The European Orienteering Championships (EOC) starts off individual Sprint in Verona Italy on Wednesday October 4th – with qualification from 09:00 CET and the final from 14:30. The championships continues with Sprint Relay on Friday and KO-Sprint on Sunday.
EOC 2023 is the second pure sprint EOC – after Switzerland in 2021 – and is organized in Veneto in Northern Italy. The championship is also the final World Cup round of the year, with the World Cup being decided in Sunday’s KO-Sprint.
While the opening race is organized in the city centre of the medium large city Verona, the Sprint Relay is organized in the small village Soave 23 km east of Verona – known for its Scaligeri Castle. The KO-sprint moves further east to the Vicenza area, with the morning’s qualification organized in Creazzo just outside Vicenza while the final rounds are organized in the city centre of Vicenza itself. The orienteering challanges will be typical for the flatter parts of Northern Italy – with narrow alleys in historic city centres combined with some more park-like areas.
Program
- Wednesday October 4th: Sprint, Verona
- Qualification: 08:45 – 10:45
- Finals: 14:30 – 16:45
- TV from 14:30 – 17:00
- Friday October 6th: Sprint Relay, Soave
- Start 15:40
- Expected finish: 16:40
- TV from 15:30 – 17:00
- Sunday October 8th: KO-Sprint, Vicenza
- Qualification: 08:30 – 10:30
- Quarterfinals: 12:25 – 12:50 (Women), 12:55 – 13:20 (Men)
- Semifinals and Finals: 14:07 – 15:50
- TV from 14:00 – 16:00
All times are CET. TV-times may vary based on broadcaster – the given TV-times are the IOF TV Broadcast times.
Links & how to follow live
Use these links to follow the championships:
- Orienteering.sports live page – here you can also buy a LIVE pass for EUR 9 per competition or EUR 25 for all competitions to follow the competitions live on WebTV with English commentary. The TV-production is also broadcast in several countries.
- EOC webpage & EOC Eventor page
- EOC Bulletin 4 – detailed information
- WoO results archive which includes both EOC and WOC (via WorldofO.com results archive)
Favourites
Women
The biggest favourites in the women’s individual sprint races are as always the two big stars of women orienteering this year – Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) and Simona Aebersold (Switzerland). Megan Carter-Davies (Great Britain) impressed everybody with gold and silver in the individual sprints at last year’s WOC, but seems to be at a somewhat lower level this year – it will be exciting to see if she can still give a real fight for the medals. Other medal favourites include the other Swiss and Swedish women, last year’s bronze medalist in the WOC KO-Sprint Eef van Dongen (Netherlands) with some of the Czech and Finnish women as outsiders.
See reigning champions and a detailed list of competitors at the bottom of this article.
Men
In the men’s individual Sprint races Kasper Fosser (Norway) and Matthias Kyburz (Switzerland) are probably the biggest favourites yet again, with Yannick Michiels (Belgium), Tim Robertson (New Zealand), Ralph Street (Great Britain) and Joey Hadorn (Switzerland) also up there among the top favourites. The men’s class is open, though, with many other athletes capable of winning a gold medal on a top day – including several other Swiss, Swedish and Czech athletes – with outsiders from Norway, Denmark, France and the home country Italy.
Sprint Relay
In the Sprint relay, Switzerland and Sweden will be the big favourites as always – but expect a good battle from other teams like Czech Republic, Norway, Finland and Great Britain – with France, Denmark and Austria as outsiders.
To hear more about the EOC favourites, you can also listen to the lastest episode of Ivarnational Orienteering Podcast – start from around 32 minutes into the episode to listen in on their take on the European Championships – including an interview with Ralph Street who took the victory in the last World Cup Sprint race in Czech Republic back in August.
Overall World Cup
With two races left – each giving 100 points for victory – Tove Alexandersson‘s 130 point lead in the women’s class ahead of Sara Hagström (Sweden) seems quite safe. Simona Aebersold in third is more than 200 points down on Alexandersson, with the overall victory already out of reach. In the men’s class it is more open about the overall victory, with Kasper Fosser having a 53 point lead over Matthias Kyburz, and with Gustav Bergman at 103 points behind Fosser. Only these three have a realistic chance of taking the overall victory – with the (quite open) battle probably being between Fosser and Kyburz.
See current standings in the overall World Cup at the bottom of this article.
Maps and terrain
Individual Sprint
The individual Sprint is organized in Verona, with the Sprint Qualification taking place northeast of the historical city centre and the Sprint Final in the heart of the city centre. The old map of the area is shown below – the arena will be in the lower left corner of the map, on the Piazza Bra just to the south west of the Roman amphitheater Arena di Verona which can easily be identified on the map due to its characteristic shape.
The terrain in the final will be mostly urban paved road with asphalt and cobblestone. The course runs through areas with wide roads and high-speed runnability, alternating others with narrow alleys. Some canopies do not present lighting and they can be pretty dark. Verona is one of the major tourist destinations in Italy hence, there are some areas that have a high affluence of tourists, special passages and corridors will be in place to allow the transit of the athletes. The stone pavement can be very slippery in case of rain. An interesting side note for at-home spectators looking at the GPS-tracking: The symbol 501 (paved area) high traffic 50% is used in areas with heavy traffic or tourists, cars and parking lots.
Artificial barriers will be installed in the race areas – both in the Individual Sprint and for the other races. In this type of flat terrain, these barriers is probably what will make the orienteering challenging for the athletes – and make it more difficult to prepare for everything the course planners challenge them with. The barriers will be indicated with IOF tape, and they can also be equipped in various types of banners and advertisements. Guards will be present at each barrier to let tourists and other pedestrians through the barrier. There can also be gaps without tape for pedestrians, but these will be small and arranged in a way that they will not influence the overall visibility of the barrier for the arriving athlete.
In the qualification, the terrain is more dominated by residential areas. Here there will be mostly urban paved roads with some parks and open land areas. The race courses transits through residential areas which presents the possibility of parked cars in the internal gardens alternated to areas with single family houses with good runnability. The Sprint qualification race is organized with three heats for each gender. 45 women and 45 men will qualify for the finals in the afternoon, 15 from each heat.
Sprint Relay
The Sprint Relay is organized in the small village Soave 23 km east of Verona – see the old map of the area below. Although there are lots of contours on the old map, the courses will mostly be confined to the flatter parts of the old city, but with some climbs included, with a total climb of 45-50 meters in the courses. The terrain will be mostly urban paved road with asphalt and cobblestones with some transits on parks and open areas. The courses will present a good mix of high-speed runnability and more tricky areas sometimes with steep sections. The arena with start and finish will be towards the lower left corner of the old map, on the small paved area just to the northwest of the bridge over the river.
KO Sprint
Qualification
The KO Sprint is the last race of the championships, with the morning’s qualification organized as a regular, individual sprint race with three heats for each gender. 36 women and 36 men will qualify for the finals in the afternoon, 12 from each heat. The start interval is 1 minute.
The terrain is probably the least interesting in this championships: Flat urban area, mostly paved with some parts on parks and open land. The race terrain is a mix of areas rich with details and others with high speed runnability
Finals
The finals will represent an exciting finish for both the championships and the overall World Cup. Unfortunately the quarterfinals are not broadcast on TV – although these races have often proved to be some of the most intriguing of the KO Sprint races – but the semifinals and finals will be broadcast.
The terrain is mostly urban roads paved with asphalt and cobblestones, with some passages on grass surfaces. The town presents an interesting network of roads and alleys – see the old map of the area below. The areana is in the upper right part of the old map sample, in the northern part of the large paved area west of the river.
The courses may incorporate a Runners’ choice type of forking, where each competitor picks one of three options. There will be no announcement in advance about forking in the different rounds.
Race details
Individual Sprint Qualification
Individual Sprint Final
Sprint Relay
KO Sprint
Qualification
Finals
Reigning champions
EOC 2021 Individual Sprint, Neuchatel, Switzerland
EOC 2021 Sprint Relay, Neuchatel, Switzerland
EOC 2021 KO Sprint, Neuchatel, Switzerland
World Cup Standings
See the updated World Cup standings here – standings before EOC 2023 are included below.
