World of O News
[Rest day in Sweden – Analysis time at World of O] William Lind and Simone Niggli have been most impressive so far at O-Ringen – each with victories in the two first tough long distance stages (course from men’s first stage above). Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg is not far behind Niggli, with shared victory on the second long distance race and victory 4 seconds ahead of Niggli at the sprint on day 3.
Of these three only Lind and Hausken Nordberg are running the World Championships in Scotland – and if they have not used too much power in Sweden this week they both show that they are fit enough to fight for medals in Scotland if their technique works just as well on British soil as in Sweden. With two more good races – one middle distance and one long distance chasing start – they may also bring nearly 100.000 SEK to Scotland for the overall O-Ringen victory and stage victories.
Simone Niggli also showed WOC shape – but having retired from the international orienteering scene two years ago the Swiss orienteering superstar enjoys orienteering without pressure (although the 80.000 SEK will but a small burden on her shoulders on Friday’s chasing start). If Niggli would have started in Scotland, she would actually have been a medal candidate in all disciplines – how many medals she would have brought home is just speculations.
Thumbs up for Leandersson – uncertain for Alexandersson
Another runner who showed good World Championships shape is Jonas Leandersson. Leandersson does not run O-Ringen, but ran the elite sprint on Stage 3 in a special race after the normal race with O-Ringen runners. Leandersson won the race – but remember that the others had already two tough long distance races in their legs. Tove Alexandersson was supposed to run this sprint, but due to a foot injury the exceptional Swedish runner could not run. According to the Swedish Orienteering Federation they hope that Alexandersson should be back on track soon and ready for Scotland, but for now there is still some uncertainty.
GPS Day 1: Boström in WOC shape
Swedish WOC runner Olle Boström also had a very good race on stage 1 – only 1 second behind Lind. Boström lost the stage on the long leg to control 6 where he lost nearly a minute by going right (see leg below, Boström in light blue). Here left/straight was clearly the fastest. Rollier went even further left and lost 3:30 on this leg.
For the rest of the course Boström had slightly higher speed than Lind – and also a good technical race. Below is an example of the second leg where Boström runs fast with a direct route. Lind on similar route loses some seconds.
On stage 2 Boström delivered an unstable race and lost time – especially towards the end of the race.
Women Day 2 GPS: Hausken vs Niggli
On the second long distance day Niggli and Hausken Nordberg finished at exactly the same time. As you can see from the autOanalysis below, Hausken’s strategy was running around on the routechoice legs while Niggli took the “bulldozer”-approach and ran straight.
Running around on the road/big path worked very well on the longest leg for Hausken Nordberg (see below). Here Hausken Nordberg takes Niggli with around 1:30 – but on the two shorter legs were Hausken ran around using paths she lost time to Niggli.
Results Day 1 (Long)
Men
William Lind (Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna) won 1 seconds ahead of Olle Boström (Järla IF Orienteringsklubb) with Eskil Kinneberg (IFK Göteborg) in 3rd at 2:14. William Lind won 6 of 23 legs and had time losses of more than two minutes. Olle Boström lost 55 seconds at the long leg to control 6 and finished one 1 seconds behind!
Johan Runesson took the lead at the first control. The race lead then changed between Olle Boström (leading from the 2nd to 3rd control, losing 15 seconds and the lead at the 4th), William Lind (leading from the 4th to 17th control, losing 26 seconds and the lead at the 18th) and Olle Boström (leading from the 18th to 22nd control) until William Lind took over the lead in the very end.
| 1. | William Lind | Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna | 85:34 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Olle Boström | Järla IF Orienteringsklubb | 85:35 | (+0:01) |
| 3. | Eskil Kinneberg | IFK Göteborg | 87:48 | (+2:14) |
| 4. | Albin Ridefelt | Orienteringsklubben Linné | 88:14 | (+2:40) |
| 5. | Filip Dahlgren | IFK Lidingös Skid o Orienteringsklubb | 88:39 | (+3:05) |
| 6. | Marcus Millegård | Halden SK | 89:13 | (+3:39) |
| 7. | Florian Howald | Tampereen Pyrintö | 89:53 | (+4:19) |
| 8. | Peter Öberg | Orienteringsklubben Hällen | 90:26 | (+4:52) |
| 9. | David Andersson | Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna | 90:42 | (+5:08) |
| 10. | Anders Tiltnes | IL Tyrving | 91:49 | (+6:15) |
Women
Simone Niggli (Orienteringsklubben Tisaren) won 2:16 minutes ahead of Annika Billstam (Orienteringsklubben Linné) with Helena Karlsson (IFK Lidingös Skid o Orienteringsklubb) in 3rd at 3:16. Simone Niggli won 6 of 18 legs and had time losses of more than a minute. The fight for victory was close; Annika Billstam (lost 2:22 at leg 1, finished 2:16 behind in 2nd) was only one control away from beating Simone Niggli. Anne M Hausken Nordberg had high speed – and an estimated time loss of 3:15, the largest being 1:14 (leg 3).
