World Cup Opener 2023 Relay: Maps and Results

Jan Kocbach May 1, 2023 Orienteering News Comments Off on World Cup Opener 2023 Relay: Maps and Results

Sweden won both the men’s and women’s relay in very exciting races at the final day of the World Cup opening weekend of 2023 – with Sweden’s second team being the winner in the women’s class.

Both Kasper Fosser (Norway 1) and Tove Alexandersson (Sweden 1) had off days after very strong performances in the individual races, both losing so much time that their teams missed the medals. Instead Sweden 1’s Gustav Bergman and Sweden 2’s Lisa Risby took out their best and secured victories for Sweden.

Men’s relay – race development

See below for a graphical representation of the race development in the men’s race. Here leg 2 starts at control 15 and leg 3 at control 30, and the red line is Sweden 1 (Martin Regborn, Emil Svensk, Gustav Bergman). Bergman decided the race for Sweden 1 on the first part of the last leg – opening up a big gap on all the other teams which they never managed to close. Finland 1 (green) and Norway 2 (blue) were closest with last leg runners Miika Kirmula and Håvard Sandstad Eidsmo nearly catching up with Bergman towards the end.

Switzerland 1‘s Matthias Kyburz (purple line) lost a lot of time early on the last leg, but with a smashing finish nearly took a place in Top 3 for Switzerland. Sweden 2 (light blue) had a similar race developement on the last leg as Switzerland, but didn’t manage to keep up with Switzerland on the last controls. Norway 1‘s Kasper Fosser (light green) did not have his best day and run after two individual victories and ran Norway 1 in to 6th place.

Women’s relay – race development

See below for a graphical representation of the race development in the men’s race. Here leg 2 starts at control 15 and leg 3 at control 30, and the red line is the winner Sweden 2 with Karolin Ohlsson, Elin Månnson and Lisa Risby. Three big mistakes are notable here: The big mistake of Sweden 1‘s Tove Alexandersson on the second leg (dark purple line), were Sweden 1 lost the relay. Also big mistakes by Finland 3 on the end of the second leg (black line) and Norway 2 on the last leg (light blue). After these mistakes, there were only three teams left in the battle for the Top 3 places, Sweden 2 (red), Switzerland 1 (green) and Norway 1 (blue). These are shown in more detail in another illustration below.

Norway 1’s Andrine Benjaminsen started the leg in the lead, then lost some time due to a longer forking, but all three were nearly together when running towards the arena passing 8 controls before the end. Here Benjaminsen ran to the wrong forking and lost nearly 40 seconds. She fought back, but in the end both Risby and Gemperle (Switzerland) were the strongest and best technical.

Maps and GPS-tracking

Results

Men

1	Sweden 1				1:37:13
	1. Martin Regborn	32:53	2	+0:05	32:53	2
	2. Emil Svensk	32:51	5	+0:21	1:05:44	4	+2
	3. Gustav Bergman	31:29	1		1:37:13	1	-3
2	Finland 1				1:37:25
	1. Topi Syrjalainen	32:55	3	+0:07	32:55	3
	2. Olli Ojanaho	32:45	3	+0:15	1:05:40	2	-1
	3. Miika Kirmula	31:45	2	+0:16	1:37:25	2	0
3	Norway 2				1:37:26
	1. Gaute Steiwer	32:55	3	+0:07	32:55	3
	2. Eirik Langedal Breivik	32:46	4	+0:16	1:05:41	3	0
	3. Havard Sandstad Eidsmo	31:45	2	+0:16	1:37:26	3	0
4	Switzerland 1				1:37:27
	1. Daniel Hubmann	33:02	8	+0:14	33:02	8
	2. Joey Hadorn	32:33	2	+0:03	1:05:35	1	-7
	3. Matthias Kyburz	31:52	4	+0:23	1:37:27	4	+3
5	Sweden 2				1:37:43
	1. Anton Johansson	32:56	5	+0:08	32:56	5
	2. Simon Imark	32:51	5	+0:21	1:05:47	6	+1
	3. Axel Elmblad	31:56	5	+0:27	1:37:43	5	-1
6	Norway 1				1:38:51
	1. Lukas Liland	33:15	10	+0:27	33:15	10
	2. Eskil Kinneberg	32:30	1		1:05:45	5	-5
	3. Kasper Harlem Fosser	33:06	6	+1:37	1:38:51	6	+1
7	Norway / Sweden 4				1:41:19
	1. Jonatan Gustafsson	32:59	6	+0:11	32:59	6
	2. Simon Hector	33:18	7	+0:48	1:06:17	7	+1
	3. Haavard Wedege	35:02	9	+3:33	1:41:19	7	0
8	Norway 3				1:42:59
	1. Sander Arntzen	33:53	15	+1:05	33:53	15
	2. Magne Daehli	34:04	8	+1:34	1:07:57	8	-7
	3. Elias Jonsson	35:02	9	+3:33	1:42:59	8	0
9	Czechia 1				1:43:18
	1. Jonas Hubacek	34:03	18	+1:15	34:03	18
	2. Daniel Vandas	34:39	10	+2:09	1:08:42	11	-7
	3. Tomas Krivda	34:36	7	+3:07	1:43:18	9	-2
10	Finland 2				1:43:45
	1. Elias Kuukka	33:26	12	+0:38	33:26	12
	2. Aleksi Sorsa	35:25	12	+2:55	1:08:51	12	0
	3. Akseli Ruohola	34:54	8	+3:25	1:43:45	10	-2