Competitors
Men – previous best sprint results of starters
# | Name | Country | Picture | Results |
1. | Kasper Fosser | NOR | Gold WOC Sprint (2022), Silver WOC Sprint (2021), Bronze EOC KO-Sprint (2021), Bronze EOC Sprint (2021), Gold WC #1, Sprint (2022), Bronze WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), Bronze WC #2, Sprint (2021), 4th WC #2, KO-Sprint (2022), 7th WC #7, Sprint (2019), Bronze JWOC Sprint (2018) Ranked Silver in Sprint World Ranking. | |
2. | Matthias Kyburz | SUI | Gold WOC KO-Sprint (2022), Gold EOC KO-Sprint (2021), Gold EOC Sprint (2018), Silver WOC Sprint (2016), Gold WC #2, KO-Sprint (2022), Gold WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), Gold EOC Sprint (2016), 7th WOC Sprint (2022), 8th WOC Sprint (2021), Gold WC #10, Sprint (2017), Gold WC #2, Sprint (2016), Gold WOC Sprint (2012), Silver WC #1, Sprint (2017), Bronze WC #7, Sprint (2019), Gold WC #1, Sprint (2015), Silver WC #10, Sprint (2016), Bronze WC #11, Sprint (2018), Bronze WC #8, Sprint (2017), Silver WC #14, Sprint (2014), Gold WC #2, Sprint (2013), Gold WC #7, Sprint (2013), Gold WC #4, Sprint (2013), Gold WC #13, Sprint (2013), Gold WC #11, Sprint (2012), Gold WC #1, Sprint (2011), Bronze WC #6, Sprint (2013), Silver WC #12, Sprint (2012), Silver WC #5, Sprint (2012), Silver WC #9, Sprint (2012), Bronze WC #10, Sprint (2011), Bronze WC #2, Sprint (2011), Gold JWOC Sprint (2009) Ranked Gold in Sprint World Ranking. | |
3. | Daniel Hubmann | SUI | Gold WOC Sprint (2018), Gold WOC Sprint (2017), Gold EOC Sprint (2018), Silver WOC Sprint (2014), Bronze WOC Sprint (2016), 10th WOC Sprint (2021), 12th WOC Sprint (2022), 5th EOC Sprint (2021), Gold WOC Sprint (2011), Silver WC #10, Sprint (2017), Gold WC #14, Sprint (2014), Silver WC #2, Sprint (2016), Silver WOC Sprint (2008), Silver WOC Sprint (2006), Silver WOC Sprint (2005), Silver WC #1, Sprint (2015), Silver WC #9, Sprint (2014), Bronze WOC Sprint (2009), Silver EOC Sprint (2010), Silver EOC Sprint (2008), Silver WC #7, Sprint (2013), Silver WC #4, Sprint (2013), Bronze EOC Sprint (2012), Gold WC #10, Sprint (2011), Gold WC #12, Sprint (2010), Gold WC #2, Sprint (2009), Gold WC #9, Sprint (2009), Gold WC #13, Sprint (2008), Gold WC #10, Sprint (2005), Gold WC #3, Sprint (2005), Silver WC #2, Sprint (2011), Silver WC #8, Sprint (2006), Silver WC #9, Sprint (2004), Bronze WC #10, Sprint (2007) Ranked 16th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
4. | Tim Robertson | NZL | Silver WOC Sprint (2018), Bronze WOC Sprint (2021), 4th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), Silver WC #2, KO-Sprint (2022), Silver WC #1, Sprint (2022), 21st WOC Sprint (2022), 13th EOC Sprint (2021), 26th WOC Sprint (2017), 6th WC #3, Sprint (2023), Gold JWOC Sprint (2015), Gold JWOC Sprint (2014), Bronze JWOC Sprint (2013) Ranked Bronze in Sprint World Ranking. | |
5. | Gustav Bergman | SWE | Silver WOC Sprint (2022), Bronze EOC Sprint (2021), Silver WC #3, Sprint (2023), Silver EOC Sprint (2016), Bronze WC #2, Sprint (2021), Bronze WC #9, Sprint (2018), 4th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 10th EOC Sprint (2018), 5th WC #6, Sprint (2019), Bronze WC #1, Sprint (2015) Ranked 5th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
6. | Yannick Michiels | BEL | Bronze WOC Sprint (2022), Silver EOC Sprint (2021), 4th WOC Sprint (2021), Gold WC #9, Sprint (2019), Gold WC #7, Sprint (2019), Silver WC #2, Sprint (2021), 4th WOC Sprint (2018), Gold WC #1, Sprint (2017), Bronze WC #3, Sprint (2023), Silver WC #11, Sprint (2018), Bronze WC #1, Sprint (2022), Bronze WC #9, Sprint (2014) Ranked 5th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
7. | Isac von Krusenstierna | SWE | Gold WOC Sprint (2021), 18th EOC Sprint (2021), 18th WC #2, Sprint (2021), Bronze JWOC Sprint (2016), 19th WC #9, Sprint (2019), 73rd WC #3, Sprint (2023), 79th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 7th JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 137th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
8. | Emil Svensk | SWE | Gold EOC Sprint (2021), Gold WC #2, Sprint (2021), 6th WOC Sprint (2018), 17th WOC Sprint (2022), 32nd WOC Sprint (2021), Bronze WC #10, Sprint (2017), Bronze WC #1, Sprint (2017), 16th WOC Sprint (2017), 10th WOC Sprint (2016) Ranked 27th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
9. | Joey Hadorn | SUI | Silver EOC KO-Sprint (2021), Silver WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), Silver WC #6, Sprint (2019), 6th EOC Sprint (2021), 40th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 6th WC #2, Sprint (2021), Gold JWOC Sprint (2016), 5th WC #7, Sprint (2019), 13th EOC Sprint (2018), Bronze JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 15th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
10. | Ralph Street | GBR | Gold WC #3, Sprint (2023), 6th WOC Sprint (2022), 7th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), Bronze WC #6, Sprint (2019), 17th WOC Sprint (2016), 7th WC #2, KO-Sprint (2022), 27th EOC Sprint (2018), 13th WC #7, Sprint (2019), 17th WC #9, Sprint (2019) Ranked 4th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
11. | Jonatan Gustafsson | SWE | Bronze WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 7th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 31st EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 38th EOC Sprint (2021), 8th WC #2, KO-Sprint (2022), 14th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 31st WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 38th WC #2, Sprint (2021) Ranked 11th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
12. | Vojtech Kral | CZE | Gold WC #6, Sprint (2019), Gold WC #9, Sprint (2018), Gold WC #8, Sprint (2017), 11th WOC Sprint (2021), 13th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 5th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 6th WOC Sprint (2017), 6th WOC Sprint (2016), 11th WOC Sprint (2018), Gold JWOC Sprint (2007) Ranked 29th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
13. | Havard Sandstad Eidsmo | NOR | 4th WOC Sprint (2022), 9th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 12th WOC Sprint (2021), 7th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 26th EOC Sprint (2021), 7th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 26th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 70th WC #3, Sprint (2023) Ranked 10th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
14. | Florian Howald | SUI | 6th WOC Sprint (2021), 8th WOC Sprint (2022), Bronze EOC Sprint (2016), 8th EOC Sprint (2021), 6th EOC Sprint (2018), 19th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 8th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 7th WC #9, Sprint (2019), 15th WC #3, Sprint (2023), Bronze JWOC Sprint (2011) Ranked 21st in Sprint World Ranking. | |
15. | Martin Hubmann | SUI | Silver WOC Sprint (2015), 16th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), Bronze EOC Sprint (2014), 9th WOC Sprint (2017), 16th WOC Sprint (2018), 5th EOC Sprint (2018), 10th EOC Sprint (2021), 9th WOC Sprint (2016), Bronze WC #10, Sprint (2016), Silver WC #13, Sprint (2013), Bronze JWOC Sprint (2009) Ranked 24th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
16. | Riccardo Rancan | SUI | 7th WOC Sprint (2021), 4th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 19th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 19th WOC Sprint (2022), 6th EOC Sprint (2021), 4th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 6th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 18th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 31st WC #3, Sprint (2023) Ranked 19th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
17. | Martin Regborn | SWE | 8th WOC Sprint (2022), 19th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 8th WOC Sprint (2018), 7th WOC Sprint (2017), 7th WOC Sprint (2016), 4th EOC Sprint (2016), 5th WC #2, KO-Sprint (2022), 4th WC #11, Sprint (2018), 8th WC #1, Sprint (2022) Ranked 7th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
18. | Max Peter Bejmer | SWE | 5th WOC Sprint (2021), 14th WOC Sprint (2022), 23rd EOC Sprint (2021), 25th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 6th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 13th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 23rd WC #2, Sprint (2021), 25th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 32nd WC #9, Sprint (2019) Ranked 21st in Sprint World Ranking. | |
19. | Jakob Ekhard Edsen | DEN | 10th WOC Sprint (2022), 25th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 33rd WOC Sprint (2021), 15th WOC Sprint (2018), 18th WOC Sprint (2017), 19th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 25th EOC Sprint (2021), 22nd WOC Sprint (2015), 30th EOC Sprint (2018) Ranked 23rd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
20. | Loïc Capbern | FRA | 5th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 30th WOC Sprint (2022), 7th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 32nd EOC Sprint (2018), 60th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 45th EOC Sprint (2016), 40th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 33rd WC #8, Sprint (2017), 40th WC #10, Sprint (2017) Ranked 13th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
21. | Riccardo Scalet | ITA | 13th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 15th WOC Sprint (2022), 19th WOC Sprint (2021), 23rd WOC Sprint (2017), 42nd WOC Sprint (2018), 40th EOC Sprint (2021), 40th EOC Sprint (2018), 42nd WOC Sprint (2015), 13th WC #7, Sprint (2019) Ranked 17th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
