World of O News
[With Maps and Results] Yannick Michiels has been fighting his way towards the top for several years – today the fast athlete from Belgium took his and Belgium’s first World Cup victory on the Sprint in Lohja, Finland which marked the opening of the Orienteering World Cup 2017. Maja Alm (Denmark) won the women’s class.
Michiels won after a tight battle with Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) – both making nearly no mistakes and keeping the rest of the field at a safe distance. Emil Svensk (Sweden) finished third with Martin Regborn (also Sweden) in 4th and Spanish Antonio Martinez Perez (Spain) in 4th.
In the women’s class Maja Alm took revenge after yesterday’s double loss in the Sprint Relay – first losing the sprint to Helena Jansson (Sweden) and then getting disqualified. Today Alm was back on top with a 10 second gap to Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) in second with Lina Strand (Sweden) in third 25 seconds behind. This was a great Swedish day with also a fourth place for Sweden with Karolin Ohlsson.
Maps and GPS-tracking
World Cup Round 1 Finland Sprint Men
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World Cup Sprint Women
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Men
| 1 | Yannick Michiels | 12:28 | 3:11 | ||
| 2 | Matthias Kyburz | 12:30 | +0:02 | 3:12 | |
| 3 | Emil Svensk | 12:49 | +0:21 | 3:17 | |
| 4 | Martin Regborn | 12:50 | +0:22 | 3:17 | |
| 5 | Antonio Martinez Perez | 12:53 | +0:25 | 3:18 | |
| 6 | Frederic Tranchand | 12:59 | +0:31 | 3:19 | |
| 6 | Vojtech Kral | 12:59 | +0:31 | 3:19 | |
| 8 | Tim Robertson | 13:03 | +0:35 | 3:20 | |
| 9 | Gustav Bergman | 13:05 | +0:37 | 3:21 | |
| 10 | Olav Lundanes | 13:06 | +0:38 | 3:21 | |
| 11 | Jonas Leandersson | 13:09 | +0:41 | 3:22 | |
| 12 | Ruslan Glibov | 13:11 | +0:43 | 3:22 | |
| 13 | Aleksi Niemi | 13:12 | +0:44 | 3:23 | |
| 14 | Florian Howald | 13:14 | +0:46 | 3:23 | |
| 15 | Kenny Kivikas | 13:16 | +0:48 | 3:24 | |
| 15 | Daniel Hubmann | 13:16 | +0:48 | 3:24 |
Women
| 1 | Maja Alm | 12:18 | 3:37 | ||
| 2 | Tove Alexandersson | 12:28 | +0:10 | 3:40 | |
| 3 | Lina Strand | 12:43 | +0:25 | 3:44 | |
| 4 | Karolin Ohlsson | 12:45 | +0:27 | 3:45 | |
| 5 | Sabine Hauswirth | 12:47 | +0:29 | 3:45 | |
| 6 | Galina Vinogradova | 12:51 | +0:33 | 3:46 | |
| 6 | Natalia Gemperle | 12:51 | +0:33 | 3:46 | |
| 6 | Venla Harju | 12:51 | +0:33 | 3:46 | |
| 9 | Helena Jansson | 12:53 | +0:35 | 3:47 | |
| 10 | Anastasia Rudnaya | 12:54 | +0:36 | 3:47 | |
| 11 | Merja Rantanen | 13:00 | +0:42 | 3:49 | |
| 12 | Ida Bobach | 13:02 | +0:44 | 3:50 | |
| 13 | Tessa Strain | 13:03 | +0:45 | 3:50 | |
| 14 | Elena Roos | 13:07 | +0:49 | 3:51 | |
| 15 | Sari Anttonen | 13:11 | +0:53 | 3:52 |
