WOC Long 2014 Women: The BIG analysis

Svetlana Mironova decides the race by running a technically good race in the first part of the course – and executing the long legs very well. Wyder makes too many mistakes – Alexandersson does not have her normal speed after stomach problems, and also does some small mistakes.

Mistakes are more decisive for the medals than route choices  – although both Wyder and Alexandersson lose more than the time they are behind Mironova on the long leg to control 12 by taking a non-optimal route choice (going left instead of taking the road around – Mironova has however also not picked the best route here).

Mironova makes a good technical race in the first part of the race – and builds up a lead which is large enough to endure some time losses on the last loop

This analysis is made by Jan Kocbach and Stefano Raus. It is based on a shortened version of the analysis written for the online WOC 2014 magazine.

Summary of decisive points

• Mironova makes a good technical race in the first part of the race – and builds up a lead which is large enough to endure some time losses on the last loop. Alexandersson however comes closer and closer in the end.
• Alexandersson is probably not 100% fit after her stomach problems – at least she is not as strong as she usually is in the physical parts of the course. A mistake at control 9 and a mistake at the control after the arena passage along with the non-optimal route choice to control 12 costs Alexandersson too much time to take the gold medal with her current shape.
• Wyder makes a mistake at the second control and loses nearly 1:30. She also loses nearly a minute on the long leg to the 4th control (partly due to wrong routechoice) and again on the long leg to the 12th control due to non-optimal route choice. The rest of the race she has mostly the speed and technique for gold.

WOMEN: S-1

The women’s course starts with four short legs with middle distance characteristics.  The first control is a short, technical control. Wyder starts well – Alexandersson is 14 seconds behind and Mironova  15 seconds behind.  The two Norwegians Rønning Sund and Fasting have slow starts – Fasting losing 17 seconds and Rønning Sund 23 seconds.

WOMEN: S-1 (Legtimes) 1. Wyder Judith (3rd) 1:46 +0:00 2. Eliasson Lena (22nd) 1:52 +0:06 3. Taylor Catherine (19th) 1:54 +0:08 4. Orr Hollie (65th) 1:56 +0:10 5. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 2:00 +0:14 6. Bobach Ida (10th) 2:00 +0:14 7. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 2:01 +0:15 8. Gross Julia (17th) 2:02 +0:16 9. Billstam Annika (6th) 2:03 +0:17 10. Fasting Mari (4th) 2:03 +0:17 12. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 2:03 +0:17 15. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 2:05 +0:19 22. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 2:09 +0:23 23. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 2:11 +0:25

WOMEN: S-1 (Total times) 1. Wyder Judith 1:46 +0:00 2. Eliasson Lena 1:52 +0:06 3. Taylor Catherine 1:54 +0:08 4. Orr Hollie 1:56 +0:10 5. Alexandersson Tove 2:00 +0:14 6. Bobach Ida 2:00 +0:14 7. Mironova Svetlana 2:01 +0:15 8. Gross Julia 2:02 +0:16 9. Billstam Annika 2:03 +0:17 10. Fasting Mari 2:03 +0:17 12. Wigemyr Tone 2:03 +0:17 15. Haajanen Sofia 2:05 +0:19 22. Ronning Sund Goril 2:09 +0:23 23. Jenzer Sarina 2:11 +0:25

WOMEN: 1-2

Another short, technical control. All medalists do well – but Fasting has an inaccurate direction at the middle of the leg and loses time – 23 seconds to Mironova here. Bobach and Hajanen also lose more than 30 seconds here – tricky start!

WOMEN: 1-2 (Legtimes) 1. Eliasson Lena (22nd) 1:51 +0:00 2. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 1:54 +0:03 3. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 1:54 +0:03 4. Rihma Annika (33rd) 1:54 +0:03 5. Wyder Judith (3rd) 1:55 +0:04 6. Anttonen Sari (16th) 1:58 +0:07 7. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 2:00 +0:09 8. Billstam Annika (6th) 2:02 +0:11 9. Gross Julia (17th) 2:04 +0:13 10. Pauzaite Sandra (34th) 2:04 +0:13 11. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 2:04 +0:13 18. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 2:12 +0:21 25. Fasting Mari (4th) 2:17 +0:26 38. Bobach Ida (10th) 2:25 +0:34 42. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 2:27 +0:36

WOMEN: 1-2 (Total times) 1. Wyder Judith 3:41 +0:00 2. Eliasson Lena 3:43 +0:02 3. Mironova Svetlana 3:55 +0:14 4. Alexandersson Tove 4:00 +0:19 5. Anttonen Sari 4:02 +0:21 6. Ronning Sund Goril 4:03 +0:22 7. Billstam Annika 4:05 +0:24 8. Gross Julia 4:06 +0:25 9. Orr Hollie 4:06 +0:25 10. Pauzaite Sandra 4:07 +0:26 13. Jenzer Sarina 4:15 +0:34 14. Wigemyr Tone 4:15 +0:34 18. Fasting Mari 4:20 +0:39 22. Bobach Ida 4:25 +0:44 30. Haajanen Sofia 4:32 +0:51

WOMEN: 2-3

Another short leg – this time Wyder does a big mistake – losing 1:14 to Alexandersson – she is now down in 22nd place at +0:58. Wigemyr, Fasting and Hajaanen also lose more than 30 seconds here.