22. | Jakub Glonek | CZE | 9th WOC Sprint (2021), 25th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 31st WOC Sprint (2022), 31st EOC Sprint (2021), 24th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 31st WC #2, Sprint (2021), 46th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 28th JWOC Sprint (2016) Ranked 38th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
23. | Tomas Krivda | CZE | 12th WOC Sprint (2022), 13th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 31st WOC Sprint (2021), 5th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 19th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 44th EOC Sprint (2021), 10th WC #2, KO-Sprint (2022), 19th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 23rd WC #1, Sprint (2022) Ranked 8th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
24. | Michal Olejnik | POL | 21st WOC Sprint (2021), 25th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 29th WOC Sprint (2022), 26th WOC Sprint (2018), 35th EOC Sprint (2021), 38th WOC Sprint (2016), 31st WC #3, Sprint (2023), 32nd WC #1, Sprint (2022), 35th WC #2, Sprint (2021) Ranked 28th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
25. | Algirdas Bartkevicius | LTU | 15th WOC Sprint (2021), 19th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 37th WOC Sprint (2022), 34th WOC Sprint (2018), 13th EOC Sprint (2021), 25th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 40th WOC Sprint (2016), 13th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 40th WOC Sprint (2014), Bronze JWOC Sprint (2015) Ranked 38th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
26. | Jannis Bonek | AUT | 19th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 20th WOC Sprint (2021), 22nd WOC Sprint (2022), 34th EOC Sprint (2021), 34th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 63rd WC #9, Sprint (2019), 44th JWOC Sprint (2017), 74th JWOC Sprint (2018), 58th JWOC Sprint (2016) Ranked 42nd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
27. | Colin Kolbe | GER | 21st WOC Sprint (2021), 32nd WOC Sprint (2022), 36th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), Gold JWOC Sprint (2018), 51st WC #3, Sprint (2023), 49th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 40th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 43rd JWOC Sprint (2017), 66th JWOC Sprint (2016) Ranked 48th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
28. | Robert Merl | AUT | 19th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 28th WOC Sprint (2021), 33rd WOC Sprint (2022), 22nd EOC Sprint (2021), 33rd WOC Sprint (2017), 31st EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 34th WOC Sprint (2016), 11th WOC Sprint (2014), 15th EOC Sprint (2018) Ranked 65th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
29. | Adrien Delenne | FRA | 8th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 16th WOC Sprint (2022), 38th WOC Sprint (2017), 19th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 46th EOC Sprint (2018), 39th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 19th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 33rd WC #9, Sprint (2019), 41st WC #8, Sprint (2017) Ranked 18th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
30. | Aleksi Niemi | FIN | 16th WOC Sprint (2021), 18th WOC Sprint (2022), 14th WOC Sprint (2018), 26th EOC Sprint (2021), 24th WOC Sprint (2016), 20th EOC Sprint (2018), 6th WC #11, Sprint (2018), 13th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 15th WC #1, Sprint (2022), Silver JWOC Sprint (2015) Ranked 25th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
31. | Maxime Rauturier | FRA | Silver WC #9, Sprint (2019), 41st WOC Sprint (2021), 13th EOC Sprint (2021), 31st EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 13th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 31st WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 25th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 65th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 75th WC #1, Sprint (2022) Ranked 69th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
32. | Francesco Mariani | ITA | 25th WOC Sprint (2022), Gold JWOC Sprint (2021), 37th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 75th EOC Sprint (2021), 63rd WC #1, Sprint (2022), 75th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 75th WC #2, Sprint (2021) Ranked 53rd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
33. | Søren Thrane Ãdum | DEN | 24th WOC Sprint (2022), 25th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 13th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 16th EOC Sprint (2021), 13th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 16th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 39th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 7th JWOC Sprint (2021), 24th JWOC Sprint (2019) Ranked 35th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
34. | Piotr Parfianowicz | POL | 25th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 40th WOC Sprint (2022), 18th WOC Sprint (2018), 42nd WOC Sprint (2017), 35th EOC Sprint (2021), 19th WOC Sprint (2015), 8th WC #6, Sprint (2019), Silver JWOC Sprint (2014), 35th WC #2, Sprint (2021) Ranked 56th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
35. | Ruslan Glibov | UKR | 23rd WOC Sprint (2021), 4th EOC Sprint (2018), 24th WOC Sprint (2018), 12th WOC Sprint (2016), 51st EOC Sprint (2021), 25th WOC Sprint (2014), 37th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 16th WC #7, Sprint (2019), 51st WC #3, Sprint (2023), Bronze JWOC Sprint (2006) Ranked 59th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
36. | Kenny Kivikas | EST | 23rd WOC Sprint (2022), 31st WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 19th WOC Sprint (2017), 26th WOC Sprint (2016), 57th EOC Sprint (2021), 27th WOC Sprint (2015), 30th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 19th EOC Sprint (2016), 47th WC #1, Sprint (2022) Ranked 45th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
37. | Akseli Ruohola | FIN | 17th WOC Sprint (2021), 31st WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 19th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 73rd EOC Sprint (2021), 19th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 20th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 73rd WC #2, Sprint (2021), 57th WC #9, Sprint (2019), 23rd JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 32nd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
38. | Peter Hodkinson | GBR | 14th WOC Sprint (2021), 29th WOC Sprint (2018), 13th WOC Sprint (2017), 22nd WOC Sprint (2016), 23rd EOC Sprint (2018), 27th EOC Sprint (2016), 12th WC #7, Sprint (2019), 23rd WC #9, Sprint (2019), 31st WC #6, Sprint (2019) Ranked 117th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
39. | Tuomas Heikkila | FIN | 25th WOC Sprint (2021), 50th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 16th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 33rd EOC Sprint (2021), 16th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 34th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 29th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 33rd WC #2, Sprint (2021), 45th WC #9, Sprint (2019) Ranked 33rd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
40. | Wouter Hus | BEL | 36th WOC Sprint (2022), 37th WOC Sprint (2021), 59th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 104th EOC Sprint (2021), 53rd WC #3, Sprint (2023), 83rd WC #6, Sprint (2019), 100th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 104th WC #2, Sprint (2021) Ranked 76th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
41. | Alvaro Casado | ESP | 19th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 19th WOC Sprint (2022), 56th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 59th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 21st JWOC Sprint (2019), 26th JWOC Sprint (2018), 91st JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 34th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
42. | Eduardo Gil Marcos | ESP | 28th WOC Sprint (2021), 31st WOC Sprint (2018), 35th WOC Sprint (2017), 61st EOC Sprint (2021), 36th EOC Sprint (2018), 19th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 38th EOC Sprint (2016), 28th WC #9, Sprint (2019), 61st WC #2, Sprint (2021) Ranked 309th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
43. | Bojan Blumenstein | GER | 25th WOC Sprint (2022), 31st WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 42nd WC #9, Sprint (2019), 77th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 87th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 79th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 45th JWOC Sprint (2013) Ranked 43rd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
44. | Erik Doehler | GER | 35th WOC Sprint (2022), 55th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 51st EOC Sprint (2021), 51st WC #2, Sprint (2021), 67th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 80th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 88th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 31st JWOC Sprint (2018), 37th JWOC Sprint (2016) Ranked 59th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
45. | Vilius Aleliunas | LTU | 50th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 38th WOC Sprint (2018), 32nd WOC Sprint (2017), 35th WOC Sprint (2015), 28th EOC Sprint (2016), 28th EOC Sprint (2014), 79th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 25th WOC Sprint (2012), 27th WOC Sprint (2009) Ranked 135th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