| 1. | Simone Niggli | Orienteringsklubben Tisaren | 76:09 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Annika Billstam | Orienteringsklubben Linné | 78:25 | (+2:16) |
| 3. | Helena Karlsson | IFK Lidingös Skid o Orienteringsklubb | 79:25 | (+3:16) |
| 4. | Anne M Hausken Nordberg | Nydalens SK | 80:07 | (+3:58) |
| 5. | Anna Forsberg | Göteborg-Majorna OK | 80:26 | (+4:17) |
| 6. | Kamilla Olaussen | Fredrikstad SK | 81:16 | (+5:07) |
| 7. | Lisa Risby | Orienteringsklubben Kåre | 81:31 | (+5:22) |
| 8. | Anna Wallin | Göteborg-Majorna OK | 82:01 | (+5:52) |
| 9. | Alva Olsson | Linköpings Orienteringsklubb | 82:20 | (+6:11) |
| 10. | Anna Bachman | IFK Lidingös Skid o Orienteringsklubb | 83:26 | (+7:17) |
Results Day 2 (Long)
Men
William Lind (Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna) won 17 seconds ahead of Emil Svensk (Stora Tuna Orienteringsklubb) with Baptiste Rollier (Kristiansand OK) in 3rd at 1:37. William Lind won 5 of 24 legs. The fight for victory was close; Emil Svensk (lost 46 seconds at leg 7, finished 17 seconds behind in 2nd). Note also the strong finish by Svensk.
Albin Ridefelt took the lead at the first control. The race lead then changed between Emil Svensk (leading from the 2nd to 4th control, losing 26 seconds and the lead at the 5th), Filip Dahlgren (leading at the 5th control, losing 32 seconds at the 6th control and falling down to 4th place), Baptiste Rollier (leading from the 6th to 10th control, losing 20 seconds and the lead at the 11th), William Lind (leading at the 11th control, losing 1:02 and the lead at the 12th) and Baptiste Rollier (leading from the 12th to 15th control, losing 44 seconds and the lead at the 16th) until William Lind took over the lead at control 16 of 24 controls and kept it until the finish.
| 1. | William Lind | Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna | 83:05 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Emil Svensk | Stora Tuna Orienteringsklubb | 83:22 | (+0:17) |
| 3. | Baptiste Rollier | Kristiansand OK | 84:42 | (+1:37) |
| 4. | Filip Dahlgren | IFK Lidingös Skid o Orienteringsklubb | 85:26 | (+2:21) |
| 5. | Albin Ridefelt | Orienteringsklubben Linné | 85:36 | (+2:31) |
| 6. | Marcus Millegård | Halden SK | 86:25 | (+3:20) |
| 7. | Eskil Kinneberg | IFK Göteborg | 86:49 | (+3:44) |
| 8. | Olle Boström | Järla IF Orienteringsklubb | 87:13 | (+4:08) |
| 9. | Ivar Lundanes | Södertälje-Nykvarn Orienteringsförening | 87:45 | (+4:40) |
| 10. | Anders Tiltnes | IL Tyrving | 87:56 | (+4:51) |
Women
Simone Niggli (Orienteringsklubben Tisaren) and Anne M Hausken Nordberg (Nydalens SK) won a shared victory 1:32 minutes ahead of Annika Billstam (Orienteringsklubben Linné) with Anna Forsberg (Göteborg-Majorna OK) in 4th at 2:11. Simone Niggli won 9 of 17 legs. The fight for victory was close: Anna Forsberg (lost 2:26 at leg 6, finished 2:11 behind in 4th) was only one control away from beating Simone Niggli – who was again the most stable runner. Marte Narum (Nydalens SK) lost 46 seconds or less to the leg winner on all legs – that was least of all runners in this race. Forsberg was with Hausken Nordberg the last half of the race.
