World of O News
The test races for the World Orienteering Championships (WOC) in Flims Laax in Switzerland concluded with a long distance race in hilly terrain with many route choice options on Tuesday.
As for the middle distance races, the start field was divided into two classes for men and two classes for women based on nationality. The victories went to Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) and Kasper Fosser (Norway) in the men’s class, with Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) and Marie Olaussen (Norway) being fastest in the two women’s classes.
Here are split time analysis graphs of the top runners in each of the four classes:
Leg analysis: Selected legs & classes
Below are some of the interesting legs in the competition. Note that only the part of the start field which has the same “forking” is shown for the men’s class, as this is the way the GPS-data is set up in Livelox.
Men 2 B, control 1 – 2: One example of a routechoice leg in the slope where it was clearly faster to run straight than to use the path above or below. Note that in the other part of the class, a quite good time was set by running to the left (up), although still quite a bit slower than the best time straight.
Men 2 B control 5: This was the really long (and decisive) leg of the day. Going too far up or down lost you a lot of time here, but there were several micro route choice options in the variants going more straight. Execution was key for a good time on this leg.
Below you see the routes of Liland and Fosser – Liland’s route is probably the best on this leg. The path up and down midway on the leg seems to be better than Fosser’s choice (around 20 seconds faster).
Women 1 control 5: The women had a similar long leg – with a similar best solution. Here is the leg for Women 1:
Maps and GPS-tracking
Maps and GPS-tracking is available in Livelox.
WOC 2023 Testrace Long
» See map in omaps.worldofo.com
Ivarnational Orienteering Podcast: WOC Test races
A full analysis of the results from all the three WOC test races has been done by Ivar & Ivar in the Ivarnational Orienteering Podcast – listen to the WOC test race episode here. Here you can listen to Ivar & Ivar’s take on the results from the test races, positive and negative surprises, and who will be selected for WOC for the biggest orienteering nations. There is also some interviews, among others with the biggest WOC favourite Tove Alexandersson.
Results
Men 1
| 1. | Matthias Kyburz | Switzerland | 83:05 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Emil Svensk | Sweden | 83:46 | (+0:41) |
| 3. | Joey Hadorn | Switzerland | 86:27 | (+3:22) |
| 4. | Simon Imark | Sweden | 86:57 | (+3:52) |
| 5. | Daniel Hubmann | Switzerland | 87:06 | (+4:01) |
| 6. | Gustav Bergman | Sweden | 87:45 | (+4:40) |
| 7. | Viktor Svensk | Sweden | 88:04 | (+4:59) |
| 8. | Isac von Krusenstierna | Sweden | 88:08 | (+5:03) |
| 9. | Pascal Buchs | Switzerland | 89:57 | (+6:52) |
| 10. | Florian Howald | Switzerland | 90:01 | (+6:56) |
| 11. | Mathieu Perrin | France | 90:14 | (+7:09) |
| 12. | Tomas Krivda | Czech Republic | 90:15 | (+7:10) |
| 13. | Albin Ridefelt | Sweden | 90:43 | (+7:38) |
| 14. | Axel Elmblad | Sweden | 90:57 | (+7:52) |
| 15. | Guilhem Elias | France | 91:03 | (+7:58) |
| 16. | Max Peter Bejmer | Sweden | 91:12 | (+8:07) |
| 17. | Tino Polsini | Switzerland | 91:27 | (+8:22) |
