WOC 2021 Relay: Maps, Results and GPS animation

Jan Kocbach July 8, 2021 Orienteering News Comments Off on WOC 2021 Relay: Maps, Results and GPS animation

Sweden won the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) Relay in both the men’s and women’s class in very interesting and technical terrain in Czech Republic earlier today.

In the women’s class Sweden (Lisa Risby, Sara Hagström, Tove Alexandersson) took a clear victory, 2:33 ahead of Switzerland (Elena Roos, Sabine Hauswirth, Simona Aebersold) with Norway (Marie Olaussen, Kamilla Steiwer, Andrine Benjaminsen) at 7:01. In the men’s class the battle for gold was open throughout the last leg, with Albin Ridefelt, William Lind and Gustav Bergman running Sweden in to victory 51 seconds ahead of Norway (Gaute Steiwer, Kasper Fosser, Eskil Kinneberg) with Switzerland (Martin Hubmann, Florian Howald, Matthias Kyburz) in 3rd at 2:00.

Women: Hagström decided at leg 2

Sweden decided the relay already at the second leg through a very strong leg by Sara Hagström, giving anchor Tove Alexandersson a 3:40 lead. Alexandersson took it easy towards the end to save som energy for tomorrow’s long distance – Tove Alexandersson’s 8th WOC gold medal in a row. In the end the gap from Sweden down to Switzerland in silver position was 2:33. Behind Switzerland there was a very tight battle for bronze. Czech Republic looked like a clear medalist until control 4, but a big mistake by Jana Knapova at control 5 let Russia’s Svetlana Mironova and Norway’s Andrine Benjaminsen get into the medal battle. Benjaminsen got into the lead, then lost contact with Russia and Czech Republic after a one minute mistake at control 7, but was simply physically stronger and managed to run Norway into bronze.

GPS Animation: See the battle for the medals at Women's #WOC2021 Relay: Alexandersson🇸🇪 is alone in front, meanwhile Aebersold🇨🇭 gets rid of her competitors halfways – and Benjaminsen🇳🇴 wins bronze after close battle with Mironova 🇷🇺 and Knapova 🇨🇿. GPS: https://t.co/RO11WPBHUR pic.twitter.com/7pPDIah1qp

— WorldofO.com (@worldofo) July 8, 2021

Men: Strong last leg by Bergman

In the men’s class Norway’s Kasper Fosser ran a very strong second leg, giving the Norwegian anchor Kinneberg a one minute lead ahead of Finland and Sweden with Switzerland nearly 3 minutes behind. Bergman continued his good flow from the middle distance, and passed Kinneberg halfways in the relay. In the end Bergman could run Sweden in to victory nearly a minute ahead of Norway. Behind Norway, Switzerland’s Matthias Kyburz passed Finand and got closer and closer to Norway, reducing Norway’s lead to half a minute at the arena passage.

GPS Animation: See how Gustav Bergman🇸🇪 decides #WOC2021 Relay ahead of Eskil Kinneberg🇳🇴 and Matthias Kyburz🇨🇭. GPS-tracking: https://t.co/Chq12tBRFl pic.twitter.com/obrUaESe1C

— WorldofO.com (@worldofo) July 8, 2021

Maps and GPS-tracking

See maps and GPS-tracking below.

Results

Women

1	Sweden				1:45:45
	1. Lisa Risby	37:02	2	+0:36	37:02	2		+0:36
	2. Sara Hagstrom	34:03	1		1:11:05	1	-1		-0:36
	3. Tove Alexandersson	34:40	2	+1:06	1:45:45	1	0		0:00
2	Swizerland				1:48:18			+2:33
	1. Elena Roos	36:26	1		36:26	1
	2. Sabine Hauswirth	38:18	4	+4:15	1:14:44	2	+1	+3:39	+3:39
	3. Simona Aebersold	33:34	1		1:48:18	2	0	+2:33	-1:06
3	Norway				1:52:46			+7:01
	1. Marie Olaussen	38:20	9	+1:54	38:20	9		+1:54
	2. Kamilla Steiwer	39:29	6	+5:26	1:17:49	6	-3	+6:44	+4:50
	3. Andrine Benjaminsen	34:57	3	+1:23	1:52:46	3	-3	+7:01	+0:17
4	Neutral				1:52:58			+7:13
	1. Anastasia Rudnaya	37:16	3	+0:50	37:16	3		+0:50
	2. Tatiana Ryabkina	39:29	6	+5:26	1:16:45	4	+1	+5:40	+4:50
	3. Svetlana Mironova	36:13	4	+2:39	1:52:58	4	0	+7:13	+1:33
5	Czech Republic				1:53:14			+7:29
	1. Adela Indrakova	38:01	8	+1:35	38:01	8		+1:35
	2. Denisa Kosova	36:54	2	+2:51	1:14:55	3	-5	+3:50	+2:15
	3. Jana Knapova	38:19	6	+4:45	1:53:14	5	+2	+7:29	+3:39
6	Poland				1:55:40			+9:55
	1. Ewa Gwozdz	40:42	13	+4:16	40:42	13		+4:16
	2. Hanna Wisniewska	37:19	3	+3:16	1:18:01	7	-6	+6:56	+2:40
	3. Aleksandra Hornik	37:39	5	+4:05	1:55:40	6	-1	+9:55	+2:59
7	United Kingdom				1:57:21			+11:36
	1. Grace Molloy	37:45	6	+1:19	37:45	6		+1:19
	2. Jo Shepherd	40:21	9	+6:18	1:18:06	9	+3	+7:01	+5:42
	3. Megan Carter Davies	39:15	8	+5:41	1:57:21	7	-2	+11:36	+4:35
8	Finland				1:58:00			+12:15
	1. Venla Harju	38:23	10	+1:57	38:23	10		+1:57
	2. Amy Nymalm	39:17	5	+5:14	1:17:40	5	-5	+6:35	+4:38
	3. Veera Klemettinen	40:20	11	+6:46	1:58:00	8	+3	+12:15	+5:40
9	France				1:59:26			+13:41
	1. Cecile Calandry	40:14	12	+3:48	40:14	12		+3:48
	2. Florence Hanauer	40:29	10	+6:26	1:20:43	10	-2	+9:38	+5:50
	3. Isia Basset	38:43	7	+5:09	1:59:26	9	-1	+13:41	+4:03
10	Austria				2:01:19			+15:34
	1. Carina Polzer	37:50	7	+1:24	37:50	7		+1:24
	2. Jasmina Gassner	42:54	13	+8:51	1:20:44	11	+4	+9:39	+8:15
	3. Laura Ramstein	40:35	12	+7:01	2:01:19	10	-1	+15:34	+5:55