Women

1	Sweden 2				1:41:57
	1. Karolin Ohlsson	34:18	2	+0:14	34:18	2
	2. Elin Mansson	34:35	7	+0:39	1:08:53	4	+2
	3. Lisa Risby	33:04	1		1:41:57	1	-3
2	Switzerland 1				1:42:09
	1. Elena Roos	34:24	4	+0:20	34:24	4
	2. Natalia Gemperle	34:30	6	+0:34	1:08:54	5	+1
	3. Simona Aebersold	33:15	2	+0:11	1:42:09	2	-3
3	Norway 1				1:42:22
	1. Marianne Andersen	34:31	6	+0:27	34:31	6
	2. Tone Bergerud Lye	34:17	3	+0:21	1:08:48	1	-5
	3. Andrine Benjaminsen	33:34	3	+0:30	1:42:22	3	+2
4	Finland 1				1:44:14
	1. Maija Sianoja	35:28	13	+1:24	35:28	13
	2. Marika Teini	34:27	4	+0:31	1:09:55	8	-5
	3. Venla Harju	34:19	5	+1:15	1:44:14	4	-4
5	Norway 2				1:44:16
	1. Victoria Haestad Bjornstad	34:53	10	+0:49	34:53	10
	2. Ingrid Lundanes	33:56	1		1:08:49	2	-8
	3. Ane Dyrkorn	35:27	7	+2:23	1:44:16	5	+3
6	Finland 2				1:44:19
	1. Miia Niittynen	34:57	11	+0:53	34:57	11
	2. Anna Haataja	35:18	9	+1:22	1:10:15	9	-2
	3. Anu Tuomisto	34:04	4	+1:00	1:44:19	6	-3
7	Finland 3				1:45:21
	1. Milja Vaataja	34:49	9	+0:45	34:49	9
	2. Eeva Liina Ojanaho	34:52	8	+0:56	1:09:41	7	-2
	3. Amy Nymalm	35:40	8	+2:36	1:45:21	7	0
8	Sweden 1				1:46:26
	1. Hanna Lundberg	34:04	1		34:04	1
	2. Tove Alexandersson	37:40	12	+3:44	1:11:44	10	+9
	3. Sara Hagstrom	34:42	6	+1:38	1:46:26	8	-2
9	Denmark 1				1:48:12
	1. Hedvig Valbjorn Gydesen	34:34	7	+0:30	34:34	7
	2. Annika Simonsen	37:11	11	+3:15	1:11:45	12	+5
	3. Miri Thrane Oedum	36:27	10	+3:23	1:48:12	9	-3
10	Czechia 1				1:48:23
	1. Denisa Kosova	35:02	12	+0:58	35:02	12
	2. Vendula Horcickova	36:42	10	+2:46	1:11:44	10	-2
	3. Tereza Janosikova	36:39	11	+3:35	1:48:23	10	0