WOMEN: 2-3 (Legtimes) 1. Bobach Ida (10th) 1:59 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 2:02 +0:03 3. Anttonen Sari (16th) 2:02 +0:03 4. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 2:04 +0:05 5. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 2:06 +0:07 6. Allston Hanny (13th) 2:06 +0:07 7. Billstam Annika (6th) 2:08 +0:09 8. Kinni Saila (11th) 2:08 +0:09 9. Brodmann Ines (12th) 2:09 +0:10 10. Klingenberg Emma (32nd) 2:10 +0:11 11. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 2:11 +0:12 35. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 2:36 +0:37 41. Fasting Mari (4th) 2:43 +0:44 52. Wyder Judith (3rd) 3:16 +1:17 54. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 3:25 +1:26

WOMEN: 2-3 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 5:59 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 6:02 +0:03 3. Anttonen Sari 6:04 +0:05 4. Eliasson Lena 6:05 +0:06 5. Billstam Annika 6:13 +0:14 6. Ronning Sund Goril 6:14 +0:15 7. Jenzer Sarina 6:21 +0:22 8. Bobach Ida 6:24 +0:25 9. Kinni Saila 6:24 +0:25 10. Allston Hanny 6:27 +0:28 18. Wigemyr Tone 6:51 +0:52 22. Wyder Judith 6:57 +0:58 25. Fasting Mari 7:03 +1:04 45. Haajanen Sofia 7:57 +1:58

WOMEN: 3-4

An easier short leg – all runners in the top manage this leg well.

WOMEN: 3-4 (Legtimes) 1. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 1:21 +0:00 2. Eliasson Lena (22nd) 1:21 +0:00 3. Bobach Ida (10th) 1:22 +0:01 4. Rihma Annika (33rd) 1:22 +0:01 5. Wyder Judith (3rd) 1:23 +0:02 6. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 1:24 +0:03 7. Taylor Catherine (19th) 1:25 +0:04 8. Lajn Daria (27th) 1:25 +0:04 9. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 1:26 +0:05 10. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 1:27 +0:06 15. Fasting Mari (4th) 1:30 +0:09 16. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 1:30 +0:09 17. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 1:31 +0:10 28. Billstam Annika (6th) 1:36 +0:15

WOMEN: 3-4 (Total times) 1. Alexandersson Tove 7:23 +0:00 2. Eliasson Lena 7:26 +0:03 3. Mironova Svetlana 7:26 +0:03 4. Anttonen Sari 7:31 +0:08 5. Ronning Sund Goril 7:38 +0:15 6. Bobach Ida 7:46 +0:23 7. Billstam Annika 7:49 +0:26 8. Jenzer Sarina 7:52 +0:29 9. Kinni Saila 7:57 +0:34 10. Taylor Catherine 8:03 +0:40 17. Wigemyr Tone 8:17 +0:54 18. Wyder Judith 8:20 +0:57 22. Fasting Mari 8:33 +1:10 42. Haajanen Sofia 9:27 +2:04

WOMEN: 4-5

The long leg to control 5 is very similar to the men’s 4th leg. For the men Fasting’s route was fastest (run by Gueorgiou and Hertner) – whereas Mironova/Alexandersson’s route (run by Lundanes) was similar in time when disregarding the difference in execution of the route by Lundanes versus Gueorgiou. A similar trend is seen for the women. The two different variants are within 8 seconds.

Wyder and Rønning use more road (similar to Jerker Lysell in the men’s class), and Wyder loses nearly a minute while Rønning loses nearly 2 minutes (see illustration for Rønning Sund).  The reason for Wyder’s choice might be the big mistake on the control before – to gain some security again. Some of Wyder’s time loss is  out of the control – it looks like she first wants to run the alternative of Fasting; it could however also be due to a wrong direction out of the control.

At this point in the course Rønning Sund is 2:08 behind Mironova – after 11.0 km at the end of the race this is only 46 seconds more. Thus a bad start for the Norwegian. Note that  Bobach loses 3 minutes with a more direct route which has far too much climb.

