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Swedish Champs Sprint: Svensk beats all WOC team – Alexandersson wins with 1:39

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Emil Svensk and Tove Alexandersson won the Swedish Championships Sprint on Tuesday. Alexandersson had one of those “impossible days” where she is unbeatable – winning with 1:39. 

In the men’s class the fight for victory was a lot closer. With many orienteers with top international sprint results behind them on the start line, Emil Svensk beat all the Swedish WOC team plus the Finnish sprint World Champion from 2013, Mårten Boström. Boström finished second and Gustav Bergman finished third.

Emil Svensk was in the lead all the way from the first control to the end of the race. Gustav Bergman (lost 10 seconds at leg 3, finished 10 seconds behind in 3rd) and Jonas Leandersson (lost 14 seconds at leg 6, finished 14 seconds behind in 4th) were only one control away from beating Emil Svensk, though.

Svensk is Junior World Champion over the middle distance from 2013 and finished 3rd in a Sprint race in the Swedish League in May. Svensk is also reserve for Sweden for World Championships Sprint.

Jerker Lysell finished 5th in his comeback – and showed that he nearly has the speed he needs for the World Championships in Scotland. One more month – and he could very well be where he needs to be.

Maps

Results

Men

1. Emil Svensk Stora Tuna OK 15:18 (+0:00)
2. Mårten Boström IFK Lidingö SOK 15:27 (+0:09)
3. Gustav Bergman OK Ravinen 15:28 (+0:10)
4. Jonas Leandersson Södertälje-Nykvarn OF 15:32 (+0:14)
5. Jerker Lysell Rehns BK 15:36 (+0:18)
5. William Lind Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna 15:36 (+0:18)
7. Albin Ridefelt OK Linné 15:53 (+0:35)
8. Jakob Lööf Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna 16:05 (+0:47)
9. Martin Regborn Hagaby GOIF 16:12 (+0:54)
10. Gernot Kerschbaumer OK Pan-Kristianstad 16:15 (+0:57)
11. Øystein Kvaal Østerbø IFK Lidingö SOK 16:16 (+0:58)
11. Kent Ohlsson Södertälje-Nykvarn OF 16:16 (+0:58)
13. Eric Börjeskog Södertälje-Nykvarn OF 16:17 (+0:59)
14. Anton Östlin Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna 16:20 (+1:02)
15. Olle Boström Järla Orientering 16:24 (+1:06)

Women

1. Tove Alexandersson Stora Tuna OK 15:55 (+0:00)
2. Alva Olsson Linköpings OK 17:34 (+1:39)
3. Helena Karlsson IFK Lidingö SOK 18:03 (+2:08)
4. Anna Forsberg Göteborg-Majorna OK 18:10 (+2:15)
5. Rebecka Olsson OK Linné 18:15 (+2:20)
6. Karolin Ohlsson Järla Orientering 18:24 (+2:29)
7. Josefine Engström Alfta-Ösa OK 18:50 (+2:55)
8. Anna Bachman IFK Lidingö SOK 19:22 (+3:27)
9. Elna Forsberg IK Hakarpspojkarna 19:24 (+3:29)
10. Inga Kazlauskaite OK Linné 19:29 (+3:34)
11. Agnes Leo Göteborg-Majorna OK 19:30 (+3:35)
12. Matleena Boström IFK Lidingö SOK 19:38 (+3:43)
13. Nicole Ljungdahl OK Pan-Kristianstad 20:04 (+4:09)
14. Lisa Rönnols OK Linné 20:11 (+4:16)
15. Jannie Hagård OK Pan-Kristianstad 20:28 (+4:33)

 

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