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Switzerland and Norway with 12 runners to the A-final. Best ever JWOC middle qualification for Germany with 8 runners in the A-final. Turkey with their first ever runner in the A-final. These were some of the positive highlights in today’s Junior World Championships Middle Qualification in Ftan, Switzerland.
Heat winners today were Olli Ojanaho (Finland, reigning champion), Joey Hadorn (Switzerland, Gold medalist from Sprint and Long), Isac von Krusenstierna (Sweden, Bronze medalist from Sprint and Long), Valerie Aebischer (Switzerland, Silver medalist from Long), Johanna Öberg (Sweden, Silver medalist from last year’s JWOC Middle) and Simona Aebersold (Switzerland, Gold medalist from Long Sprint).
Who qualified and who didn’t?
Photo Remy Steinegger: Orhan Kutlu (TUR) to the A-final – a first for Turkey.
The JWOC Live Blog (which World of O contributes to), took a look at who qualified from each country. Here are the highlights:
- Only Norway and Switzerland have all their runners in the A-final. It was getting close for Norway, but now they managed the second year in a row to bring all their runners into the A-final. Last year, they were the only nation, 2016 in Ftan they are accompanied by the host nation Switzerland.
- Historic: Orhan Kutlu (TUR) finished in 9th spot and takes the first time EVER a spot for Turkey in an A-final. Really strong!
- Germany has 4 men and 4 women in the A-final! Best ever for Germany – last year’s 2+4 was the previous best.
- Hungary with 3 men and 3 women in the A-final – of these two were in the lucky 20th spot. On the other hand, Hungary did also have two in the unlucky 21st spot. Still, this is the best results for Hungary in the Middle Qualification the last 10 years!
- Sweden has 5 men and 4 women in the A-final. Two of the women were outside the top 20 qualifiers – in addition Oskar Leinonen did not start today due to illness. Sweden is statistically the strongest federation in the middle qualification, this was their worst results since 2012. On the bright side Sweden had two heat winners and one second place.
- Just one danish man in the A-final, this is the worst result for the Scandinavian country since 2001! Three danish girls into the A-final, which is also under the 15-year-average. Amanda Falck Weber performed best of them with a second place in Heat 2.
- Poland had only three women at the start, and all three finished Top 8 in their heats – strong performance! In addition on man to the A-final, making a total of 4 to the A-final for Poland.
- Three Finnish runners missed the cut for the A-finals. Maybe a small disappointment for the well-known orienteering nation, because this result is as bad as in 2012 latest.
- 5 girls and 5 boys from Czech Republic in the A-final tomorrow. Better than their average of 4.6 in the last 15 years.
- Anatoly Fomiciov (MDA) qualified himself for the A-final in M20. This means, Moldova is back in A-final after two years of absence!
- Australia will have two men and no women in the A-final. Doyle and McNulty both had excellent races and finished 6th in their heats.
- Italy will have two men and no women in the A-final tomorrow – an average year for Italy. Note however that the two Italian men ran very well; Scalet in 4th and Debertolis in 8th.
- Three Austrian boys are qualified for the A-finals, clearly more than their average of 1.4 (over the last 15 years). Matthias Peter did very well with his 2nd place in Heat 2. But just one Austrian girl made it into A-final, what is lower than the 15-year-average.
- 2 men and 4 women to the A-final for Great Britain. 3 women more than last year for the Great Britain team, but one woman less than in 2014.
- France will have 3 men and 2 women in the A-final, all of these finishing in the Top 11 today.
- Lithuania has nobody in the A-final tomorrow. It is only the second time this happens the last 15 years, only 2009 the A-final went without Lithuanian colors at the start.
- Slovakia has only one man in the A-final – just like the three last years. Dusan Slama is the man running the A-final for Slovakia.
Maps
- See also GPS-tracking here: Men Heat A, men heat B, men heat C, women heat A, women heat B, women heat C.
JWOC 2016 Middle Qual Men A
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JWOC 2016 Middle Qual Men B
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JWOC 2016 Middle Qual Men C
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JWOC 2016 Middle Qual Women A
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JWOC 2016 Middle Qual Women B
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JWOC 2016 Middle Qual Women C
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Results
20 from each heat qualified for the A-final. The 25 best from each heat are included below.