WOMEN: 4-5 (Legtimes) 1. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 13:16 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 13:17 +0:01 3. Fasting Mari (4th) 13:24 +0:08 4. Billstam Annika (6th) 13:26 +0:10 5. Allston Hanny (13th) 13:50 +0:34 6. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 13:58 +0:42 7. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 13:59 +0:43 8. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 14:00 +0:44 9. Wyder Judith (3rd) 14:13 +0:57 10. Zverinova Martina (23rd) 14:19 +1:03 22. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 15:12 +1:56 38. Bobach Ida (10th) 16:22 +3:06

WOMEN: 4-5 (Total times) 1. Alexandersson Tove 20:40 +0:00 2. Mironova Svetlana 20:42 +0:02 3. Billstam Annika 21:15 +0:35 4. Jenzer Sarina 21:50 +1:10 5. Anttonen Sari 21:53 +1:13 6. Fasting Mari 21:57 +1:17 7. Allston Hanny 21:58 +1:18 8. Eliasson Lena 21:58 +1:18 9. Wigemyr Tone 22:17 +1:37 10. Wyder Judith 22:33 +1:53 13. Ronning Sund Goril 22:50 +2:10 17. Haajanen Sofia 23:26 +2:46 25. Bobach Ida 24:08 +3:28

WOMEN: 5-6

A short leg were most of the top runners do well – this is not as technical as in the start. Wyder is however in a bad period and loses 17 seconds – now down in 10th place at +2:06.

WOMEN: 5-6 (Legtimes) 1. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 1:49 +0:00 2. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 1:51 +0:02 3. Allston Hanny (13th) 1:52 +0:03 4. Klingenberg Emma (32nd) 1:54 +0:05 5. Bobach Ida (10th) 1:56 +0:07 6. Fasting Mari (4th) 1:58 +0:09 7. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 1:58 +0:09 8. Lajn Daria (27th) 1:58 +0:09 9. Kadan Ursula (15th) 1:58 +0:09 10. Ward Claire (29th) 1:59 +0:10 12. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 2:01 +0:12 13. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 2:01 +0:12 14. Billstam Annika (6th) 2:02 +0:13 16. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 2:03 +0:14 23. Wyder Judith (3rd) 2:06 +0:17

WOMEN: 5-6 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 22:33 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 22:41 +0:08 3. Billstam Annika 23:17 +0:44 4. Allston Hanny 23:50 +1:17 5. Jenzer Sarina 23:53 +1:20 6. Fasting Mari 23:55 +1:22 7. Eliasson Lena 24:01 +1:28 8. Anttonen Sari 24:02 +1:29 9. Wigemyr Tone 24:18 +1:45 10. Wyder Judith 24:39 +2:06 13. Ronning Sund Goril 24:48 +2:15 16. Haajanen Sofia 25:15 +2:42 23. Bobach Ida 26:04 +3:31

WOMEN: 6-7

Another short leg which is not too tricky – all top runners manage well.

WOMEN: 6-7 (Legtimes) 1. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 2:17 +0:00 2. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 2:18 +0:01 3. Wyder Judith (3rd) 2:20 +0:03 4. Dambe Inga (18th) 2:22 +0:05 5. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 2:23 +0:06 6. Eliasson Lena (22nd) 2:23 +0:06 7. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 2:23 +0:06 8. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 2:24 +0:07 9. Fasting Mari (4th) 2:24 +0:07 10. Zverinova Martina (23rd) 2:25 +0:08 12. Billstam Annika (6th) 2:26 +0:09 14. Bobach Ida (10th) 2:30 +0:13 15. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 2:32 +0:15

WOMEN: 6-7 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 24:57 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 25:04 +0:07 3. Billstam Annika 25:43 +0:46 4. Jenzer Sarina 26:11 +1:14 5. Fasting Mari 26:19 +1:22 6. Eliasson Lena 26:24 +1:27 7. Wigemyr Tone 26:35 +1:38 8. Allston Hanny 26:38 +1:41 9. Anttonen Sari 26:48 +1:51 10. Wyder Judith 26:59 +2:02 12. Ronning Sund Goril 27:20 +2:23 15. Haajanen Sofia 27:38 +2:41 19. Bobach Ida 28:34 +3:37

WOMEN: 7-8

This is again a quite short, easy leg – but many women do mistakes here. Mironova loses 42 seconds to Alexandersson and 35 seconds to Wyder – her second biggest time loss. Now Alexandersson is in the lead for the first and last time in the competition.

Several other women who finish top 10 lose 30 seconds or more.

WOMEN: 7-8 (Legtimes) 1. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 2:24 +0:00 2. Wyder Judith (3rd) 2:31 +0:07 3. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 2:40 +0:16 4. Bobach Ida (10th) 2:40 +0:16 5. Eliasson Lena (22nd) 2:43 +0:19 6. Kadan Ursula (15th) 2:44 +0:20 7. Gross Julia (17th) 2:44 +0:20 8. Dambe Inga (18th) 2:45 +0:21 9. Orr Hollie (65th) 2:48 +0:24 10. Omova Michaela (20th) 2:50 +0:26 15. Billstam Annika (6th) 2:54 +0:30 20. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 3:00 +0:36 22. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 3:00 +0:36 26. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 3:06 +0:42 27. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 3:06 +0:42 28. Fasting Mari (4th) 3:07 +0:43

