World of O News
Daniel Hubmann, Svetlana Mironova, Yannick Michiels, Leonid Novikov, Thomas Natvig Årstad and Emily Kemp won the World Ranking events in Spain and Turkey the past weekend. Andalucia O-Meeting in Spain had the strongest start field – with reigning world champions Daniel Hubmann and Svetlana Mironova at the top of the results.
See links to maps from all events at the bottom of the article.
AOM Middle: Hubmann and Mironova
– Interesting course, I really enjoyed it, 4th place Lea Vercelotti (France) wrote in her map archive after the Andalucia O-Meeting WRE race over middle distance. The terrain was quite flat, but the varying vegetation made for some route choice challenges on the longer legs. World champions long distance Svetlana Mironova (Russia) won the women’s class 13 seconds ahead of Heini Saarimäki (Finland) and Marttiina Joensuu (Finland).
In the men’s class Daniel Hubmann (Switzerland) won a clear victory on his way to a one week training camp with the Swiss team in southern Spain. In second place we find one of the positive surprises of this winters racing in Portugal and Spain: Alasdair McLeod (Great Britain) who has put in some extra training this year ahead of the World Championships on homeground (see interview with McLeod at the Portuguese Orienteering Blog here). Edgars Bertuks finished 3rd after a quite big mistake on one of the controls.
Results AOM Middle
Men
1 Daniel Hubmann KRISTIANSAND OK 32:44 4:49
2 Alasdair Mcleod CLYDESIDE ORIENTEERS 34:23 +1:39 5:04
3 Edgars Bertuks TURUN METSÄNKÄVIJÄT 34:46 +2:02 5:07
4 Milos Nykodym KRISTIANSAND OK 34:57 +2:13 5:09
5 Yannick Michiels TURUN METSÄNKÄVIJÄT 35:08 +2:24 5:11
6 Douglas Tullie TURUN METSÄNKÄVIJÄT 35:49 +3:05 5:17
7 Scott Fraser TURUN METSÄNKÄVIJÄT 35:59 +3:15 5:18
8 Tiago Gingão Leal GD4CAMINHOS 36:59 +4:15 5:27
9 Hans Gunnar Omdal KRISTIANSAND OK 37:06 +4:22 5:28
10 Pavel Shestakov KOOVEE 37:40 +4:56 5:33
11 Luis Nogueira KRISTIANSAND OK 37:48 +5:04 5:34
12 Martins Sirmais TURUN METSÄNKÄVIJÄT 38:03 +5:19 5:36
13 Pau Llorens Caellas Barcelona COB 38:19 +5:35 5:39
14 Andreu Blanes Reig Alicante COLIVENC 38:22 +5:38 5:39
15 Javier Ruiz de la Herrán Pidal Málaga COMA 38:32 +5:48 5:41
Women
1 Svetlana Mironova KOOVEE 34:53 6:29
2 Heini Saarimäki ANGELNIEMEN ANKKURI 35:06 +0:13 6:31
3 Marttiina Joensuu SK POHJANTÄHTI 35:29 +0:36 6:36
4 Lea Vercellotti Madrid MAXIMUS 35:58 +1:05 6:41
5 Marte Narum NYDALENS SKIKLUB 36:03 +1:10 6:42
6 Marjo Liikanen RAJAMÄEN RYKMENTTI 36:33 +1:40 6:48
7 Marianne Andersen KONNERUD IL 37:27 +2:34 6:58
8 Siri Ulvestad NYDALENS SKIKLUB 38:07 +3:14 7:05
9 Raquel Costa GAFANHORI 38:18 +3:25 7:07
10 Sarah Rollins SOUTHERN NAVIGATORS 39:26 +4:33 7:20
11 Amparo Gil Brotons Barcelona COB 39:48 +4:55 7:24
12 Annabella Tolonen RAJAMÄEN RYKMENTTI 40:57 +6:04 7:37
13 Michela Guizzardi CUS BOLOGNA 42:28 +7:35 7:54
14 Violeta Feliciano Sanjuan Alicante COLIVENC 42:44 +7:51 7:57
15 Ruth Holmes SOUTHERN NAVIGATORS 42:45 +7:52 7:57
AOM Sprint: Michiels and Kemp
The sprint race Saturday afternoon at Andalucia O-Meeting in a flat city was not a very tricky affair. According to 10th placed Milos Nykodym (Czech Republic), the sprint was “insanely simple” (via Google Translate) – and that is also the impression one gets when looking at the course. Above is one of the longer legs which does not really pose any challenges nor give any big penalty by chosing the wrong choice. Still the best sprint orienteers are on the top of the results – with Yannick Michiels (Belgium) winning ahead of Scott Fraser (Great Britain) and Alasdair McLeod in the men’s class. In the women’s class the middle distance winner Svetlana Mironova took another victory ahead of Ruth Holmes (Great Britain) and Marte Narum (Norway). In both the men’s and women’s class there was only 20 seconds between the winner and the third place.