| 18. | Ruslan Glibov | Ukraine | 91:38 | (+8:33) |
| 19. | Oskar Sjoeberg | Sweden | 92:25 | (+9:20) |
| 20. | Simon Hector | Sweden | 93:05 | (+10:00) |
Men 2
| 1. | Kasper Harlem Fosser | Norway | 84:55 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Jannis Bonek | Austria | 86:53 | (+1:58) |
| 3. | Miika Kirmula | Finland | 88:20 | (+3:25) |
| 4. | Eskil Kinneberg | Norway | 89:03 | (+4:08) |
| 5. | Lukas Liland | Norway | 90:15 | (+5:20) |
| 6. | Eirik Langedal Breivik | Norway | 90:31 | (+5:36) |
| 7. | Havard Sandstad Eidsmo | Norway | 90:40 | (+5:45) |
| 8. | Jorgen Baklid | Norway | 91:12 | (+6:17) |
| 9. | Magne Daehli | Norway | 92:42 | (+7:47) |
| 10. | Touko Seppa | Finland | 93:18 | (+8:23) |
| 11. | Elias Jonsson | Norway | 94:39 | (+9:44) |
| 12. | Akseli Ruohola | Finland | 94:41 | (+9:46) |
| 13. | Matthias Groell | Austria | 95:24 | (+10:29) |
| 14. | Isak Jonsson | Norway | 95:27 | (+10:32) |
| 15. | Elias Kuukka | Finland | 95:39 | (+10:44) |
| 16. | Teemu Oksanen | Finland | 95:54 | (+10:59) |
| 17. | Gernot Ymsen | Austria | 96:19 | (+11:24) |
| 18. | Aaro Aho | Finland | 96:26 | (+11:31) |
| 19. | Erik Doehler | Germany | 96:52 | (+11:57) |
| 20. | Lauri Nenonen | Finland | 96:59 | (+12:04) |
Women 1
| 1. | Tove Alexandersson | Sweden | 76:34 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Hanna Lundberg | Sweden | 81:41 | (+5:07) |
| 3. | Simona Aebersold | Switzerland | 84:01 | (+7:27) |
| 4. | Sara Hagstrom | Sweden | 84:05 | (+7:31) |
| 5. | Megan Carter Davies | Great Britain | 84:33 | (+7:59) |
| 6. | Elena Roos | Switzerland | 84:58 | (+8:24) |
| 7. | Johanna Ridefelt | Sweden | 85:26 | (+8:52) |
| 8. | Tereza Janosikova | Czech Republic | 87:29 | (+10:55) |
| 9. | Andrea Svensson | Sweden | 87:51 | (+11:17) |
| 10. | Lisa Risby | Sweden | 88:10 | (+11:36) |
| 11. | Sanna Fast | Sweden | 88:16 | (+11:42) |
| 12. | Sabine Hauswirth | Switzerland | 88:19 | (+11:45) |
| 13. | Tilda Ostberg | Sweden | 88:46 | (+12:12) |
| 14. | Karolin Ohlsson | Sweden | 90:33 | (+13:59) |
| 15. | Elin Mansson | Sweden | 90:54 | (+14:20) |
| 16. | Carina Polzer | Austria | 92:25 | (+15:51) |
| 17. | Lina Strand | Sweden | 92:53 | (+16:19) |
| 18. | Anika Gassner | Austria | 94:55 | (+18:21) |
| 19. | Jo Shepherd | Great Britain | 95:03 | (+18:29) |
| 20. | Martina Ruch | Switzerland | 95:19 | (+18:45) |
Women 2
| 1. | Marie Olaussen | Norway | 85:10 | (+0:00) |
| 2. | Marianne Andersen | Norway | 86:18 | (+1:08) |
| 3. | Ida Haapala | Finland | 86:24 | (+1:14) |
| 4. | Maija Sianoja | Finland | 87:37 | (+2:27) |
| 5. | Ingrid Lundanes | Norway | 87:51 | (+2:41) |
| 6. | Miia Niittynen | Finland | 87:52 | (+2:42) |
| 7. | Marika Teini | Finland | 88:29 | (+3:19) |
| 8. | Tone Bergerud Lye | Norway | 90:12 | (+5:02) |
| 9. | Victoria Haestad Bjornstad | Norway | 90:53 | (+5:43) |
| 10. | Venla Harju | Finland | 91:23 | (+6:13) |
| 11. | Kaja Winsnes Nordhagen | Norway | 91:25 | (+6:15) |
| 12. | Aino Mankarla | Finland | 91:35 | (+6:25) |
| 13. | Emma Louise Arnesen | Norway | 92:19 | (+7:09) |
| 14. | Cecile Calandry | France | 92:24 | (+7:14) |
| 15. | Anu Tuomisto | Finland | 93:01 | (+7:51) |
| 16. | Tereza Smelikova | Slovakia | 93:25 | (+8:15) |
| 17. | Amy Nymalm | Finland | 94:00 | (+8:50) |
| 18. | Maiju Oksanen | Finland | 94:12 | (+9:02) |
| 19. | Florence Hanauer | France | 94:44 | (+9:34) |
| 20. | Maelle Beauvir | France | 94:59 | (+9:49) |