46. | Warre De Cuyper | BEL | 31st WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 44th WOC Sprint (2022), 104th EOC Sprint (2021), 99th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 104th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 73rd JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 97th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
47. | Andris Jubelis | LAT | 46th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 32nd WOC Sprint (2018), 64th EOC Sprint (2021), 38th WOC Sprint (2015), 54th EOC Sprint (2018), 64th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 83rd WC #1, Sprint (2022), 29th WC #8, Sprint (2017), 61st WC #10, Sprint (2017) Ranked 143rd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
48. | Jonathan Crickmore | GBR | 10th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 12th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 39th EOC Sprint (2016), 29th WC #9, Sprint (2019), 30th WC #7, Sprint (2019), 31st WC #6, Sprint (2019), 56th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 33rd WC #1, Sprint (2017), 63rd WC #10, Sprint (2017) Ranked 36th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
49. | Matthias Reiner | AUT | 46th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 40th WOC Sprint (2017), 42nd EOC Sprint (2018), 96th EOC Sprint (2021), 41st EOC Sprint (2016), 61st WC #1, Sprint (2022), 73rd WC #3, Sprint (2023), 29th WC #1, Sprint (2017), 70th WC #6, Sprint (2019) Ranked 71st in Sprint World Ranking. | |
50. | Ahmet Kacmaz | TUR | 67th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 37th WOC Sprint (2018), 54th EOC Sprint (2021), 54th WC #2, Sprint (2021) Ranked 184th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
51. | Damian Konotopetz | CAN | 55th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 44th WOC Sprint (2018), 44th WOC Sprint (2017), 4th JWOC Sprint (2010) Ranked 180th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
52. | Axel Granqvist | SWE | 10th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 17th EOC Sprint (2021), 10th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 17th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 4th JWOC Sprint (2019), 14th JWOC Sprint (2018) Ranked 94th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
53. | Timo Suter | SUI | 12th EOC Sprint (2021), 25th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 9th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 12th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 25th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 58th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 9th JWOC Sprint (2018), 15th JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 26th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
54. | Tomas Lima | POR | 42nd WOC Sprint (2022), 52nd WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 44th JWOC Sprint (2021), 83rd JWOC Sprint (2019) Ranked 146th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
55. | Jonas Hubacek | CZE | 10th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 23rd EOC Sprint (2021), 10th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 23rd WC #2, Sprint (2021), 65th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 70th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 61st WC #6, Sprint (2019), 85th WC #10, Sprint (2017), 15th JWOC Sprint (2015) Ranked 82nd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
56. | Felix Spaeth | GER | 38th WOC Sprint (2021), 87th EOC Sprint (2021), 29th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 66th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 87th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 72nd WC #10, Sprint (2017), 97th WC #9, Sprint (2019) Ranked 96th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
57. | Nathan Lawson | GBR | 25th WOC Sprint (2021), 22nd WC #3, Sprint (2023), 37th WC #1, Sprint (2022) Ranked 63rd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
58. | Mattia Debertolis | ITA | 40th WOC Sprint (2018), 16th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 41st EOC Sprint (2018), 80th EOC Sprint (2021), 80th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 86th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 76th WC #10, Sprint (2017), 22nd JWOC Sprint (2016), 71st JWOC Sprint (2015) Ranked 100th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
59. | Sergei Rjaböshkin | EST | 55th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 74th EOC Sprint (2021), 46th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 74th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 90th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 69th WC #9, Sprint (2019), 68th WC #6, Sprint (2013), 68th WC #4, Sprint (2013) Ranked 138th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
60. | Sebastian Inderst | ITA | 55th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 63rd EOC Sprint (2021), 63rd WC #2, Sprint (2021), 58th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 88th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 65th WC #10, Sprint (2017) Ranked 144th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
61. | Rudolfs Zernis | LAT | 22nd WOC Sprint (2018), 25th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 39th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 19th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 35th WC #7, Sprint (2019), 34th WC #11, Sprint (2018), 57th WC #10, Sprint (2017), 22nd JWOC Sprint (2013), 52nd JWOC Sprint (2014) Ranked 304th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
62. | Mathieu Perrin | FRA | 25th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 49th EOC Sprint (2021), 25th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 34th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 49th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 51st WC #1, Sprint (2022), 76th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 9th JWOC Sprint (2017), 13th JWOC Sprint (2018) Ranked 56th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
63. | Zoltan Bujdoso | HUN | 44th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 94th EOC Sprint (2021), 82nd WC #3, Sprint (2023), 94th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 14th JWOC Sprint (2021), 22nd JWOC Sprint (2022), 52nd JWOC Sprint (2019) Ranked 115th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
64. | Touko Seppa | FIN | Silver JWOC Sprint (2021), 46th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 45th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 8th JWOC Sprint (2022), 50th JWOC Sprint (2019) Ranked 73rd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
65. | Fryderyk Pryjma | POL | 64th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 66th EOC Sprint (2021), 66th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 87th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 22nd JWOC Sprint (2018), 46th JWOC Sprint (2017), 40th JWOC Sprint (2016) Ranked 141st in Sprint World Ranking. | |
66. | Magnus Dewett | DEN | 27th WOC Sprint (2018), 25th EOC Sprint (2018), 43rd WC #1, Sprint (2022), 81st WC #10, Sprint (2017), 34th JWOC Sprint (2014), 42nd JWOC Sprint (2015), 37th JWOC Sprint (2013) Ranked 77th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
67. | Stefan Yordanov | BUL | 40th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 100th EOC Sprint (2021), 100th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 51st JWOC Sprint (2018), 90th JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 258th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
68. | Matija Razum | CRO | 61st WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 103rd EOC Sprint (2021), 78th WC #9, Sprint (2019), 103rd WC #2, Sprint (2021) Ranked 371st in Sprint World Ranking. | |
69. | Ricardo Schaniel | USA | 76th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 107th EOC Sprint (2021), 108th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 107th WC #2, Sprint (2021) Ranked 208th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
70. | Matthias Gröll | AUT | 41st WOC Sprint (2018), 83rd WC #3, Sprint (2023), 26th WC #10, Sprint (2017), 84th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 39th JWOC Sprint (2015), 57th JWOC Sprint (2013), 94th JWOC Sprint (2014) Ranked 127th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
71. | Petar Borisov | BUL | 76th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 109th EOC Sprint (2021), 109th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 101st JWOC Sprint (2018), 135th JWOC Sprint (2019) Ranked 366th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
72. | Mathias Peter | AUT | 60th EOC Sprint (2021), 63rd WC #3, Sprint (2023), 60th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 75th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 92nd WC #9, Sprint (2019), 24th JWOC Sprint (2016), 42nd JWOC Sprint (2015), 45th JWOC Sprint (2014), 67th JWOC Sprint (2013) Ranked 311th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
73. | Rotem Yogev | ISR | 70th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 101st WC #3, Sprint (2023), 76th JWOC Sprint (2019) Ranked 210th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
74. | Ricardo Esteves Ferreira | POR | 36th WOC Sprint (2018), 6th JWOC Sprint (2017), 16th JWOC Sprint (2016), 130th JWOC Sprint (2018) | |
75. | Josh OSullivan Hourihan | IRL | 52nd WOC KO-Sprint (2022) Ranked 152nd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
76. | Chun Ho Li | HKG | 94th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 110th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 94th WC #9, Sprint (2019), 112th JWOC Sprint (2018), 136th JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 274th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