WOMEN: 7-8 (Total times) 1. Alexandersson Tove 27:28 +0:00 2. Mironova Svetlana 28:03 +0:35 3. Billstam Annika 28:37 +1:09 4. Eliasson Lena 29:07 +1:39 5. Jenzer Sarina 29:11 +1:43 6. Wigemyr Tone 29:15 +1:47 7. Fasting Mari 29:26 +1:58 8. Wyder Judith 29:30 +2:02 9. Allston Hanny 29:38 +2:10 10. Anttonen Sari 29:47 +2:19 13. Ronning Sund Goril 30:26 +2:58 15. Haajanen Sofia 30:38 +3:10 17. Bobach Ida 31:14 +3:46

WOMEN: 8-9

A medium long route choice leg where you can either go direct or use the road to the right. Note that 6 runners are faster than the ones shown here – Ida Bobach being the fastest at 5:23 (20 seconds ahead of Mironova). All these 6 runners run direct with better execution than Mironova. Thus direct is the fastest option – but note how Alexandersson makes a one minute mistake when going direct, losing 1:22 to Bobach.

Fasting chooses a hybrid between direct and right and loses 50 seconds to Mironova and more than a minute to Bobach. Billstam runs direct and makes  a mistake into the control – losing 1:50 on this leg.  Before this control Billstam was in third position – now she falls down to 9th. This was a tricky leg for many runners.

WOMEN: 8-9 (Legtimes) 1. Bobach Ida (10th) 5:23 +0:00 2. Taylor Catherine (19th) 5:28 +0:05 3. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 5:30 +0:07 4. Gross Julia (17th) 5:31 +0:08 5. Brodmann Ines (12th) 5:36 +0:13 6. Tikhonova Anastasiya (31st) 5:40 +0:17 7. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 5:43 +0:20 8. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 5:47 +0:24 9. Wyder Judith (3rd) 5:49 +0:26 10. Dambe Inga (18th) 5:49 +0:26 21. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 6:04 +0:41 26. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 6:16 +0:53 31. Fasting Mari (4th) 6:31 +1:08 37. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 6:45 +1:22 47. Billstam Annika (6th) 7:13 +1:50

WOMEN: 8-9 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 33:46 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 34:13 +0:27 3. Wigemyr Tone 35:19 +1:33 4. Wyder Judith 35:19 +1:33 5. Jenzer Sarina 35:27 +1:41 6. Allston Hanny 35:33 +1:47 7. Brodmann Ines 35:41 +1:55 8. Anttonen Sari 35:45 +1:59 9. Billstam Annika 35:50 +2:04 10. Fasting Mari 35:57 +2:11 11. Haajanen Sofia 36:08 +2:22 12. Ronning Sund Goril 36:13 +2:27 14. Bobach Ida 36:37 +2:51

WOMEN: 9-10

A short leg which was not very decisive for the race – note however that Fasting again loses nearly 30 seconds.  Fasting is now 10th at +2:11. The medalists are now Top 3 in correct order – Mironova ahead of Alexandersson and Wyder (Wigemyr however shares the third place with Wyder at this point in the course).

WOMEN: 9-10 (Legtimes) 1. Taylor Catherine (19th) 1:24 +0:00 2. Depta Monika (41st) 1:27 +0:03 3. Omova Michaela (20th) 1:30 +0:06 4. Eliasson Lena (22nd) 1:30 +0:06 5. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 1:31 +0:07 6. Brodmann Ines (12th) 1:32 +0:08 7. Dodin Celine (35th) 1:34 +0:10 8. Allston Hanny (13th) 1:35 +0:11 9. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 1:36 +0:12 10. Gyurko Fanni (28th) 1:36 +0:12 13. Wyder Judith (3rd) 1:37 +0:13 14. Billstam Annika (6th) 1:37 +0:13 16. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 1:39 +0:15 23. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 1:43 +0:19 24. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 1:43 +0:19 25. Bobach Ida (10th) 1:43 +0:19 32. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 1:46 +0:22 39. Fasting Mari (4th) 1:52 +0:28

WOMEN: 9-10 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 35:17 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 35:56 +0:39 3. Wyder Judith 36:56 +1:39 4. Wigemyr Tone 37:02 +1:45 5. Jenzer Sarina 37:06 +1:49 6. Allston Hanny 37:08 +1:51 7. Brodmann Ines 37:13 +1:56 8. Billstam Annika 37:27 +2:10 9. Anttonen Sari 37:45 +2:28 10. Fasting Mari 37:49 +2:32 11. Ronning Sund Goril 37:49 +2:32 12. Haajanen Sofia 37:54 +2:37 14. Bobach Ida 38:20 +3:03

WOMEN: 10-11

A short leg which does not give big problems for the top runners – note however how Rønning Sund loses 21 seconds. The GPS of Alexandersson does not work well just here. Tove Alexandersson is now at +34 seconds and still very much in contact with Mironova.