Results AOM Sprint
Men
1 Yannick Michiels TURUN METSÄNKÄVIJÄT 14:00 3:57
2 Scott Fraser TURUN METSÄNKÄVIJÄT 14:08 +0:08 4:00
3 Alasdair Mcleod CLYDESIDE ORIENTEERS 14:20 +0:20 4:03
4 Murray Strain INTERLOPERS 14:28 +0:28 4:05
5 Trond Einar Moen Pedersli OL TROLLELG 14:52 +0:52 4:12
6 Antti Parjanne TURUN METSÄNKÄVIJÄT 15:03 +1:03 4:15
7 Vili Niemi RAJAMÄEN RYKMENTTI 15:05 +1:05 4:16
8 Tiago Gingão Leal GD4CAMINHOS 15:10 +1:10 4:17
9 Andreu Blanes Reig Alicante COLIVENC 15:11 +1:11 4:18
10 Milos Nykodym KRISTIANSAND OK 15:21 +1:21 4:20
11 Tiago Aires GAFANHORI 15:22 +1:22 4:21
12 Sander Vaher RAJAMÄEN RYKMENTTI 15:37 +1:37 4:25
13 Miguel Silva TURUN METSÄNKÄVIJÄT 15:38 +1:38 4:25
14 Douglas Tullie TURUN METSÄNKÄVIJÄT 15:39 +1:39 4:26
15 Eduardo Gil Marcos Burgos TJALVE 15:44 +1:44 4:27
Women
1 Svetlana Mironova KOOVEE 13:51 4:50
2 Ruth Holmes SOUTHERN NAVIGATORS 13:55 +0:04 4:51
3 Marte Narum NYDALENS SKIKLUB 14:11 +0:20 4:57
4 Sarah Rollins SOUTHERN NAVIGATORS 14:18 +0:27 5:00
4 Lea Vercellotti Madrid MAXIMUS 14:18 +0:27 5:00
6 Marttiina Joensuu SK POHJANTÄHTI 14:28 +0:37 5:03
7 Siri Ulvestad NYDALENS SKIKLUB 14:43 +0:52 5:08
8 Kirstin Maxwell ROXBURGH REIVERS 14:52 +1:01 5:11
9 Marjo Liikanen RAJAMÄEN RYKMENTTI 15:01 +1:10 5:15
10 Heini Saarimäki ANGELNIEMEN ANKKURI 15:07 +1:16 5:17
11 Raquel Costa GAFANHORI 15:15 +1:24 5:19
12 Michela Guizzardi CUS BOLOGNA 15:27 +1:36 5:24
13 Marina García Castro León ALCON 15:29 +1:38 5:24
14 Violeta Feliciano Sanjuan Alicante COLIVENC 15:43 +1:52 5:29
15 Rebecca Harding GÖTEBORG-MAJORNA OK 15:48 +1:57 5:31
Antalya Middle: Novikov and Kemp
The WRE races in Turkey offered more tricky orientering than the Spanish races this weekend – a complex terrain with contour details, stones and varying vegetation. The men’s class was dominated by the 2013 World Champion on middle distance Leonid Novikov (Russia) – nearly 7 minutes ahead of Emil Andersson (Sweden) with Henri Kalve (Finland) in third. In the women’s class Emily Kemp (Canada) was strongest with Inga Dambe (Latvia) 6 minutes behind.
There was also a WRE long distance race staged in Antalya, but this race was unfortunately cancelled due to misplaced controls. From the map it looked like quite a race, though.