Men Heat A
| 1. | Olli Ojanaho | Finland | 25:09 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Thomas Curiger | Switzerland | 25:33 | (+0:24) |
| 3. | Topias Ahola | Finland | 26:01 | (+0:52) |
| 4. | Riccardo Scalet | Italy | 26:42 | (+1:33) |
| 5. | Audun Heimdal | Norway | 26:50 | (+1:41) |
| 6. | Henry Mcnulty | Australia | 26:53 | (+1:44) |
| 7. | Mathieu Perrin | France | 26:59 | (+1:50) |
| 8. | Riccardo Rancan | Switzerland | 27:36 | (+2:27) |
| 9. | Tommy Hayes | New Zealand | 27:50 | (+2:41) |
| 10. | Stepan Mudrak | Czech Republic | 28:11 | (+3:02) |
| 11. | Radoslaw Piotrowski | Poland | 28:13 | (+3:04) |
| 12. | Oskar Stormer | Norway | 28:21 | (+3:12) |
| 13. | Jannis Bonek | Austria | 28:28 | (+3:19) |
| 14. | Marton Zacher | Hungary | 28:31 | (+3:22) |
| 15. | Anton Kamolz | Germany | 28:37 | (+3:28) |
| 16. | Dusan Slama | Slovakia | 28:58 | (+3:49) |
| 17. | Anton Forsberg | Sweden | 29:01 | (+3:52) |
| 18. | Korbinian Lehner | Germany | 29:02 | (+3:53) |
| 19. | Kirill Komarov | Russia | 29:08 | (+3:59) |
| 20. | Florian Kurz | Austria | 29:36 | (+4:27) |
| 21. | Balazs Miavecz | Hungary | 29:41 | (+4:32) |
| 22. | Jakub Glonek | Czech Republic | 29:52 | (+4:43) |
| 23. | Martin Borge Heir | United States of America | 30:03 | (+4:54) |
| 24. | Devon Beckman | New Zealand | 30:10 | (+5:01) |
| 25. | Jakub Chupek | Slovakia | 30:55 | (+5:46) |
Men Heat B
| 1. | Joey Hadorn | Switzerland | 23:45 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Mathias Peter | Austria | 24:19 | (+0:34) |
| 3. | Vojtech Kettner | Czech Republic | 26:58 | (+3:13) |
| 4. | Olai Stensland Lillevold | Norway | 27:08 | (+3:23) |
| 5. | Simon Hector | Sweden | 27:15 | (+3:30) |
| 6. | Matt Doyle | Australia | 27:24 | (+3:39) |
| 7. | Tobia Pezzati | Switzerland | 27:43 | (+3:58) |
| 8. | Vegard Jarvis Westergard | Norway | 28:18 | (+4:33) |
| 8. | Jesper Svensk | Sweden | 28:18 | (+4:33) |
| 10. | Erik Doehler | Germany | 28:23 | (+4:38) |
| 11. | Adrien Delenne | France | 28:36 | (+4:51) |
| 12. | Ed Cory Wright | New Zealand | 28:44 | (+4:59) |
| 13. | Mikhail Kuleshov | Russia | 28:59 | (+5:14) |
| 14. | Daniel Stansfield | Great Britain | 29:01 | (+5:16) |
| 15. | Akseli Ruohola | Finland | 29:03 | (+5:18) |
| 16. | Heino Ollin | Estonia | 29:15 | (+5:30) |
| 17. | Matous Furst | Czech Republic | 29:17 | (+5:32) |
| 18. | Michael Laraia | United States of America | 29:20 | (+5:35) |
| 19. | Dane Blomquist | Great Britain | 29:23 | (+5:38) |
| 20. | Mihaly Ormay | Hungary | 29:34 | (+5:49) |
| 21. | Tuomas Heikkila | Finland | 29:35 | (+5:50) |
| 22. | Mikkel Lyskjaer | Denmark | 29:36 | (+5:51) |
| 23. | Jakub Dekret | Slovakia | 29:54 | (+6:09) |
| 24. | Fryderyk Pryjma | Poland | 30:31 | (+6:46) |
| 25. | Cameron de Lisle | New Zealand | 30:33 | (+6:48) |
Men Heat C
| 1. | Isac von Krusenstierna | Sweden | 26:00 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Simon Imark | Sweden | 26:11 | (+0:11) |
| 3. | Noah Zbinden | Switzerland | 27:50 | (+1:50) |