WOMEN: 10-11 (Legtimes) 1. Billstam Annika (6th) 1:31 +0:00 2. Fasting Mari (4th) 1:34 +0:03 3. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 1:35 +0:04 4. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 1:36 +0:05 5. Brodmann Ines (12th) 1:36 +0:05 6. Zverinova Martina (23rd) 1:36 +0:05 7. Taylor Catherine (19th) 1:36 +0:05 8. Wyder Judith (3rd) 1:38 +0:07 9. Gyurko Fanni (28th) 1:39 +0:08 10. Jurenikova Eva (21st) 1:40 +0:09 11. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 1:41 +0:10 12. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 1:41 +0:10 28. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 1:47 +0:16 29. Bobach Ida (10th) 1:47 +0:16 38. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 1:52 +0:21

WOMEN: 10-11 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 36:58 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 37:32 +0:34 3. Wyder Judith 38:34 +1:36 4. Wigemyr Tone 38:43 +1:45 5. Brodmann Ines 38:49 +1:51 6. Allston Hanny 38:50 +1:52 7. Jenzer Sarina 38:53 +1:55 8. Billstam Annika 38:58 +2:00 9. Fasting Mari 39:23 +2:25 10. Haajanen Sofia 39:29 +2:31 12. Ronning Sund Goril 39:41 +2:43 14. Bobach Ida 40:07 +3:09

WOMEN: 11-12

The long leg from 11 to 12 is similar to the men’s long leg to the 15th control, but going the opposite way. This leg however has bigger differences than the men’s, and is in this regard more interesting. The fastest option here is to start following the road and then going straight to the control like Kadan/Jurenikova do. Mironova takes an even safer route – going around to the right – losing only a few seconds to Kadan/Jurenikova. The last climb into the control is very steep and slow on Mironova’s route – and Rønning taking the same route loses 50 seconds on this route.

Alexandersson and Wyder both chose routes to the left which have more climb – this was the course setters favourite. Note however how both Alexandersson and Wyder lose significant time here – 42 seconds and 1:13 respectively. The main reason for the time loss is that it is slow in the middle of the leg (see illustration comparing Wyder and Mironova below) – both due to stones and due to climb.

With this long leg, Mironova is starting to build up a safe gap down to Alexandersson – now at 1:09. Wyder is now at +2:42. Jenzer runs this leg well (following Mironova’s route) and is up in third position overall.

WOMEN: 11-12 (Legtimes) 1. Kadan Ursula (15th) 10:15 +0:00 2. Jurenikova Eva (21st) 10:18 +0:03 3. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 10:22 +0:07 4. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 10:42 +0:27 5. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 10:53 +0:38 6. Eliasson Lena (22nd) 10:54 +0:39 7. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 10:57 +0:42 8. Fasting Mari (4th) 11:01 +0:46 9. Omova Michaela (20th) 11:04 +0:49 10. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 11:08 +0:53 13. Billstam Annika (6th) 11:22 +1:07 17. Wyder Judith (3rd) 11:28 +1:13 19. Bobach Ida (10th) 11:34 +1:19 24. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 11:45 +1:30

WOMEN: 11-12 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 47:20 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 48:29 +1:09 3. Jenzer Sarina 49:35 +2:15 4. Wigemyr Tone 49:36 +2:16 5. Wyder Judith 50:02 +2:42 6. Brodmann Ines 50:15 +2:55 7. Billstam Annika 50:20 +3:00 8. Fasting Mari 50:24 +3:04 9. Ronning Sund Goril 50:49 +3:29 10. Anttonen Sari 50:50 +3:30 11. Haajanen Sofia 51:14 +3:54 14. Bobach Ida 51:41 +4:21

WOMEN: 12-13

A short leg where Mironova makes another mistake – losing 28 seconds to the best time of Wyder. Alexandersson also loses 11 seconds. With a time loss also for Jenzer, Wigemyr is up in bronze position.

WOMEN: 12-13 (Legtimes) 1. Wyder Judith (3rd) 0:54 +0:00 2. Billstam Annika (6th) 0:58 +0:04 3. Dambe Inga (18th) 1:00 +0:06 4. Arniece Liga (39th) 1:00 +0:06 5. Taylor Catherine (19th) 1:01 +0:07 6. Allston Hanny (13th) 1:02 +0:08 7. Gyurko Fanni (28th) 1:02 +0:08 8. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 1:03 +0:09 9. Brodmann Ines (12th) 1:04 +0:10 10. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 1:05 +0:11 13. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 1:06 +0:12 14. Bobach Ida (10th) 1:06 +0:12 20. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 1:08 +0:14 21. Fasting Mari (4th) 1:08 +0:14 40. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 1:18 +0:24 43. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 1:22 +0:28

WOMEN: 12-13 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 48:42 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 49:34 +0:52 3. Wigemyr Tone 50:44 +2:02 4. Jenzer Sarina 50:53 +2:11 5. Wyder Judith 50:56 +2:14 6. Billstam Annika 51:18 +2:36 7. Brodmann Ines 51:19 +2:37 8. Fasting Mari 51:32 +2:50 9. Anttonen Sari 51:55 +3:13 10. Ronning Sund Goril 51:55 +3:13 11. Haajanen Sofia 52:17 +3:35 15. Bobach Ida 52:47 +4:05

WOMEN: 13-14

Another short technical leg – this time it is Rønning Sund’s turn to lose some time (27 seconds). With a small mistake from Wigemyr, Wyder is back in bronze position.

