JWOC 2017 Middle: Maps and Results

Favourite victories to Olli Ojanaho (Finland) and Simona Aebersold (Switzerland) in the Junior World Orienteering Championships Middle in Tampere, Finland.

Ojanaho was the big favourite in the men’s class after winning his qualification heat with more than 2 minutes. His victory in the final was also a clear one, with Norwegian Audun Heimdal (Norway), bronze medalist from JWOC Middle in Switzerland last year, in second place 1:21 behind. Simon Imark (Sweden) finished third.

In the women’s class Aebersold was the big favourite after dominating at JWOC 2016 on homeground. Aebersold’s winning margin was also more than a minute, with Linnea Golsater (Sweden) in second and Veera Klemettinen (Finland) in third.

Unfortunately Olli Ojanaho’s GPS-device did not work. Note that results were still unofficial when this article was published. 

Maps and GPS-tracking

JWOC 2017 Middle Women A-final

» See map in omaps.worldofo.com

JWOC 2017 Middle Men A-final

» See map in omaps.worldofo.com

Here is a comparison between gold and silver medalists in the women’s race.

Results (unofficial)

Men

1	58		Olli Ojanaho	Suomi	23:47
2	41		Audun Heimdal	Norja	25:08	+1:21
3	59		Simon Imark	Ruotsi	25:50	+2:03
4	57		Mathieu Perrin	Ranska	25:51	+2:04
5	51		Anton Forsberg	Ruotsi	26:18	+2:31
6	48		Isac von Krusenstierna	Ruotsi	26:19	+2:32
7	45		Alexander Chepelin	Iso-Britannia	26:20	+2:33
8	54		Henrik Johannesson	Ruotsi	26:30	+2:43
9	53		Aleksi Sorsa	Suomi	26:32	+2:45
10	29		Mikhail Kuleshov	Venäjä	26:39	+2:52
11	5		Pascal Buchs	Sveitsi	27:15	+3:28
12	55		Joey Hadorn	Sveitsi	27:25	+3:38
13	22		Fryderyk Pryjma	Puola	27:47	+4:00
14	56		Simon Hector	Ruotsi	27:54	+4:07
15	17		Daniel Vandas	Tšekki	28:20	+4:33
16	60		Akseli Ruohola	Suomi	28:28	+4:41
17	47		Tomas Krivda	Tšekki	28:39	+4:52
18	25		Laurits Bidstrup Moller	Tanska	28:44	+4:57
19	6		Topi Syrjalainen	Suomi	28:48	+5:01
20	43		Kirill Komarov	Venäjä	28:53	+5:06

Women

1	158		Simona Aebersold	Switzerland	23:15
2	157		Linnea Golsater	Sweden	24:29	+1:14
3	159		Veera Klemettinen	Finland	25:03	+1:48
4	122		Victoria Haestad Bjornstad	Norway	25:14	+1:59
5	160		Sofie Bachmann	Switzerland	25:39	+2:24
6	143		Sanna Fast	Sweden	25:47	+2:32
7	156		Valerie Aebischer	Switzerland	25:52	+2:37
8	150		Marie Olaussen	Norway	26:10	+2:55
	128		Josefine Lind	Denmark	26:10	+2:55
10	154		Agnes Kracht	Denmark	26:20	+3:05
11	151		Lotta Eerola	Finland	26:54	+3:39
12	133		Amy Nymalm	Finland	27:05	+3:50
13	138		Ida Oebro	Denmark	27:13	+3:58
14	125		Line Cederberg	Denmark	27:19	+4:04
15	153		Ingrid Lundanes	Norway	27:41	+4:26
16	155		Anu Tuomisto	Finland	27:56	+4:41
17	137		Ingeborg Eide	Norway	28:00	+4:45
18	135		Veronika Kalinina	Russia	28:21	+5:06
19	149		Grace Molloy	Great Britain	28:36	+5:21
20	145		Tereza Janosikova	Czech Republic	28:40	+5:25

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