77. | Boyan Ivandzhikov | BUL | 73rd WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 66th JWOC Sprint (2019), 68th JWOC Sprint (2018), 101st JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 213th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
78. | Ivaylo Kamenarov | BUL | 40th WOC Sprint (2015), 31st WOC Sprint (2013), 35th WOC Sprint (2012), 36th WOC Sprint (2011), 37th EOC Sprint (2012), 40th EOC Sprint (2008), 50th EOC Sprint (2010) | |
79. | Jacob Steinthal | DEN | 88th EOC Sprint (2021), 70th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 88th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 18th JWOC Sprint (2021) Ranked 154th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
80. | Elias Jonsson | NOR | 24th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 44th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 7th JWOC Sprint (2018), 44th JWOC Sprint (2019), 20th JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 54th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
81. | Michael Crone | RSA | 43rd WOC Sprint (2017), 43rd WOC Sprint (2012), 86th WC #10, Sprint (2017) Ranked 394th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
82. | Henry McNulty | AUS | 37th WOC Sprint (2017), 6th JWOC Sprint (2016), 51st JWOC Sprint (2015), 63rd JWOC Sprint (2014) Ranked 327th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
83. | Andreas Bock Bjoernsen | DEN | 95th EOC Sprint (2021), 85th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 95th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 105th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 11th JWOC Sprint (2019), 47th JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 74th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
84. | Tino Polsini | SUI | 35th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 69th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 22nd JWOC Sprint (2019), 23rd JWOC Sprint (2018), 41st JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 37th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
85. | Thomas Curiger | SUI | Silver JWOC Sprint (2016), 36th WC #8, Sprint (2017), 4th JWOC Sprint (2015) Ranked 483rd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
86. | Daniel Vandas | CZE | 27th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 37th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 26th JWOC Sprint (2018) Ranked 307th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
87. | Colm Moran | IRL | 94th WOC KO-Sprint (2022) Ranked 262nd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
88. | Martin Roudny | CZE | 27th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 52nd WC #1, Sprint (2022) Ranked 66th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
89. | Fricis Spektors | LAT | 99th EOC Sprint (2021), 99th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 39th JWOC Sprint (2019), 115th JWOC Sprint (2018) Ranked 474th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
90. | Mihaly Ormay | HUN | 31st WC #3, Sprint (2023), 29th JWOC Sprint (2019), 29th JWOC Sprint (2018), 63rd JWOC Sprint (2017), 99th JWOC Sprint (2016) Ranked 103rd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
91. | Jorgen Baklid | NOR | 25th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 38th JWOC Sprint (2017), 71st JWOC Sprint (2019) Ranked 50th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
92. | Csaba Gerber | HUN | 68th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 94th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 50th JWOC Sprint (2018) Ranked 123rd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
93. | Giacomo Zagonel | ITA | 43rd WOC Sprint (2015), 48th JWOC Sprint (2013) Ranked 126th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
94. | Jannis Schoenleber | GER | 44th WC #3, Sprint (2023) Ranked 120th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
95. | Valters Reneslacis | LAT | 98th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 66th JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 215th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
96. | Tsz Chun Jason Wong | HKG | 109th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 122nd JWOC Sprint (2019), 138th JWOC Sprint (2018) Ranked 241st in Sprint World Ranking. | |
97. | Kevinas Olisauskis | LTU | 98th WC #1, Sprint (2022) Ranked 191st in Sprint World Ranking. | |
98. | Cheuk Wang Wong | HKG | 121st WC #3, Sprint (2023), 129th JWOC Sprint (2019) Ranked 295th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
99. | Rokas Barauskas | LTU | 80th JWOC Sprint (2021), 90th JWOC Sprint (2018) Ranked 517th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
100. | Linus Agervig Kristiansson | DEN | 30th JWOC Sprint (2021) Ranked 134th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
101. | Fabian Aebersold | SUI | 11th JWOC Sprint (2019) Ranked 67th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
102. | Thomas Laraia | USA | 57th JWOC Sprint (2019), 137th JWOC Sprint (2018) Ranked 261st in Sprint World Ranking. | |
103. | Mads Skaug | DEN | 54th JWOC Sprint (2019) Ranked 151st in Sprint World Ranking. | |
104. | Luis Silva | POR | 49th JWOC Sprint (2014) |
WOC 2021 starters: Men – previous results Middle
# | Name | Country | Picture | Results |
1. | Matthias Kyburz | SUI | Gold WOC Middle (2023), Gold WOC Middle (2021), Gold WOC Middle (2016), Gold EOC Middle (2018), Gold EOC Middle (2016), Silver WC #2, Middle (2023), Silver WC #6, Middle (2021), 4th WOC Middle (2018), Bronze WC #4, Middle (2023), Silver WC #7, Middle (2017), Silver WC #1, Middle (2014), Silver WC #12, Middle (2013), Silver WC #8, Middle (2013), Bronze WC #2, Middle (2015), Bronze WC #6, Middle (2015), Bronze WC #7, Middle (2014), Gold WC #4, Middle (2012), Gold WC #13, Middle (2012), Bronze WC #10, Middle (2012) Ranked Gold in World Ranking. | |
2. | Gustav Bergman | SWE | Silver WOC Middle (2021), Silver WOC Middle (2019), Bronze EOC Middle (2022), 5th WOC Middle (2023), Gold WC #1, Middle (2019), Gold WC #8, Middle (2019), Silver EOC Middle (2016), Bronze WC #2, Middle (2023), Silver WC #8, Middle (2018), Bronze WOC Middle (2013), Bronze WC #7, Middle (2017), Silver WC #5, Middle (2013), Bronze WC #1, Middle (2014), Bronze WC #8, Middle (2013) Ranked Bronze in World Ranking. | |
3. | Daniel Hubmann | SUI | Silver WOC Middle (2018), Gold WOC Middle (2015), Bronze WOC Middle (2016), Gold EOC Middle (2014), 8th WOC Middle (2021), Silver WC #5, Middle (2019), Bronze WC #5, Middle (2022), 5th WOC Middle (2017), 10th WOC Middle (2019), Gold WC #11, Middle (2015), Gold WC #2, Middle (2015), Gold WC #13, Middle (2014), Gold WC #1, Middle (2014), Silver WOC Middle (2009), Silver WC #3, Middle (2014), Gold WC #12, Middle (2013), Gold WC #8, Middle (2013), Bronze WOC Middle (2010), Bronze EOC Middle (2010), Gold WC #3, Middle (2011), Gold WC #4, Middle (2010), Gold WC #8, Middle (2009), Gold WC #12, Middle (2008), Gold WC #11, Middle (2008), Silver WC #9, Middle (2011), Silver WC #6, Middle (2010), Silver WC #10, Middle (2004), Bronze WC #11, Middle (2010), Bronze WC #9, Middle (2007), Bronze WC #10, Middle (2006) Ranked 11th in World Ranking. | |
4. | Joey Hadorn | SUI | Silver WOC Middle (2023), Gold WC #5, Middle (2019), Silver WC #8, Middle (2019), 7th WC #4, Middle (2023), 55th EOC Middle (2022), Silver JWOC Middle (2016), 6th WC #8, Middle (2018), 13th WC #5, Middle (2022), 24th WC #2, Middle (2023) Ranked 7th in World Ranking. | |
5. | Kasper Fosser | NOR | Gold WC #2, Middle (2023), Gold WC #5, Middle (2022), Gold WC #6, Middle (2021), 5th WOC Middle (2021), 7th WOC Middle (2023), Gold JWOC Middle (2019), 4th WC #4, Middle (2023), 19th EOC Middle (2022), 6th WC #8, Middle (2019) Ranked Silver in World Ranking. | |
6. | Jannis Bonek | AUT | Bronze WOC Middle (2023), Gold WC #4, Middle (2023), 20th WOC Middle (2021), 21st WC #2, Middle (2023), 19th WC #5, Middle (2022), 35th WC #8, Middle (2019), 84th WC #6, Middle (2021), 29th JWOC Middle (2018), 33rd JWOC Middle (2017) Ranked 14th in World Ranking. | |
7. | Florian Howald | SUI | Bronze WOC Middle (2018), Silver EOC Middle (2018), 14th WOC Middle (2023), 8th WOC Middle (2019), 7th WOC Middle (2017), Silver WC #13, Middle (2014), 11th EOC Middle (2022), 5th EOC Middle (2016), 6th WC #6, Middle (2021) Ranked 22nd in World Ranking. | |
8. | Ruslan Glibov | UKR | Bronze WOC Middle (2021), 13th WOC Middle (2023), 11th WOC Middle (2019), 11th WOC Middle (2018), 5th EOC Middle (2018), Silver WC #11, Middle (2015), 17th WOC Middle (2017), 15th EOC Middle (2022), 13th WOC Middle (2016) Ranked 10th in World Ranking. | |
9. | Emil Svensk | SWE | 4th WOC Middle (2019), 10th WOC Middle (2023), 10th WOC Middle (2021), 4th WC #2, Middle (2023), 12th EOC Middle (2022), 5th WC #5, Middle (2022), 6th WC #5, Middle (2019), 21st WC #6, Middle (2021), 42nd WC #4, Middle (2023), Gold JWOC Middle (2013) Ranked 5th in World Ranking. | |
10. | Ralph Street | GBR | 29th WOC Middle (2023), 27th WOC Middle (2021), 19th WOC Middle (2019), 13th WOC Middle (2018), 13th EOC Middle (2022), 37th WOC Middle (2017), 22nd WOC Middle (2016), 31st EOC Middle (2018), 20th WC #4, Middle (2023) Ranked 41st in World Ranking. | |
11. | Martin Regborn | SWE | Gold WC #2, Middle (2017), Bronze WC #5, Middle (2019), 23rd WOC Middle (2019), 7th WC #5, Middle (2022), 8th WC #2, Middle (2023), 5th WC #1, Middle (2019), 4th WC #7, Middle (2017), 7th WC #8, Middle (2019), 12th WC #4, Middle (2023) Ranked 8th in World Ranking. | |