| 1. | Simone Niggli | Orienteringsklubben Tisaren | 68:08 | (+0:00) |
| 1. | Anne M Hausken Nordberg | Nydalens SK | 68:08 | (+0:00) |
| 3. | Annika Billstam | Orienteringsklubben Linné | 69:40 | (+1:32) |
| 4. | Anna Forsberg | Göteborg-Majorna OK | 70:19 | (+2:11) |
| 5. | Alva Olsson | Linköpings Orienteringsklubb | 71:11 | (+3:03) |
| 6. | Marte Narum | Nydalens SK | 73:25 | (+5:17) |
| 7. | Anna Bachman | IFK Lidingös Skid o Orienteringsklubb | 74:03 | (+5:55) |
| 8. | Helena Karlsson | IFK Lidingös Skid o Orienteringsklubb | 74:06 | (+5:58) |
| 9. | Sara Eskilsson | Alfta-Ösa Orienteringsklubb | 74:51 | (+6:43) |
| 10. | Ingjerd Myhre | Järla IF Orienteringsklubb | 75:25 | (+7:17) |
| 10. | Kajsa Risby | Orienteringsklubben Kåre | 75:25 | (+7:17) |
Results Day 3 (Sprint)
Men
Emil Svensk (Stora Tuna OK) won 12 seconds ahead of Davis Dislers (IK Hakarpspojkarna) with Rassmus Andersson (OK Linné) in 3rd at 0:25. Emil Svensk won 12 of 27 legs and did nearly no mistakes. The fight for victory was close; Davis Dislers (lost 13 seconds at leg 1, finished 12 seconds behind in 2nd).
Svensk had a very good finish compared to the others – a bit like another Swedish star with the same first name – Emil Wingstedt – in his best days. Note also that Jonas Leandersson ran after the O-Ringen field on the same course and beat Svensk with more than 10 seconds. The main reason for Lind being so far behind is mistakes rather than simply running speed.
| 1. | Emil Svensk | Stora Tuna OK | 13:30 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Davis Dislers | IK Hakarpspojkarna | 13:42 | (+0:12) |
| 3. | Rassmus Andersson | OK Linné | 13:55 | (+0:25) |
| 4. | Olle Boström | Järla Orientering | 13:58 | (+0:28) |
| 5. | Andreas Rüedlinger | Leksands OK | 14:01 | (+0:31) |
| 6. | Albin Ridefelt | OK Linné | 14:04 | (+0:34) |
| 7. | Florian Howald | Tampereen Pyrintö | 14:08 | (+0:38) |
| 8. | David Andersson | Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna | 14:10 | (+0:40) |
| 8. | Jakob Lööf | Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna | 14:10 | (+0:40) |
| 10. | Alain Denzler | Järla Orientering | 14:11 | (+0:41) |
Women
Anne M Hausken Nordberg (Nydalens SK) won 4 seconds ahead of Simone Niggli (OK Tisaren) with Elena Roos (Halden SK) in 3rd at 0:39. Anne M Hausken Nordberg won 8 of 23 legs and did nearly no mistakes.
Simone Niggli took the lead at the first control and stayed in front until control 16. The race lead then changed between Anne M Hausken Nordberg (leading at the 17th control) and Simone Niggli (leading from the 18th to 19th control) before Hausken Nordberg took over at control 20 and stayed in front until the end.
Niggli lost the race on the long leg to control 14 where she lost 9 seconds – from there and on her speed was simply lower than Hausken Nordberg’s. Note how Niggli’s start was very impressive – taking 10 seconds from Hausken and at least 5 seconds from everybody else on a 45 second leg. Niggli surely has something left.
| 1. | Anne M Hausken Nordberg | Nydalens SK | 13:02 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Simone Niggli | OK Tisaren | 13:06 | (+0:04) |
| 3. | Elena Roos | Halden SK | 13:41 | (+0:39) |
| 4. | Cecilie Klysner | CopenhagenO | 13:42 | (+0:40) |
| 5. | Ingjerd Myhre | Järla Orientering | 13:44 | (+0:42) |
| 6. | Alva Olsson | Linköpings OK | 13:59 | (+0:57) |
| 7. | Annika Billstam | OK Linné | 14:03 | (+1:01) |
| 7. | Tiia Miettinen | MS Parma | 14:03 | (+1:01) |
| 9. | Moa Enmark | Göteborg-Majorna OK | 14:04 | (+1:02) |
| 10. | Marion Aebi | OK Tisaren | 14:05 | (+1:03) |
| 10. | Hanna Raitanen | Rajamäen Rykmentti | 14:05 | (+1:03) |
@oringenofficial sprint course. One of the final puzzle pieces before #woc2015 plenty positives to take from it. pic.twitter.com/ueZjUIuT3L
— Nicolas Simonin (@nick_simonin) July 21, 2015