WOMEN: 13-14 (Legtimes) 1. Wyder Judith (3rd) 2:27 +0:00 2. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 2:32 +0:05 3. Billstam Annika (6th) 2:33 +0:06 4. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 2:34 +0:07 5. Fasting Mari (4th) 2:34 +0:07 6. Allston Hanny (13th) 2:34 +0:07 7. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 2:36 +0:09 8. Bobach Ida (10th) 2:39 +0:12 9. Chataing Amelie (14th) 2:40 +0:13 10. Trubkina Anastasia (24th) 2:41 +0:14 14. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 2:46 +0:19 15. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 2:47 +0:20 20. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 2:54 +0:27

WOMEN: 13-14 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 51:14 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 52:10 +0:56 3. Wyder Judith 53:23 +2:09 4. Jenzer Sarina 53:27 +2:13 5. Wigemyr Tone 53:30 +2:16 6. Billstam Annika 53:51 +2:37 7. Fasting Mari 54:06 +2:52 8. Ronning Sund Goril 54:49 +3:35 9. Haajanen Sofia 55:04 +3:50 10. Brodmann Ines 55:05 +3:51 13. Bobach Ida 55:26 +4:12

WOMEN: 14-15

On the way down to the spectator control, there is a leg with some micro routechoice options. The right variant seems faster – Jenzer and Wigemyr both losing 25-40 seconds by going left. However Fasting runs a good time left, so it is only the execution of Wigemyr/Jenzer which is not good enough. With this leg both Jenzer and Wigemyr are on the way out of the fight for medals.

WOMEN: 14-15 (Legtimes) 1. Wyder Judith (3rd) 3:05 +0:00 2. Fasting Mari (4th) 3:12 +0:07 3. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 3:15 +0:10 4. Allston Hanny (13th) 3:18 +0:13 5. Taylor Catherine (19th) 3:18 +0:13 6. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 3:21 +0:16 7. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 3:21 +0:16 8. Bobach Ida (10th) 3:22 +0:17 9. Orr Hollie (65th) 3:22 +0:17 10. Billstam Annika (6th) 3:23 +0:18 12. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 3:24 +0:19 18. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 3:31 +0:26 29. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 3:43 +0:38

WOMEN: 14-15 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 54:29 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 55:31 +1:02 3. Wyder Judith 56:28 +1:59 4. Jenzer Sarina 56:58 +2:29 5. Wigemyr Tone 57:13 +2:44 6. Billstam Annika 57:14 +2:45 7. Fasting Mari 57:18 +2:49 8. Ronning Sund Goril 58:13 +3:44 9. Haajanen Sofia 58:25 +3:56 10. Anttonen Sari 58:33 +4:04 13. Bobach Ida 58:48 +4:19

WOMEN: 15-16

One more easy leg on the way to the spectator control. Wyder runs very fast – Mironova and Alexandersson lose 15-20 seconds.

WOMEN: 15-16 (Legtimes) 1. Wyder Judith (3rd) 1:25 +0:00 2. Eliasson Lena (22nd) 1:28 +0:03 3. Lajn Daria (27th) 1:28 +0:03 4. Fasting Mari (4th) 1:31 +0:06 5. Zverinova Martina (23rd) 1:32 +0:07 6. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 1:33 +0:08 7. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 1:33 +0:08 8. Billstam Annika (6th) 1:34 +0:09 9. Gross Julia (17th) 1:34 +0:09 10. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 1:35 +0:10 17. Bobach Ida (10th) 1:38 +0:13 20. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 1:40 +0:15 24. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 1:41 +0:16 28. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 1:44 +0:19

WOMEN: 15-16 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 56:13 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 57:11 +0:58 3. Wyder Judith 57:53 +1:40 4. Jenzer Sarina 58:31 +2:18 5. Wigemyr Tone 58:46 +2:33 6. Billstam Annika 58:48 +2:35 7. Fasting Mari 58:49 +2:36 8. Ronning Sund Goril 59:48 +3:35 9. Haajanen Sofia 60:06 +3:53 10. Brodmann Ines 60:17 +4:04 11. Bobach Ida 60:26 +4:13

WOMEN: 16-17

This should be a very easy leg to the spectator control, but both Alexandersson (+13 seconds) and Wigemyr (+27 seconds) go left and lose significant time. Wigemyr is now suddenly 1:20 behind the bronze medal after losing time on quite easy, short legs.