Men

1	Sweden				1:53:06
	1. Albin Ridefelt	38:56	5	+1:35	38:56	5		+1:35
	2. William Lind	36:44	2	+1:24	1:15:40	3	-2	+0:59	-0:36
	3. Gustav Bergman	37:26	1		1:53:06	1	-2		-0:59
2	Norway				1:53:57			+0:51
	1. Gaute Steiwer	39:21	9	+2:00	39:21	9		+2:00
	2. Kasper Harlem Fosser	35:20	1		1:14:41	1	-8		-2:00
	3. Eskil Kinneberg	39:16	4	+1:50	1:53:57	2	+1	+0:51	+0:51
3	Swizerland				1:55:06			+2:00
	1. Martin Hubmann	39:02	6	+1:41	39:02	6		+1:41
	2. Florian Howald	37:49	3	+2:29	1:16:51	5	-1	+2:10	+0:29
	3. Matthias Kyburz	38:15	2	+0:49	1:55:06	3	-2	+2:00	-0:10
4	Finland				1:55:28			+2:22
	1. Miika Kirmula	37:24	2	+0:03	37:24	2		+0:03
	2. Elias Kuukka	38:14	4	+2:54	1:15:38	2	0	+0:57	+0:54
	3. Olli Ojanaho	39:50	5	+2:24	1:55:28	4	+2	+2:22	+1:25
5	Czech Republic				1:57:25			+4:19
	1. Pavel Kubat	39:10	7	+1:49	39:10	7		+1:49
	2. Milos Nykodym	39:12	6	+3:52	1:18:22	7	0	+3:41	+1:52
	3. Vojtech Kral	39:03	3	+1:37	1:57:25	5	-2	+4:19	+0:38
6	Ukraine				2:01:56			+8:50
	1. Ruslan Glibov	37:21	1		37:21	1
	2. Oleksandr Kratov	38:29	5	+3:09	1:15:50	4	+3	+1:09	+1:09
	3. Artem Panchenko	46:06	14	+8:40	2:01:56	6	+2	+8:50	+7:41
7	France				2:02:01			+8:55
	1. Mathieu Perrin	38:19	3	+0:58	38:19	3		+0:58
	2. Lucas Basset	39:22	7	+4:02	1:17:41	6	+3	+3:00	+2:02
	3. Frederic Tranchand	44:20	12	+6:54	2:02:01	7	+1	+8:55	+5:55
8	Germany				2:02:22			+9:16
	1. Felix Spaeth	39:19	8	+1:58	39:19	8		+1:58
	2. Ole Hennseler	40:49	9	+5:29	1:20:08	8	0	+5:27	+3:29
	3. Bojan Blumenstein	42:14	9	+4:48	2:02:22	8	0	+9:16	+3:49
9	Austria				2:02:25			+9:19
	1. Robert Merl	40:21	12	+3:00	40:21	12		+3:00
	2. Gernot Ymsen	39:51	8	+4:31	1:20:12	9	-3	+5:31	+2:31
	3. Mathias Peter	42:13	8	+4:47	2:02:25	9	0	+9:19	+3:48
10	Latvia				2:04:22			+11:16
	1. Arturs Paulins	39:28	10	+2:07	39:28	10		+2:07
	2. Edgars Bertuks	41:54	11	+6:34	1:21:22	11	+1	+6:41	+4:34
	3. Rudolfs Zernis	43:00	10	+5:34	2:04:22	10	-1	+11:16	+4:35