12. | Michal Olejnik | POL | 26th WOC Middle (2023), 25th WOC Middle (2021), 33rd WOC Middle (2019), 49th WOC Middle (2018), 27th EOC Middle (2022), 35th WC #4, Middle (2023), 31st WC #6, Middle (2021), 38th WC #5, Middle (2022), 16th WC #8, Middle (2019) Ranked 36th in World Ranking. | |
13. | Bojan Blumenstein | GER | 18th WOC Middle (2023), 31st WOC Middle (2021), 24th WOC Middle (2019), 22nd EOC Middle (2022), 32nd WC #5, Middle (2022), 62nd WC #4, Middle (2023), 69th WC #6, Middle (2021), 48th WC #8, Middle (2019), 51st WC #1, Middle (2019) Ranked 40th in World Ranking. | |
14. | Tim Robertson | NZL | 42nd WOC Middle (2023), 42nd WOC Middle (2021), 39th WOC Middle (2019), 30th WOC Middle (2018), 48th WOC Middle (2016), 36th WC #5, Middle (2022), 57th WC #4, Middle (2023), 27th WC #8, Middle (2019), 20th WC #10, Middle (2018) Ranked 79th in World Ranking. | |
15. | Mathieu Perrin | FRA | 25th WOC Middle (2023), 29th WOC Middle (2021), 8th EOC Middle (2022), 25th WC #4, Middle (2023), 26th WC #5, Middle (2022), 46th WC #2, Middle (2023), 26th WC #5, Middle (2019), 29th WC #10, Middle (2018), 49th WC #1, Middle (2019) Ranked 27th in World Ranking. | |
16. | Tomas Krivda | CZE | 17th WOC Middle (2023), 36th WOC Middle (2021), 9th EOC Middle (2022), 16th WC #2, Middle (2023), 26th WC #6, Middle (2021), 41st WC #5, Middle (2022), 28th WC #10, Middle (2018), 49th WC #5, Middle (2019), 27th JWOC Middle (2019) Ranked 13th in World Ranking. | |
17. | Vojtech Kral | CZE | 14th WOC Middle (2019), 14th WOC Middle (2018), 12th WOC Middle (2017), 11th WOC Middle (2016), 10th EOC Middle (2018), 48th EOC Middle (2022), 4th WC #8, Middle (2018), 19th WOC Middle (2015), 8th WC #1, Middle (2019) Ranked 47th in World Ranking. | |
18. | Riccardo Scalet | ITA | Bronze WC #6, Middle (2021), 46th WOC Middle (2019), 45th WOC Middle (2018), 57th WOC Middle (2017), 43rd WOC Middle (2016), 21st EOC Middle (2018), 25th WC #5, Middle (2022), Silver JWOC Middle (2014), 19th WC #5, Middle (2019) Ranked 49th in World Ranking. | |
19. | Eduardo Gil Marcos | ESP | 40th WOC Middle (2021), 51st WOC Middle (2023), 51st WOC Middle (2019), 44th WOC Middle (2018), 20th WC #8, Middle (2019), 54th WC #4, Middle (2023), 58th WC #2, Middle (2023), 91st WC #1, Middle (2019), 86th WC #2, Middle (2017) Ranked 149th in World Ranking. | |
20. | Matija Razum | CRO | 53rd WOC Middle (2023), 53rd WOC Middle (2021), 55th WOC Middle (2019), 62nd WOC Middle (2018), 55th WOC Middle (2017), 63rd WOC Middle (2016), 77th WC #8, Middle (2019) Ranked 594th in World Ranking. | |
21. | Loïc Capbern | FRA | 23rd WOC Middle (2023), 5th EOC Middle (2022), 28th WC #4, Middle (2023), 22nd WC #5, Middle (2022), 37th WC #2, Middle (2023), 37th WC #8, Middle (2019), 87th EOC Middle (2014), 68th WC #7, Middle (2017), 44th WC #13, Middle (2014) Ranked 25th in World Ranking. | |
22. | Rudolfs Zernis | LAT | 28th WOC Middle (2023), 22nd WOC Middle (2019), 23rd WOC Middle (2018), 15th WC #5, Middle (2019), 36th WC #5, Middle (2022), 37th WC #6, Middle (2021), 48th WC #4, Middle (2023), 54th WC #2, Middle (2023), 21st WC #1, Middle (2019) Ranked 45th in World Ranking. | |
23. | Mathias Peter | AUT | 19th WOC Middle (2021), 38th WOC Middle (2023), 51st EOC Middle (2018), 34th WC #4, Middle (2023), 39th WC #2, Middle (2023), 32nd WC #5, Middle (2022), 39th WC #6, Middle (2021), 36th WC #8, Middle (2019), 37th WC #8, Middle (2018) Ranked 55th in World Ranking. | |
24. | Søren Thrane Ãdum | DEN | 15th WOC Middle (2023), 30th WOC Middle (2021), 35th WC #5, Middle (2022), 54th WC #6, Middle (2021), 9th JWOC Middle (2019), 46th JWOC Middle (2018) Ranked 42nd in World Ranking. | |
25. | Martin Hubmann | SUI | 27th WOC Middle (2023), 7th WC #6, Middle (2021), 8th EOC Middle (2016), 13th WC #4, Middle (2023), 23rd WC #5, Middle (2022), 42nd WC #2, Middle (2023), 22nd WC #1, Middle (2019), 16th EOC Middle (2014), 31st WC #5, Middle (2019), Bronze JWOC Middle (2007) Ranked 28th in World Ranking. | |
26. | Aleksi Niemi | FIN | 12th WOC Middle (2019), 17th WOC Middle (2018), 22nd EOC Middle (2018), 37th WC #4, Middle (2023), 25th WC #8, Middle (2019), 47th WC #6, Middle (2021), 14th WC #8, Middle (2018), 44th WC #1, Middle (2019), 45th WC #5, Middle (2019) Ranked 749th in World Ranking. | |
27. | Jonas Hubacek | CZE | 33rd WOC Middle (2023), 30th EOC Middle (2022), 38th WC #2, Middle (2023), 52nd WC #5, Middle (2022), 62nd WC #5, Middle (2019), 55th WC #7, Middle (2017), 91st WC #2, Middle (2017), 26th JWOC Middle (2015) Ranked 67th in World Ranking. | |
28. | Robert Merl | AUT | 20th WOC Middle (2017), 29th WOC Middle (2016), 14th WOC Middle (2014), 18th EOC Middle (2018), 32nd WOC Middle (2015), 16th WC #5, Middle (2022), 33rd WC #6, Middle (2021), 26th WOC Middle (2013), 17th WC #8, Middle (2019), Gold JWOC Middle (2011) Ranked 65th in World Ranking. | |
29. | Matthias Gröll | AUT | 36th WOC Middle (2019), 35th WOC Middle (2018), 23rd WC #4, Middle (2023), 46th WC #5, Middle (2022), 60th WC #2, Middle (2023), 43rd EOC Middle (2016), 57th WC #6, Middle (2021), 32nd WC #10, Middle (2018), 78th WC #1, Middle (2019) Ranked 58th in World Ranking. | |
30. | Sebastian Inderst | ITA | 41st WOC Middle (2019), 57th WOC Middle (2018), 53rd WOC Middle (2016), 39th EOC Middle (2018), 69th WC #4, Middle (2023), 72nd WC #2, Middle (2023), 72nd WC #5, Middle (2022), 82nd WC #6, Middle (2021), 65th WC #1, Middle (2019) Ranked 103rd in World Ranking. | |
31. | Algirdas Bartkevicius | LTU | 41st WOC Middle (2023), 17th EOC Middle (2022), 49th WC #2, Middle (2023), 65th WC #8, Middle (2019), 102nd WC #5, Middle (2022), 92nd WC #5, Middle (2019), 91st EOC Middle (2014), 108th WC #1, Middle (2019), 73rd WC #1, Middle (2016) Ranked 83rd in World Ranking. | |
32. | Ahmet Kacmaz | TUR | 54th WOC Middle (2023), 47th WOC Middle (2021), 56th WOC Middle (2014) Ranked 439th in World Ranking. | |
33. | Vilius Aleliunas | LTU | 39th WOC Middle (2023), 43rd WOC Middle (2017), 74th WC #2, Middle (2023), 65th EOC Middle (2014), 38th WOC Middle (2011), 31st EOC Middle (2010), 45th EOC Middle (2012), 111th WC #6, Middle (2015), 12th JWOC Middle (2007) Ranked 186th in World Ranking. | |
34. | Peter Hodkinson | GBR | 31st WOC Middle (2019), 31st WOC Middle (2017), 33rd WC #8, Middle (2019), 58th WC #5, Middle (2019), 53rd WC #2, Middle (2017), 45th WC #10, Middle (2012), 55th WC #9, Middle (2011) Ranked 1425th in World Ranking. | |
35. | Max Peter Bejmer | SWE | 10th EOC Middle (2022), 8th WC #8, Middle (2019), 14th WC #6, Middle (2021), 49th WC #5, Middle (2022), 36th WC #5, Middle (2019), 41st WC #1, Middle (2019), 30th WC #10, Middle (2018) Ranked 20th in World Ranking. | |
36. | Isac von Krusenstierna | SWE | 21st EOC Middle (2022), 22nd WC #4, Middle (2023), 15th WC #6, Middle (2021), 34th WC #5, Middle (2022), 28th WC #8, Middle (2019), 32nd WC #5, Middle (2019), 6th JWOC Middle (2017), 6th JWOC Middle (2016), 27th JWOC Middle (2018) Ranked 17th in World Ranking. | |
37. | Yannick Michiels | BEL | 55th WOC Middle (2021), 41st WOC Middle (2015), 43rd WC #10, Middle (2018), 56th WC #8, Middle (2019), 76th WC #5, Middle (2022), 43rd WC #7, Middle (2017), 31st WC #13, Middle (2014), 33rd WC #1, Middle (2013), 39th WC #3, Middle (2013) Ranked 123rd in World Ranking. | |
38. | Henry McNulty | AUS | 35th WOC Middle (2023), 71st WC #2, Middle (2023), 75th WC #1, Middle (2019), 92nd WC #8, Middle (2018), 107th WC #7, Middle (2017), 82nd WC #6, Middle (2015), 35th JWOC Middle (2016) Ranked 117th in World Ranking. | |
39. | Zoltan Bujdoso | HUN | Gold JWOC Middle (2022), 7th JWOC Middle (2021), 96th WC #5, Middle (2022), 103rd WC #4, Middle (2023) Ranked 253rd in World Ranking. | |
40. | Ivaylo Kamenarov | BUL | 49th WOC Middle (2017), 56th WOC Middle (2016), 53rd WOC Middle (2015), 53rd WOC Middle (2014), 37th WOC Middle (2010), 41st WOC Middle (2012), 42nd WOC Middle (2007), 115th WC #6, Middle (2015), 59th WC #11, Middle (2010) Ranked 508th in World Ranking. |
Women – previous best sprint results of starters
# | Name | Country | Picture | Results |
1. | Tove Alexandersson | SWE | Gold WOC KO-Sprint (2022), Gold WOC Sprint (2021), Gold EOC KO-Sprint (2021), Gold EOC Sprint (2021), Silver WOC Sprint (2018), Gold EOC Sprint (2018), Gold WC #3, Sprint (2023), Gold WC #2, KO-Sprint (2022), Gold WC #1, Sprint (2022), Gold WC #2, Sprint (2021), Gold WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), Silver WOC Sprint (2014), Gold WC #7, Sprint (2019), Gold WC #6, Sprint (2019), Gold WC #11, Sprint (2018), Gold WC #10, Sprint (2017), Gold WC #8, Sprint (2017), Silver WC #1, Sprint (2017), Gold WC #1, Sprint (2015), Gold WC #14, Sprint (2014), Bronze WC #9, Sprint (2018), Gold WC #2, Sprint (2013), Bronze WC #10, Sprint (2016), Bronze WC #2, Sprint (2016), Silver WC #4, Sprint (2013), Bronze WC #9, Sprint (2014), Bronze WC #5, Sprint (2012), Gold JWOC Sprint (2012) Ranked Gold in Sprint World Ranking. | |
2. | Megan Carter-Davies | GBR | Gold WOC Sprint (2022), Silver WOC KO-Sprint (2022), Silver WC #2, KO-Sprint (2022), 28th WOC Sprint (2018), 16th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 17th EOC Sprint (2021), 28th WOC Sprint (2017), 7th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 9th WC #7, Sprint (2019) Ranked Bronze in Sprint World Ranking. | |
3. | Simona Aebersold | SUI | Silver WOC Sprint (2022), Silver EOC KO-Sprint (2021), Bronze EOC Sprint (2021), 4th WOC Sprint (2021), 5th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), Silver WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), Silver WC #9, Sprint (2019), Bronze WC #1, Sprint (2022), Bronze WC #2, Sprint (2021), Bronze WC #7, Sprint (2019), Gold JWOC Sprint (2018), Gold JWOC Sprint (2017), Gold JWOC Sprint (2016), Gold JWOC Sprint (2015) Ranked Silver in Sprint World Ranking. | |
