World of O News
Switzerland won the World University Orienteering Championships (WUOC) after strong races by Sarina Jenzer, Martin Hubmann, Julia Gross and Matthias Kyburz. Reigning World Champion in mixed sprint relay Switzerland was the big favourite ahead of the race – and managed to take the victory ahead of Sweden and Czech Republic.
Martin Hubmann basically decided the relay for Switzerland on the second leg
Switzerland was in the lead already after the first leg – Sarina Jenzer coming back three seconds ahead of Sweden’s Lina Strand. Martin Hubmann basically decided the relay for Switzerland on the second leg – increased the lead down to Sweden’s Johan Högstrand to 1:21. After 2 legs there were five teams within 30 seconds of Sweden – Russia, France, Czech Republic, Finland and Norway.
Tight fight for silver and bronze
While Julia Gross could run alone in the lead for Switzerland at the third leg, there was a tight fight for the remaining medals. Towards the end of the third leg Sweden’s Karolin Ohlsson managed to get away from the others, coming back 1:03 behind Switzerland with a gap of more than 30 seconds to Norway’s Kine Hallan Steiwer in third. Czech Republic and France were still in the fight for bronze – only a few seconds behind Norway.
Vojtech Kral stronger
On the last leg Switzerland’s Matthias Kyburz and Sweden’s Albin Ridefeldt ran safe races and secured gold and silver for Switzerland and Sweden respectively. Czech Republic’s Vojtech Kral proved stronger than Norway’s Gaute Hallan Steiwer and France’s Frederic Tranchand and secured bronze for the organizing country.
Results
1. SUI Switzerland 55.27
SUI9154 Jenzer Sarina 14.51 ( 1)
SUI8903 Hubmann Martin 12.16 ( 1) 27.07 ( 1)
SUI9153 Gross Julia 15.41 ( 4) 42.48 ( 1)
SUI9006 Kyburz Matthias 12.39 ( 1) 55.27 ( 1)
2. SWE Sweden 56.37 + 1.10
SWE8856 Strand Lina 14.54 ( 2)
SWE9202 Högstrand Johan 13.34 ( 9) 28.28 ( 2)
SWE9154 Ohlsson Karolin 15.23 ( 1) 43.51 ( 2)
SWE9104 Ridefelt Albin 12.46 ( 5) 56.37 ( 2)
3. CZE Czech Republic 57.14 + 1.47
CZE9351 Horčičková Vendula 15.44 ( 7)
CZE9005 Nykodým Miloš 13.11 ( 6) 28.55 ( 5)
CZE8656 Šístková Iveta 15.36 ( 3) 44.31 ( 4)
CZE8804 Král Vojtěch 12.43 ( 3) 57.14 ( 3)
4. FRA France 57.25 + 1.58
FRA9351 Basset Isia 15.49 ( 8)
FRA9101 Basset Lucas 13.02 ( 5) 28.51 ( 4)
FRA8955 Vercellotti Lea 15.41 ( 4) 44.32 ( 5)
FRA8805 Tranchand Frederic 12.53 ( 6) 57.25 ( 4)
5. NOR Norway 57.43 + 2.16
NOR8755 Johanssen Emma Mathilda 16.12 (12)
NOR8801 Ekeberg Bjorn 12.45 ( 2) 28.57 ( 6)
NOR8853 Steiwer Kine Hallan 15.32 ( 2) 44.29 ( 3)
NOR9002 Steiwer Gaute Hallan 13.14 ( 8) 57.43 ( 5)
6. RUS Russia 58.56 + 3.29
RUS9156 Voitova Aleksandra 15.20 ( 4)
RUS9501 Dobrynin Sergey 13.29 ( 8) 28.49 ( 3)
RUS9155 Potapenko Anastasiia 17.08 (10) 45.57 ( 6)
RUS9205 Tikhonov Gleb 12.59 ( 7) 58.56 ( 6)
Photo: WUOC 2014 organizers.
