbaumer, Raffael Huber, Øystein Kvaal Østerbø, Rasmus Thrane Hansen, Timo Sild, Pavlo Ushkvarok.

@martenbostrom No backup card??

— Teppo Salmia (@TeppoSalmia) February 28, 2014

@HannuVarkoi @worldofo Roommate Pasi had a traditional mispunch at wrong control

— Mårten Boström (@martenbostrom) February 28, 2014

In the women’s class Celine Dodin, Emma Klingenberg, Julia Gross, Ines Brodmann, Emma Johansson did not qualify for the A-final.

Below you find the results of all qualified runners (note that these are based on unofficial results).

Unofficial live results
Official results will be available at the organizers website
Article will be updated with maps when they are available.

Results men

1	(58)	Kyburz, Matthias	Switzerland	21:31		11:15:31
2	(27)	Hubmann, Martin	Switzerland	21:50	+00:19	10:13:50
3	(51)	Lind, William	Sweden	21:58	+00:27	11:01:58
4	(73)	Adamski, Philippe	France	22:36	+01:05	11:46:36
4	(24)	Öberg, Peter	Sweden	22:36	+01:05	10:08:36
6	(55)	Hubmann, Daniel	Switzerland	22:42	+01:11	11:10:42
7	(60)	Bergman, Gustav	Sweden	22:43	+01:12	11:20:43
8	(13)	Runesson, Johan	Sweden	22:52	+01:21	09:46:52
9	(29)	Johansson, Fredrik	Sweden	23:06	+01:35	10:19:06
10	(4)	Rollier, Baptiste	Switzerland	23:15	+01:44	09:29:15
11	(39)	Kyburz, Andreas	Switzerland	23:17	+01:46	10:39:17
12	(40)	Kratov, Oleksandr	Ukraine	23:22	+01:51	10:41:22
12	(42)	Tranchand, Frederic	France	23:22	+01:51	10:45:22
14	(69)	Bertuks, Edgars	Latvia	23:23	+01:52	11:39:23
15	(44)	Howald, Florian	Switzerland	23:24	+01:53	10:49:24
16	(68)	Hertner, Fabian	Switzerland	23:29	+01:58	11:37:29
17	(57)	Leandersson, Jonas	Sweden	23:30	+01:59	11:15:30
18	(54)	Lakanen, Jani	Finland	23:33	+02:02	11:09:33
19	(25)	Asikainen, Aaro	Finland	23:34	+02:03	10:11:34
20	(9)	Dahlgren, Filip	Sweden	23:35	+02:04	09:39:35
20	(36)	Ekeberg, Bjørn	Norway	23:35	+02:04	10:33:35
20	(47)	Merl, Robert	Austria	23:35	+02:04	10:55:35
23	(74)	Nikolov, Kiril	Bulgaria	23:37	+02:06	11:49:37
24	(1)	Siren, Mikko	Finland	23:41	+02:10	09:23:41
25	(48)	Novikov, Valentin	Russia	23:48	+02:17	10:57:48
26	(72)	Sirakov, Ivan	Bulgaria	23:57	+02:26	11:45:57
27	(20)	Lysell, Jerker	Sweden	24:04	+02:33	10:02:04
28	(50)	Sidorov, Alexey	Russia	24:05	+02:34	11:02:05
29	(77)	Lassen, Tue	Denmark	24:11	+02:40	11:56:11
29	(23)	Portin, Fredric	Finland	24:11	+02:40	10:08:11

(Interesting fact: Last starter Tue Lassen qualified with 2 seconds margin)

Results women

Plass	St.nr	Navn	Klubb	Sluttid	Differanse
1	(152)	Eliasson, Lena	Sweden	22:28		11:05:28
2	(113)	Jansson, Helena	Sweden	22:32	+00:04	09:47:32
3	(143)	Mironova, Svetlana	Russia	23:12	+00:44	10:48:12
4	(137)	Alm, Maja	Denmark	23:13	+00:45	10:36:13
5	(123)	Forsgren, Lilian	Sweden	23:18	+00:50	10:08:18
6	(127)	Ohlsson, Karolin	Sweden	23:27	+00:59	10:16:27
7	(154)	Chataing, Amelie	France	23:33	+01:05	11:10:33
8	(138)	Bjørgul, Ida Marie	Norway	23:52	+01:24	10:38:52
9	(158)	Volynska, Nadiya	Ukraine	24:02	+01:34	11:19:02
10	(155)	Vinogradova, Galina	Russia	24:10	+01:42	11:13:10
11	(153)	Fincke, Anni-Maija	Finland	24:11	+01:43	11:09:11
12	(106)	Luescher, Sara	Switzerland	24:13	+01:45	09:35:13
13	(147)	Alexandersson, Tove	Sweden	24:17	+01:49	10:57:17
13	(126)	Jenzer, Sarina	Switzerland	24:17	+01:49	10:15:17
15	(115)	Haajanen, Sofia	Finland	24:19	+01:51	09:53:19
16	(132)	Temyakova, Nina	Russia	24:21	+01:53	10:27:21
17	(148)	Friederich, Rahel	Switzerland	24:26	+01:58	10:59:26
18	(151)	Niemi, Venla	Finland	24:31	+02:03	11:05:31
18	(128)	Novikova, Julia	Russia	24:31	+02:03	10:19:31
20	(156)	Wyder, Judith	Switzerland	24:34	+02:06	11:15:34
21	(146)	Kadan, Ursula	Austria	24:43	+02:15	10:55:43
22	(157)	Strand, Lina	Sweden	24:46	+02:18	11:17:46
23	(141)	Kinni, Saila	Finland	24:47	+02:19	10:45:47
24	(107)	Olsson, Alva	Sweden	24:52	+02:24	09:37:52
25	(139)	Panchenko, Olga	Ukraine	24:56	+02:28	10:41:56
26	(145)	Kutkaite, Ausrine	Lithuania	25:10	+02:42	10:54:10
27	(159)	Hauswirth, Sabine	Switzerland	25:12	+02:44	11:22:12
28	(142)	Orr, Hollie	Great Britain	25:23	+02:55	10:48:23
29	(136)	Basset, Isia	France	25:25	+02:57	10:36:25
30	(149)	Tikhonova, Anastasiya	Russia	25:31	+03:03	11:02:31