4. | Natalia Gemperle | SUI | Silver WOC Sprint (2021), Silver WOC Sprint (2017), Silver WC #3, Sprint (2023), Bronze EOC Sprint (2018), 4th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), Silver WC #8, Sprint (2017), 9th WOC Sprint (2018), 7th EOC Sprint (2021), Bronze WC #10, Sprint (2017) Ranked 239th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
5. | Elena Roos | SUI | Silver EOC Sprint (2021), 5th WOC Sprint (2022), 6th WOC Sprint (2021), Silver WC #2, Sprint (2021), 7th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 4th WOC Sprint (2018), Silver WC #7, Sprint (2019), 6th WOC Sprint (2017), Silver WC #10, Sprint (2017), Bronze WC #6, Sprint (2019) Ranked 4th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
6. | Eef van Dongen | NED | Bronze WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 16th WOC Sprint (2021), 21st WOC Sprint (2022), 40th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 66th EOC Sprint (2021), 29th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 40th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 41st WC #1, Sprint (2022), 66th WC #2, Sprint (2021) Ranked 19th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
7. | Lina Strand | SWE | 6th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), Silver WC #1, Sprint (2022), 5th WOC Sprint (2018), 4th EOC Sprint (2021), 15th WOC Sprint (2021), Bronze WC #1, Sprint (2017), 12th WOC Sprint (2017), 4th WC #2, KO-Sprint (2022), 4th WC #2, Sprint (2021), Bronze WC #4, Sprint (2013) Ranked 8th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
8. | Sara Hagström | SWE | 4th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), Bronze WC #3, Sprint (2023), 16th WOC Sprint (2022), 5th EOC Sprint (2021), Bronze WC #9, Sprint (2019), 10th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 5th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 7th WC #2, KO-Sprint (2022), 24th WOC Sprint (2016), Gold JWOC Sprint (2014) Ranked 9th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
9. | Tereza Janosikova | CZE | 7th WOC Sprint (2022), Silver WC #6, Sprint (2019), 10th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 14th WOC Sprint (2021), 6th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 19th WOC Sprint (2018), 12th EOC Sprint (2021), 24th WOC Sprint (2017), Silver JWOC Sprint (2018), Silver JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 5th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
10. | Venla Harju | FIN | 9th WOC Sprint (2022), 4th WOC Sprint (2017), 16th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), Bronze WOC Sprint (2013), 9th WOC Sprint (2014), 9th EOC Sprint (2016), 8th WC #7, Sprint (2019), 6th WC #1, Sprint (2017), 21st WC #1, Sprint (2022) Ranked 17th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
11. | Aleksandra Hornik | POL | 7th WOC Sprint (2021), 18th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 16th WOC Sprint (2018), 19th EOC Sprint (2021), 19th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 14th WOC Sprint (2016), 33rd EOC Sprint (2018), 24th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 8th WC #11, Sprint (2018) Ranked 13th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
12. | Cecile Calandry | FRA | 13th WOC Sprint (2021), 19th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 19th WOC Sprint (2022), 19th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), Bronze JWOC Sprint (2021), 29th EOC Sprint (2021), 19th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 29th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 36th WC #1, Sprint (2022) Ranked 27th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
13. | Ana Isabel Toledo Navarro | ESP | 9th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 17th WOC Sprint (2022), 28th WOC Sprint (2021), 51st WC #3, Sprint (2023), 70th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 24th JWOC Sprint (2019), 58th JWOC Sprint (2018) Ranked 38th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
14. | Hanna Lundberg | SWE | Bronze WC #1, Sprint (2022), 7th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 8th EOC Sprint (2021), Silver JWOC Sprint (2021), 6th WC #2, KO-Sprint (2022), 7th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 8th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 23rd WC #3, Sprint (2023), 15th JWOC Sprint (2019) Ranked 7th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
15. | Florence Hanauer | FRA | 20th WOC Sprint (2021), 25th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 30th WOC Sprint (2022), 25th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 36th EOC Sprint (2021), 25th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 36th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 50th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 57th WC #1, Sprint (2022) Ranked 55th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
16. | Maija Sianoja | FIN | Silver WC #11, Sprint (2018), 27th WOC Sprint (2021), 14th WOC Sprint (2018), 14th EOC Sprint (2021), 7th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 31st EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 10th EOC Sprint (2018), 14th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 10th WC #9, Sprint (2019) Ranked 467th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
17. | Laura Ramstein | AUT | 22nd WOC Sprint (2022), 29th WOC Sprint (2021), 43rd WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 27th WOC Sprint (2018), 29th WOC Sprint (2017), 42nd EOC Sprint (2021), 33rd EOC Sprint (2018), 36th WOC Sprint (2015), 21st EOC Sprint (2016) Ranked 35th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
18. | Eline Gemperle | SUI | 8th WOC Sprint (2022), Gold JWOC Sprint (2019), 16th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 34th EOC Sprint (2021), 12th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 16th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 25th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 34th WC #2, Sprint (2021) Ranked 12th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
19. | Sandra Grosberga | LAT | 25th WOC Sprint (2021), 31st WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 17th WOC Sprint (2018), 10th EOC Sprint (2021), 20th WOC Sprint (2017), 39th WOC Sprint (2016), 10th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 20th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 32nd WC #1, Sprint (2022) Ranked 39th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
20. | Charlotte Ward | GBR | 12th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 17th WOC Sprint (2022), 24th WOC Sprint (2018), 9th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 17th WOC Sprint (2015), 25th EOC Sprint (2018), 30th WC #9, Sprint (2019), 46th EOC Sprint (2016), 37th WC #6, Sprint (2019) Ranked 14th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
21. | Ida Agervig Kristiansson | DEN | 11th WOC Sprint (2022), 18th WOC Sprint (2021), 6th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 30th EOC Sprint (2021), 30th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 70th WC #1, Sprint (2022) Ranked 21st in Sprint World Ranking. | |
22. | Isia Basset | FRA | 31st WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 33rd WOC Sprint (2022), 20th WOC Sprint (2018), 18th WOC Sprint (2017), 16th WOC Sprint (2016), 41st EOC Sprint (2021), 27th WOC Sprint (2015), 29th EOC Sprint (2018), 25th WC #3, Sprint (2023) Ranked 40th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
23. | Victoria Haestad Bjornstad | NOR | 13th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 31st WOC Sprint (2021), 16th EOC Sprint (2021), 19th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 7th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 37th EOC Sprint (2018), 13th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 9th WC #9, Sprint (2019), 16th WC #2, Sprint (2021) Ranked 16th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
24. | Cecilie Friberg Klysner | DEN | 11th WOC Sprint (2021), 7th WOC Sprint (2017), 19th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 18th WOC Sprint (2016), 14th WOC Sprint (2015), 21st EOC Sprint (2018), 88th EOC Sprint (2021), 19th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 16th EOC Sprint (2016) Ranked 62nd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
25. | Ausrine Kutkaite | LTU | 39th WOC Sprint (2022), 42nd WOC Sprint (2021), 58th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 35th WOC Sprint (2018), 28th WOC Sprint (2016), 48th EOC Sprint (2018), 19th WOC Sprint (2013), 32nd EOC Sprint (2014), 74th WC #1, Sprint (2022) Ranked 89th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
26. | Kateryna Dzema | UKR | 13th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 44th WOC Sprint (2021), 42nd WOC Sprint (2018), 34th WOC Sprint (2017), 40th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 40th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 44th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 58th WC #9, Sprint (2019) Ranked 41st in Sprint World Ranking. | |
27. | Ingrid Lundanes | NOR | 22nd WOC Sprint (2022), 24th WOC Sprint (2021), 25th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 39th EOC Sprint (2021), 8th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 50th EOC Sprint (2018), 25th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 39th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 47th WC #3, Sprint (2023) Ranked 24th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
