JWOC 2016 Middle Qual: Maps and Results

Jan Kocbach July 13, 2016 Orienteering News 4 Comments

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.

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)

4 comments

Knut Wiig Mathisen
July 13, 2016 at 16:43

Thank you for great coverage of JWOC – again. A small correction to your middle qual text, Simona has won sprint, not long!
- Jan Kocbach
  July 13, 2016 at 16:48
  
  Thanks for good words! And yes, of course I know that Simona won the sprint. Correcting now!
Natalia
July 13, 2016 at 18:14

Unfortunately no one word about Russian Team:((
Dvoryanskaya Anna (2place at sprint) had problem with SI but she could come to the final!
- Jan Kocbach
  July 13, 2016 at 23:24
  
  @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 :)