| 4. | Shamus Morrison | New Zealand | 27:51 | (+1:51) |
| 5. | Anton Kuukka | Finland | 27:57 | (+1:57) |
| 6. | Elias Thorsdal Molnvik | Norway | 27:58 | (+1:58) |
| 7. | Quentin Rauturier | France | 28:00 | (+2:00) |
| 8. | Mattia Debertolis | Italy | 28:03 | (+2:03) |
| 9. | Orhan Kutlu | Turkey | 28:43 | (+2:43) |
| 10. | Mate Dalos | Hungary | 28:48 | (+2:48) |
| 11. | Alexander Chepelin | Great Britain | 28:57 | (+2:57) |
| 12. | Topi Raitanen | Finland | 29:01 | (+3:01) |
| 13. | Uldis Upitis | Latvia | 29:06 | (+3:06) |
| 14. | Vojtech Sykora | Czech Republic | 29:28 | (+3:28) |
| 15. | Jan Cech | Czech Republic | 29:42 | (+3:42) |
| 16. | Anatoly Fomiciov | Moldova | 29:46 | (+3:46) |
| 17. | Simon Dubach | Switzerland | 29:51 | (+3:51) |
| 18. | Ole Hennseler | Germany | 29:53 | (+3:53) |
| 19. | Laurits Bidstrup Moller | Denmark | 29:54 | (+3:54) |
| 20. | Dag Blandkjenn | Norway | 29:55 | (+3:55) |
| 21. | Aston Key | Australia | 30:19 | (+4:19) |
| 22. | Benjamin Leduc | France | 30:20 | (+4:20) |
| 23. | Cosme Sanchez Dorado | Spain | 30:30 | (+4:30) |
| 24. | Martin Jonas | Slovakia | 30:39 | (+4:39) |
| 25. | Matt Goodall | New Zealand | 30:43 | (+4:43) |
Women Heat A
| 1. | Valerie Aebischer | Switzerland | 26:51 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Ingeborg Eide | Norway | 27:12 | (+0:21) |
| 3. | Megan Carter Davies | Great Britain | 27:20 | (+0:29) |
| 4. | Josefine Lind | Denmark | 28:41 | (+1:50) |
| 5. | Anna Haataja | Finland | 28:47 | (+1:56) |
| 6. | Tereza Novakova | Czech Republic | 29:37 | (+2:46) |
| 7. | Laura Leiboma | Latvia | 29:45 | (+2:54) |
| 8. | Maja Morawska | Poland | 30:17 | (+3:26) |
| 9. | Maelle Beauvir | France | 30:30 | (+3:39) |
| 10. | Amanda Johansson | United States of America | 30:46 | (+3:55) |
| 11. | Tilda Johansson | Sweden | 30:51 | (+4:00) |
| 12. | Petra Hancova | Czech Republic | 30:58 | (+4:07) |
| 12. | Maria Prieto | Spain | 30:58 | (+4:07) |
| 14. | Luca Szuromi | Hungary | 31:03 | (+4:12) |
| 15. | Patricia Siegert | Germany | 31:04 | (+4:13) |
| 16. | Paula Gross | Switzerland | 31:17 | (+4:26) |
| 17. | Ingrid Lundanes | Norway | 31:42 | (+4:51) |
| 18. | Alice Tilley | New Zealand | 32:12 | (+5:21) |
| 19. | Yuliya Kobets | Ukraine | 32:13 | (+5:22) |
| 20. | Pia Blake | Canada | 32:25 | (+5:34) |
| 21. | Lotta Kirvesmies | Finland | 32:55 | (+6:04) |
| 21. | Winnie Oakhill | Australia | 32:55 | (+6:04) |
| 23. | Sarah Jones | Great Britain | 32:56 | (+6:05) |
| 24. | Migle Susinskaite | Lithuania | 33:03 | (+6:12) |
| 25. | Juliette Basset | France | 34:10 | (+7:19) |
Women Heat B
| 1. | Johanna Oberg | Sweden | 28:12 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Amanda Falck Weber | Denmark | 28:32 | (+0:20) |
| 3. | Csenge Viniczai | Hungary | 28:43 | (+0:31) |
| 4. | Hanna Mueller | Switzerland | 28:57 | (+0:45) |
| 5. | Aleksandra Hornik | Poland | 29:16 | (+1:04) |
| 6. | Alena Rakova | Russia | 29:23 | (+1:11) |
| 7. | Anine Lome | Norway | 29:44 | (+1:32) |
