Comments on: EOC 2016 Relay: Maps, Results and Analysis http://news.worldofo.com/2016/05/29/eoc-2016-relay-maps-and-results/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 By: Knut Wiig Mathisen http://news.worldofo.com/2016/05/29/eoc-2016-relay-maps-and-results/#comment-124926 Tue, 31 May 2016 14:12:51 +0000 http://news.worldofo.com/?p=11237#comment-124926 The fact that Martin Hubmann in this case got great helped from a disqualified team, Sweden 1, Gustav Bergman, both to find his short forking controls fast and to keep a good pace all the way to the arena passage surely helped him to secure the gold for Switzerland. Perhaps, or even probably, the chasing teams would have caught him up before the second last control if he had been alone. A sprint finish between Martin Hubmann and Magne Dæhli for the gold would have been exciting!

]]> By: Terje Mathisen http://news.worldofo.com/2016/05/29/eoc-2016-relay-maps-and-results/#comment-124913 Sun, 29 May 2016 09:17:47 +0000 http://news.worldofo.com/?p=11237#comment-124913 This was exactly the same championship relay problem which we started to discuss in 2010:

The relay forking must not give any kind significant time difference late in the last leg!

When there is such a forking difference, the team(s) that have the longer alternatives early in the relay will have a huge advantage, since they can use the group running to catch up to the lead during the initial legs and then use the short forking to get a decisive advantage at the end.

The IOF Senior Event Advisor (SEA) should never have allowed a 30+ second difference between the forkings!

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