WOC 2021 Sprint Relay: Maps and Results

Jan Kocbach July 4, 2021 Orienteering News 3 Comments

Sweden won the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Sprint Relay for the third time in a row after a fantastic start by Tove Alexandersson. The Swedish team ran an excellent relay alone in the lead, increasing the speed leg by leg with Emil Svensk and Gustav Bergman increasing the lead to a minute – and Sara Hagström finishing to a safe victory.

Norway took silver after very strong two last legs by Kasper Fosser and Andrine Benjaminsen – in the end only 26 seconds behind Sweden after Hagström took it easy towards the end. Switzerland was gold favourite along with Sweden, but did not manage to keep Norway behind – losing silver in the sprint towards the last controls.

Denmark finished 4th – for the first time outside the medals. Host nation Czech Republic missed out from the medals and finished 5th.

Maps and GPS-tracking

Results

1	Sweden				1:02:19
	1. Tove Alexandersson	15:03	1		15:03	1
	2. Emil Svensk	15:46	2	+0:03	30:49	1	0		0:00
	3. Gustav Bergman	15:46	4	+0:44	46:35	1	0		0:00
	4. Sara Hagstrom	15:44	5	+0:48	1:02:19	1	0		0:00
2	Norway				1:02:45			+0:26
	1. Victoria Haestad Bjornstad	16:04	6	+1:01	16:04	6		+1:01
	2. Audun Heimdal	16:43	9	+1:00	32:47	7	+1	+1:58	+0:57
	3. Kasper Harlem Fosser	15:02	1		47:49	3	-4	+1:14	-0:44
	4. Andrine Benjaminsen	14:56	1		1:02:45	2	-1	+0:26	-0:48
3	Swizerland				1:02:48			+0:29
	1. Simona Aebersold	15:22	2	+0:19	15:22	2		+0:19
	2. Joey Hadorn	15:58	4	+0:15	31:20	2	0	+0:31	+0:12
	3. Martin Hubmann	16:10	7	+1:08	47:30	2	0	+0:55	+0:24
	4. Elena Roos	15:18	3	+0:22	1:02:48	3	+1	+0:29	-0:26
4	Denmark				1:03:34			+1:15
	1. Cecilie Friberg Klysner	16:17	8	+1:14	16:17	8		+1:14
	2. Soren Thrane Odum	16:04	5	+0:21	32:21	4	-4	+1:32	+0:18
	3. Jakob Edsen	15:56	5	+0:54	48:17	7	+3	+1:42	+0:10
	4. Maja Alm	15:17	2	+0:21	1:03:34	4	-3	+1:15	-0:27
5	Czech Republic				1:03:50			+1:31
	1. Jana Knapova	16:00	3	+0:57	16:00	3		+0:57
	2. Milos Nykodym	16:24	6	+0:41	32:24	5	+2	+1:35	+0:38
	3. Vojtech Kral	15:43	3	+0:41	48:07	5	0	+1:32	-0:03
	4. Tereza Janosikova	15:43	4	+0:47	1:03:50	5	0	+1:31	-0:01
6	United Kingdom				1:03:52			+1:33
	1. Alice Leake	16:18	9	+1:15	16:18	9		+1:15
	2. Ralph Street	15:43	1		32:01	3	-6	+1:12	-0:03
	3. Peter Hodkinson	16:00	6	+0:58	48:01	4	+1	+1:26	+0:14
	4. Megan Carter Davies	15:51	6	+0:55	1:03:52	6	+2	+1:33	+0:07
7	Finland				1:05:14			+2:55
	1. Veera Klemettinen	16:15	7	+1:12	16:15	7		+1:12
	2. Akseli Ruohola	16:25	7	+0:42	32:40	6	-1	+1:51	+0:39
	3. Aleksi Niemi	15:36	2	+0:34	48:16	6	0	+1:41	-0:10
	4. Maija Sianoja	16:58	9	+2:02	1:05:14	7	+1	+2:55	+1:14
8	France				1:06:36			+4:17
	1. Isia Basset	16:03	4	+1:00	16:03	4		+1:00
	2. Maxime Rauturier	17:14	16	+1:31	33:17	10	+6	+2:28	+1:28
	3. Lucas Basset	16:10	7	+1:08	49:27	8	-2	+2:52	+0:24
	4. Cecile Calandry	17:09	11	+2:13	1:06:36	8	0	+4:17	+1:25
9	Poland				1:07:13			+4:54
	1. Hanna Wisniewska	16:44	11	+1:41	16:44	11		+1:41
	2. Michal Olejnik	16:58	11	+1:15	33:42	11	0	+2:53	+1:12
	3. Fryderyk Pryjma	16:49	11	+1:47	50:31	11	0	+3:56	+1:03
	4. Aleksandra Hornik	16:42	8	+1:46	1:07:13	9	-2	+4:54	+0:58
10	Austria				1:07:50			+5:31
	1. Anna Nilsson Simkovics	17:11	14	+2:08	17:11	14		+2:08
	2. Matthias Reiner	17:10	15	+1:27	34:21	16	+2	+3:32	+1:24
	3. Robert Merl	16:30	9	+1:28	50:51	14	-2	+4:16	+0:44
	4. Laura Ramstein	16:59	10	+2:03	1:07:50	10	-4	+5:31	+1:15

Official results

3 comments

Andy
July 4, 2021 at 20:39

What has happened to the swiss sprint team in the six weeks since EOC on home turf?
A swiss failure in sprint relay usually spells silver, but not even that today. And yesterday no medals at all…

Gotta give the czech coarse setters and map makers a big tribute for making the two sprint races really interesting and challenging. Especially comparing the sprint relay with the one at EOC, which was a mere running competition without any really decisive route choices or any tricky orienteering.
- Dr. Phil
  July 4, 2021 at 21:40
  
  But we still had the same scenario as before – one team far ahead of all the others – so not really exciting to watch on TV – for a “normal” viewer… I also think the TV production should avoid using GPS tracking in a small area with many controls and/or people running in all directions. It is totally confusing for the “normal” viewer. The TV commentators always have to explain “the mess”, and I don’t think that is the purpose of the tracking.
  - Andy
    July 4, 2021 at 22:11
    
    Switzerland didn’t reach their usual potential, Denmark doesn’t have the same power anymore, and Maja Alm didn’t have optimal preparations. Also had expected more from Czech republic on home ground…
    But yeah I totally agree, better GPS sequences is essential to make the sport more understandable and attractive to people who are not already into it.