WOMEN: 16-17 (Legtimes) 1. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 1:14 +0:00 2. Eliasson Lena (22nd) 1:14 +0:00 3. Wyder Judith (3rd) 1:15 +0:01 4. Taylor Catherine (19th) 1:15 +0:01 5. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 1:16 +0:02 6. Anttonen Sari (16th) 1:16 +0:02 7. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 1:19 +0:05 8. Brodmann Ines (12th) 1:23 +0:09 9. Lajn Daria (27th) 1:25 +0:11 10. Oram Louise (38th) 1:25 +0:11 13. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 1:27 +0:13 14. Fasting Mari (4th) 1:27 +0:13 15. Billstam Annika (6th) 1:30 +0:16 20. Bobach Ida (10th) 1:36 +0:22 25. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 1:41 +0:27 59. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 2:14 +1:00

WOMEN: 16-17 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 57:27 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 58:38 +1:11 3. Wyder Judith 59:08 +1:41 4. Jenzer Sarina 59:50 +2:23 5. Fasting Mari 60:16 +2:49 6. Billstam Annika 60:18 +2:51 7. Wigemyr Tone 60:27 +3:00 8. Ronning Sund Goril 61:04 +3:37 9. Brodmann Ines 61:40 +4:13 10. Anttonen Sari 61:44 +4:17 11. Bobach Ida 62:02 +4:35 12. Haajanen Sofia 62:20 +4:53

WOMEN: 17-18

Most runners run around the road here – but Fasting runs straight over the top. Olav Lundanes lost time here in the fight for medals against Hubmann and Gueorgiou – Fasting however has second best split time and beats all the competitors in the top.

Both Alexandersson and Wyder lose time to Mironova here. Both do a mistake into the control – and Mironova is also very strong in the uphill (see illustrations below).

WOMEN: 17-18 (Legtimes) 1. Allston Hanny (13th) 9:22 +0:00 2. Fasting Mari (4th) 9:28 +0:06 3. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 9:30 +0:08 4. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 9:36 +0:14 5. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 9:44 +0:22 6. Billstam Annika (6th) 9:46 +0:24 7. Wyder Judith (3rd) 9:47 +0:25 8. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 9:58 +0:36 9. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 10:05 +0:43 10. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 10:09 +0:47 23. Bobach Ida (10th) 10:53 +1:31

WOMEN: 17-18 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 66:57 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 68:47 +1:50 3. Wyder Judith 68:55 +1:58 4. Fasting Mari 69:44 +2:47 5. Jenzer Sarina 69:55 +2:58 6. Billstam Annika 70:04 +3:07 7. Wigemyr Tone 70:25 +3:28 8. Ronning Sund Goril 70:40 +3:43 9. Brodmann Ines 71:56 +4:59 10. Haajanen Sofia 72:04 +5:07 14. Bobach Ida 72:55 +5:58

WOMEN: 18-19

A short leg with small differences between the top runners.

WOMEN: 18-19 (Legtimes) 1. Bobach Ida (10th) 1:52 +0:00 2. Brodmann Ines (12th) 1:56 +0:04 3. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 1:57 +0:05 4. Wyder Judith (3rd) 1:57 +0:05 5. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 1:58 +0:06 6. Omova Michaela (20th) 2:00 +0:08 7. Kinni Saila (11th) 2:02 +0:10 8. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 2:03 +0:11 9. Arniece Liga (39th) 2:03 +0:11 10. Fasting Mari (4th) 2:04 +0:12 11. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 2:04 +0:12 13. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 2:06 +0:14 14. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 2:07 +0:15 19. Billstam Annika (6th) 2:13 +0:21

WOMEN: 18-19 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 68:54 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 70:45 +1:51 3. Wyder Judith 70:52 +1:58 4. Fasting Mari 71:48 +2:54 5. Jenzer Sarina 72:01 +3:07 6. Billstam Annika 72:17 +3:23 7. Wigemyr Tone 72:32 +3:38 8. Ronning Sund Goril 72:43 +3:49 9. Brodmann Ines 73:52 +4:58 10. Haajanen Sofia 74:08 +5:14 11. Bobach Ida 74:47 +5:53

WOMEN: 19-20

This leg to the TV-control was tricky for many of the women. Mironova loses 51 seconds – the gap to Wyder goes down from 1:51 to 1:17.