Results Antalya Middle
Men
1 Leonid Novikov Belgorodskaja obl Spartak RUS 38:53
2 Emil Andersson Aerla IF SWE 45:19
3 Henri Kalve Paimion Rasti FIN 45:32
4 Ahmet Kaçmaz TÜRK SİLAHLI KUVVELERİ SK-TSK TUR 47:35
5 Viktor Silvemark Ärla IF SWE 47:40
6 Yaşar İsmet Demiröz NEO DSK TUR 48:32
7 Marcus Pinker Cork O IRL 48:56
8 Hasan Ayaz TÜRK SİLAHLI KUVVELERİ SK-TSK TUR 50:41
9 Soeren Riechers Bielefelder TG GER 51:26
10 Rıdvan Çınar TÜRK SİLAHLI KUVVELERİ SK-TSK TUR 51:49
11 Dmitriy Maslovskiy Saint-Petersburg RUS 53:00
12 Tomas Kuzminskis Lithuanian Deaf Team LTU 54:42
13 Juuso Lindeqvist Paimion Rasti FIN 55:41
14 Ivan Pustovoitov Silikatniy O-Team RUS 55:44
15 Semyon Kuzmin Tomsk RUS 56:03
Women
1 Emily Kemp Angelniemen Ankkuri FIN 42:03
2 Inga Dambe Paimion Rasti FIN 48:05
3 Andra Anghel Universitatea Craiova ROU 50:32
4 Eveliina Hirvonen Paimion Rasti FIN 53:37
5 Veronica Minoiu Universitatea Craiova ROU 1:01:26
6 Elena Filatova Belgorodskaja obl Spartak RUS 1:06:02
7 Büşra Muslu ALTUN ORYANTİRİNG VE ASK TUR 1:07:44
8 Şengül Üzen TÜRK SİLAHLI KUVVELERİ SK-TSK TUR 1:12:05
9 Dudu Erol ODTÜ SK TUR 1:14:08
10 Farina Freigang Bielefelder TG GER 1:20:03
11 Dilek Matyar PATİKA SK-PATİK TUR 1:20:05
12 Selvihan Günaydın TÜRK SİLAHLI KUVVELERİ SK-TSK TUR 1:22:52
13 Şakire Bilgin TÜRK SİLAHLI KUVVELERİ SK-TSK TUR 1:24:16
14 Ayşe Keskin TÜRK SİLAHLI KUVVELERİ SK-TSK TUR 1:25:57
15 Banu Emine Aysolmaz ODTÜ SK TUR 1:35:15
Antalya Sprint: Natvig Årstad and Kemp
The Antalya sprint race offered some interesting sprint orienteering – especially the first part of the course which was rather hilly. Above you see one of the longest legs in the first part of the course – the leg from 3 to 4. Which variant is the shortest and which is the fastest here? Click the map to see the length of each alternative – this illustration is made using the 2DRerun Courseplanning module.
Fastest in the Antalya WRE sprint race in the men’s class was Norway’s Thomas Natvig Årstad ahead of Sindre Østgulen Deisz (Norway) and Fryderyk Pryjma (Poland). In the women’s class the victory again went to Emily Kemp – this time with strong Norwegian sprinter Gøril Rønning Sund in second and Inga Dambe in third.
Results Antalya Sprint
Men
1 Thomas Natvig Arstad NTNUI NOR 17:08
2 Sindre Oestgulen Deisz NTNUI NOR 18:00
3 Fryderyk Pryjma KS Spójnia Warszawa POL 18:17
3 Simen Aamodt NTNUI NOR 18:17
5 Engin Pınar TÜRK SİLAHLI KUVVELERİ SK-TSK TUR 18:25
6 Soeren Riechers Bielefelder TG GER 18:32
7 Sondre Sande Gullord NTNUI NOR 18:37
8 Rıdvan Çınar TÜRK SİLAHLI KUVVELERİ SK-TSK TUR 18:42
9 Wolfgang Kampel NTNUI NOR 18:43
10 Henri Kalve Paimion Rasti FIN 18:50
11 Rasmus Roerholt Theisen NTNUI NOR 18:53
12 Mikkel Sorensen NTNUI NOR 19:05
13 Jon Aukrust Osmoen NTNUI NOR 19:09
14 Olav Johannes Deelstra NTNUI NOR 19:12
15 Oscar Vaangell Aerla IF SWE 19:13
Women
1 Emily Kemp Angelniemen Ankkuri FIN 15:01
2 Goeril Roenning Sund Frol IL 15:06
3 Inga Dambe Paimion Rasti FIN 15:11
4 Eveliina Hirvonen Paimion Rasti FIN 15:15
5 Karen Oline Kolstad Freidig NOR 15:27
6 Kristine Fjellanger NTNUI NOR 15:30
7 Christine Turter Sandvold NTNUI NOR 15:44
8 Andra Anghel Universitatea Craiova ROU 16:01
9 Anna Ulvensoen NTNUI NOR 16:17
10 Veronica Minoiu Universitatea Craiova ROU 16:20
11 Maren Jansson Haverstad NTNUI NOR 16:21
12 Ingrid Gulbrandsen Asker Skiklubb NOR 16:25
13 Linn Hokholt NTNUI NOR 16:31
14 Marta Ulvensoen NTNUI NOR 16:41
15 Mai Elin Watson NTNUI NOR 16:42
Maps
Unfortunately the map quality is not the best for all of the map – partly because athletes are not allowed to run with a GPS-watch in WRE races and therefore often do not upload their maps to their map archives. Here are the maps from the four map archives. If you have maps in better quality, please add a comment below.