| 8. | Chloe Haberkorn | France | 29:51 | (+1:39) |
| 9. | Elin Carlsson | Sweden | 29:55 | (+1:43) |
| 10. | Jasmina Gassner | Austria | 29:59 | (+1:47) |
| 11. | Sofie Bachmann | Switzerland | 30:26 | (+2:14) |
| 12. | Julie Emmerson | Great Britain | 30:30 | (+2:18) |
| 13. | Tereza Cechova | Czech Republic | 30:33 | (+2:21) |
| 14. | Birte Friedrichs | Germany | 30:40 | (+2:28) |
| 15. | Florence Hanauer | France | 31:17 | (+3:05) |
| 16. | Agnes Rebeka Neda | Romania | 31:32 | (+3:20) |
| 17. | Karoliina Ukskoski | Finland | 31:45 | (+3:33) |
| 18. | Jennifer Ricketts | Great Britain | 31:50 | (+3:38) |
| 19. | Ragnhild Hjermstad | Norway | 31:59 | (+3:47) |
| 20. | Marianne Haug | Estonia | 32:16 | (+4:04) |
| 21. | Klara Novotna | Czech Republic | 32:23 | (+4:11) |
| 21. | Zsofia Sarkozy | Hungary | 32:23 | (+4:11) |
| 23. | Danielle Goodall | New Zealand | 32:54 | (+4:42) |
| 24. | Leenukka Hanhijarvi | Finland | 33:05 | (+4:53) |
| 25. | Line Cederberg | Denmark | 33:43 | (+5:31) |
Women Heat C
| 1. | Simona Aebersold | Switzerland | 27:25 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Fiona Bunn | Great Britain | 28:35 | (+1:10) |
| 3. | Anna Stickova | Czech Republic | 28:40 | (+1:15) |
| 4. | Olena Postelniak | Ukraine | 29:59 | (+2:34) |
| 5. | Barbora Chaloupska | Czech Republic | 30:03 | (+2:38) |
| 6. | Andreya Dyaksova | Bulgaria | 30:20 | (+2:55) |
| 7. | Caroline Finderup | Denmark | 30:36 | (+3:11) |
| 8. | Weronika Cych | Poland | 30:52 | (+3:27) |
| 9. | Anna Dvorianskaia | Russia | 30:53 | (+3:28) |
| 10. | Ellen Klueser | Germany | 31:37 | (+4:12) |
| 11. | Victoria Haestad Bjornstad | Norway | 31:42 | (+4:17) |
| 12. | Aasne Skram Troemborg | United States of America | 32:03 | (+4:38) |
| 13. | Inmaculada Crespo | Spain | 32:06 | (+4:41) |
| 14. | Emmi Jokela | Finland | 32:26 | (+5:01) |
| 15. | Enni Jalava | Finland | 32:30 | (+5:05) |
| 16. | Elin Pettersson | Sweden | 32:31 | (+5:06) |
| 17. | Isabel Seeger | Germany | 32:35 | (+5:10) |
| 17. | Joana Waelti | Switzerland | 32:35 | (+5:10) |
| 19. | Tonje Vassend | Norway | 33:04 | (+5:39) |
| 20. | Virag Weiler | Hungary | 33:42 | (+6:17) |
| 21. | Kaste Rutkauskaite | Lithuania | 33:48 | (+6:23) |
| 22. | Tereza Smelikova | Slovakia | 33:50 | (+6:25) |
| 23. | Linnea Golsater | Sweden | 33:56 | (+6:31) |
| 24. | Julia Doubson | United States of America | 34:14 | (+6:49) |
| 25. | Lanita Steer | Australia | 34:22 | (+6:57) |
Thank you for great coverage of JWOC – again. A small correction to your middle qual text, Simona has won sprint, not long!
Thanks for good words! And yes, of course I know that Simona won the sprint. Correcting now!
Unfortunately no one word about Russian Team:((
Dvoryanskaya Anna (2place at sprint) had problem with SI but she could come to the final!
@Natalia: Yes, Russia and several other countries who had “normal” results are not included in this overview – Russia’s results are also in the LiveBlog which is linked to :)