WOMEN: 19-20 (Legtimes) 1. Gross Julia (17th) 2:20 +0:00 2. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 2:22 +0:02 3. Kadan Ursula (15th) 2:22 +0:02 4. Bobach Ida (10th) 2:24 +0:04 5. Allston Hanny (13th) 2:24 +0:04 6. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 2:27 +0:07 7. Jurenikova Eva (21st) 2:28 +0:08 8. Trubkina Anastasia (24th) 2:28 +0:08 9. Fasting Mari (4th) 2:30 +0:10 10. Rabediuc Galina (59th) 2:32 +0:12 11. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 2:33 +0:13 12. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 2:34 +0:14 13. Wyder Judith (3rd) 2:35 +0:15 23. Billstam Annika (6th) 2:46 +0:26 25. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 2:49 +0:29 37. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 3:01 +0:41

WOMEN: 19-20 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 71:55 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 73:12 +1:17 3. Wyder Judith 73:27 +1:32 4. Fasting Mari 74:18 +2:23 5. Jenzer Sarina 74:50 +2:55 6. Billstam Annika 75:03 +3:08 7. Ronning Sund Goril 75:05 +3:10 8. Wigemyr Tone 75:05 +3:10 9. Haajanen Sofia 76:42 +4:47 10. Bobach Ida 77:11 +5:16

WOMEN: 20-21

Now the runners are on the way to the last controls. Fasting loses some time here – but is already out of the fight for medals.

WOMEN: 20-21 (Legtimes) 1. Wyder Judith (3rd) 2:48 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 2:51 +0:03 3. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 2:54 +0:06 4. Orr Hollie (65th) 2:55 +0:07 5. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 3:01 +0:13 6. Taylor Catherine (19th) 3:02 +0:14 7. Bobach Ida (10th) 3:03 +0:15 8. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 3:06 +0:18 9. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 3:07 +0:19 10. Kinni Saila (11th) 3:07 +0:19 12. Billstam Annika (6th) 3:08 +0:20 16. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 3:12 +0:24 20. Fasting Mari (4th) 3:15 +0:27

WOMEN: 20-21 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 74:56 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 76:03 +1:07 3. Wyder Judith 76:15 +1:19 4. Fasting Mari 77:33 +2:37 5. Jenzer Sarina 77:57 +3:01 6. Wigemyr Tone 77:59 +3:03 7. Billstam Annika 78:11 +3:15 8. Ronning Sund Goril 78:11 +3:15 9. Haajanen Sofia 79:54 +4:58 10. Bobach Ida 80:14 +5:18

WOMEN: 21-22

Easy leg down to the second last control. Mironova loses 19 seconds to Alexandersson and 10 seconds to Wyder, but her gold medal is already safe.

WOMEN: 21-22 (Legtimes) 1. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 1:25 +0:00 2. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 1:28 +0:03 3. Allston Hanny (13th) 1:29 +0:04 4. Ward Claire (29th) 1:31 +0:06 5. Billstam Annika (6th) 1:32 +0:07 6. Kinni Saila (11th) 1:33 +0:08 7. Wyder Judith (3rd) 1:34 +0:09 8. Gross Julia (17th) 1:34 +0:09 9. Fasting Mari (4th) 1:35 +0:10 10. Brodmann Ines (12th) 1:35 +0:10 11. Bobach Ida (10th) 1:36 +0:11 13. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 1:39 +0:14 15. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 1:42 +0:17 18. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 1:44 +0:19 23. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 1:47 +0:22

WOMEN: 21-22 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 76:40 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 77:28 +0:48 3. Wyder Judith 77:49 +1:09 4. Fasting Mari 79:08 +2:28 5. Jenzer Sarina 79:36 +2:56 6. Ronning Sund Goril 79:39 +2:59 7. Billstam Annika 79:43 +3:03 8. Wigemyr Tone 79:46 +3:06 9. Haajanen Sofia 81:36 +4:56 10. Bobach Ida 81:50 +5:10

WOMEN: 22-23

Another bad leg for Mironova – losing another 18 seconds. The gap goes down to 31 seconds.

WOMEN: 22-23 (Legtimes) 1. Wyder Judith (3rd) 2:20 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove (2nd) 2:21 +0:01 3. Haajanen Sofia (9th) 2:23 +0:03 4. Gross Julia (17th) 2:24 +0:04 5. Billstam Annika (6th) 2:27 +0:07 6. Wigemyr Tone (7th) 2:27 +0:07 7. Crocker Alison (26th) 2:27 +0:07 8. Eliasson Lena (22nd) 2:29 +0:09 9. Ronning Sund Goril (5th) 2:31 +0:11 10. Chataing Amelie (14th) 2:31 +0:11 12. Fasting Mari (4th) 2:32 +0:12 15. Mironova Svetlana (1st) 2:38 +0:18 18. Jenzer Sarina (8th) 2:40 +0:20 28. Bobach Ida (10th) 2:47 +0:27

WOMEN: 22-23 (Total times) 1. Mironova Svetlana 79:18 +0:00 2. Alexandersson Tove 79:49 +0:31 3. Wyder Judith 80:09 +0:51 4. Fasting Mari 81:40 +2:22 5. Billstam Annika 82:10 +2:52 6. Ronning Sund Goril 82:10 +2:52 7. Wigemyr Tone 82:13 +2:55 8. Jenzer Sarina 82:16 +2:58 9. Haajanen Sofia 83:59 +4:41 10. Bobach Ida 84:37 +5:19