28. | Caterina Dallera | ITA | 31st WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 35th WOC Sprint (2021), 40th WOC Sprint (2022), 89th EOC Sprint (2021), 4th JWOC Sprint (2021), 65th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 77th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 89th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 99th JWOC Sprint (2019) Ranked 85th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
29. | Paula Gross | SUI | 19th WOC Sprint (2021), 7th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 17th EOC Sprint (2021), 7th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 17th EOC Sprint (2018), 19th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 17th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 10th WC #7, Sprint (2019), 13th WC #6, Sprint (2019) Ranked 34th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
30. | Sabine Hauswirth | SUI | 19th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), Bronze WC #8, Sprint (2017), 15th EOC Sprint (2021), 18th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 5th WC #7, Sprint (2019), 5th WC #6, Sprint (2019), 4th WC #9, Sprint (2018), 5th WC #1, Sprint (2017), 7th EOC Sprint (2014) Ranked 26th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
31. | Malin Agervig Kristiansson | DEN | 13th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), Gold JWOC Sprint (2021), 49th EOC Sprint (2021), 10th WC #2, KO-Sprint (2022), 35th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 40th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 49th WC #2, Sprint (2021) Ranked 23rd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
32. | Emma Bjessmo | SWE | 15th WOC Sprint (2022), 11th EOC Sprint (2021), 5th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 31st EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 10th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 28th EOC Sprint (2018), 10th WC #2, KO-Sprint (2022), 11th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 31st WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021) Ranked 15th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
33. | Hanna Wisniewska | POL | 31st WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 42nd WOC Sprint (2022), 37th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 45th EOC Sprint (2021), 37th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 37th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 45th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 81st WC #3, Sprint (2023), 64th WC #6, Sprint (2019), Silver JWOC Sprint (2010) Ranked 44th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
34. | Olena Fedorova | UKR | 25th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 34th WOC Sprint (2021), 31st EOC Sprint (2021), 31st WC #2, Sprint (2021), 83rd WC #3, Sprint (2023) Ranked 37th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
35. | Inka Nurminen | FIN | 10th WOC Sprint (2022), 25th EOC Sprint (2021), 25th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 14th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 14th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 25th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 25th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 9th JWOC Sprint (2019), 8th JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 21st in Sprint World Ranking. | |
36. | Laura Robertson | NZL | 28th WOC Sprint (2022), 23rd WOC Sprint (2018), 37th WOC Sprint (2017), 29th WOC Sprint (2016), 17th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 42nd EOC Sprint (2018), 40th WOC Sprint (2015), 41st EOC Sprint (2016), 52nd WC #6, Sprint (2019) Ranked 73rd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
37. | Tekle Emilija Gvildyte | LTU | 32nd WOC Sprint (2022), 49th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 43rd WOC Sprint (2017), 77th EOC Sprint (2021), 40th WOC Sprint (2014), 77th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 32nd WC #8, Sprint (2017), 96th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 72nd WC #9, Sprint (2019) Ranked 75th in Sprint World Ranking. | |
38. | Vilma von Krusenstierna | SWE | 5th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 13th EOC Sprint (2021), 5th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 13th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 19th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 37th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 5th JWOC Sprint (2018), 17th JWOC Sprint (2017) Ranked 52nd in Sprint World Ranking. | |
39. | Maelle Beauvir | FRA | 32nd WOC Sprint (2021), 31st WOC Sprint (2018), 19th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 63rd EOC Sprint (2021), 19th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 33rd WC #3, Sprint (2023), 63rd WC #2, Sprint (2021), 48th WC #9, Sprint (2019), 54th WC #6, Sprint (2019) Ranked 71st in Sprint World Ranking. | |
40. | Maria Prieto | ESP | 46th WOC KO-Sprint (2022), 21st WOC Sprint (2018), 34th EOC Sprint (2021), 40th EOC KO-Sprint (2021), 34th WC #2, Sprint (2021), 40th WC #1, KO-Sprint (2021), 86th WC #3, Sprint (2023), 96th WC #1, Sprint (2022), 7th JWOC Sprint (2018) Ranked 141st in Sprint World Ranking. |
Men – all
WRE pos sprint |
WRE pos | Name | Country | WRE ID |
1 | 1 | Matthias Kyburz | SUI | 12305 |
2 | 2 | Kasper Harlem Fosser | NOR | 23855 |
3 | 79 | Tim Robertson | NZL | 15525 |
4 | 41 | Ralph Street | GBR | 16782 |
5 | 123 | Yannick Michiels | BEL | 13592 |
5 | 3 | Gustav Bergman | SWE | 7562 |
7 | 8 | Martin Regborn | SWE | 15387 |
8 | 13 | Tomas Krivda | CZE | 28597 |
10 | 23 | Havard Sandstad Eidsmo | NOR | 33052 |
11 | 78 | Jonatan Gustafsson | SWE | 40367 |
13 | 25 | Loic Capbern | FRA | 8188 |
15 | 7 | Joey Hadorn | SUI | 23033 |
16 | 11 | Daniel Hubmann | SUI | 10849 |
17 | 49 | Riccardo Scalet | ITA | 18966 |
18 | 341 | Adrien Delenne | FRA | 19918 |
19 | 98 | Riccardo Rancan | SUI | 18900 |
20 | 203 | August Mollen | SWE | 40563 |
21 | 20 | Max Peter Bejmer | SWE | 7466 |
21 | 22 | Florian Howald | SUI | 10810 |
23 | 106 | Jakob Edsen | DEN | 22688 |
24 | 28 | Martin Hubmann | SUI | 10851 |
25 | 749 | Aleksi Niemi | FIN | 18700 |
26 | 72 | Timo Suter | SUI | 23936 |
27 | 5 | Emil Svensk | SWE | 16905 |
28 | 36 | Michal Olejnik | POL | 14406 |
29 | 47 | Vojtech Kral | CZE | 12187 |
31 | 25 | Eirik Langedal Breivik | NOR | 32770 |
32 | 65 | Akseli Ruohola | FIN | 24217 |
33 | 1394 | Tuomas Heikkila | FIN | 23025 |
34 | 116 | Alvaro Casado | ESP | 28538 |
35 | 42 | Soren Thrane Odum | DEN | 18651 |
36 | 143 | Jonathan Crickmore | GBR | 8598 |
37 | 86 | Tino Polsini | SUI | 28365 |
38 | 153 | Jakub Glonek | CZE | 24672 |
38 | 83 | Algirdas Bartkevicius | LTU | 18826 |
42 | 14 | Jannis Bonek | AUT | 23784 |
43 | 40 | Bojan Blumenstein | GER | 7741 |
45 | 51 | Kenny Kivikas | EST | 11784 |
46 | 120 | Teemu Oksanen | FIN | 28425 |
48 | 247 | Colin Kolbe | GER | 25197 |
49 | 361 | Otto Kaario | FIN | 24205 |
50 | 91 | Jorgen Baklid | NOR | 23859 |
53 | 126 | Francesco Mariani | ITA | 37592 |
54 | 38 | Elias Jonsson | NOR | 23864 |
56 | 1427 | Piotr Parfianowicz | POL | 14642 |
56 | 27 | Mathieu Perrin | FRA | 22868 |
59 | 10 | Ruslan Glibov | UKR | 9910 |
59 | 76 | Erik Doehler | GER | 20178 |
63 | 246 | Nathan Lawson | GBR | 12543 |
65 | 65 | Robert Merl | AUT | 13549 |
66 | 71 | Martin Roudny | CZE | 34087 |
67 | 43 | Fabian Aebersold | SUI | 32449 |
68 | 176 | Oskar Andren | SWE | 21813 |
69 | 90 | Maxime Rauturier | FRA | 20176 |
70 | 176 | Florian Attinger | SUI | 32057 |
71 | 1111 | Matthias Reiner | AUT | 15405 |
71 | 141 | Mats Eidsmo | NOR | 37606 |
73 | 53 | Touko Seppa | FIN | 28434 |
74 | 255 | Andreas Bock Bjoernsen | DEN | 22246 |
76 | 2337 | Wouter Hus | BEL | 20876 |
77 | 285 | Magnus Dewett | DEN | 8831 |
82 | 67 | Jonas Hubacek | CZE | 20162 |
84 | 297 | Cornelius Bjork | NOR | 37729 |
90 | 97 | Isak Jonsson | NOR | 31908 |
94 | 64 | Axel Granqvist | SWE | 33937 |
96 | 168 | Felix Spaeth | GER | 16618 |
97 | 2736 | Warre De Cuyper | BEL | 28066 |
100 | 110 | Mattia Debertolis | ITA | 19153 |
101 | 201 | Sigurd Paulsen Vie | NOR | 40538 |
103 | 190 | Mihaly Ormay | HUN | 25454 |
109 | 429 | Jurgen Joonas | EST | 34104 |
112 | 189 | Jakub Chaloupsky | CZE | 34083 |
114 | 508 | Anselm Reichenbach | GER | 37721 |
115 | 253 | Zoltan Bujdoso | HUN | 33353 |
115 | 336 | Peter Molloy | GBR | 33239 |
117 | 1425 | Peter Hodkinson | GBR | 10688 |
118 | 335 | Pablo Ferrando | ESP | 33659 |
120 | 310 | Jannis Schoenleber | GER | 18897 |
123 | 151 | Csaba Gerber | HUN | 28320 |
124 | 1143 | Guilhem Verove | FRA | 37270 |
126 | 323 | Giacomo Zagonel | ITA | 18340 |
127 | 58 | Matthias Groell | AUT | 10166 |
134 | 226 | Linus Agervig Kristiansson | DEN | 37747 |
135 | 186 | Vilius Aleliunas | LTU | 6891 |
137 | 17 | Isac von Krusenstierna | SWE | 25180 |
138 | 1581 | Sergei Rjaboshkin | EST | 15512 |
139 | 274 | Lukas Novak | AUT | 34161 |
141 | 289 | Fryderyk Pryjma | POL | 21895 |
142 | 574 | Mattia Scopel | ITA | 28355 |
143 | 855 | Andris Jubelis | LAT | 11329 |
144 | 103 | Sebastian Inderst | ITA | 11008 |
146 | 212 | Tomas Lima | POR | 21663 |
148 | 46 | Aaro Aho | FIN | 24285 |
151 | 283 | Mads Skaug | DEN | 25378 |
152 | – | Josh OSullivan Hourihan | IRL | 20394 |
153 | 559 | Hector Sanchis Pont | ESP | 44331 |
154 | 112 | Jacob Steinthal | DEN | 33892 |
157 | – | Freddie Carcas | GBR | 20528 |
180 | 954 | Damian Konotopetz | CAN | 11953 |
184 | 439 | Ahmet Kacmaz | TUR | 11402 |
184 | – | Eddie Narbett | GBR | 24337 |
190 | 572 | Illia Otreshko | UKR | 37415 |
191 | 419 | Kevinas Olisauskis | LTU | 27376 |
193 | 395 | Alvaro Garcia Bernabeu | ESP | 42732 |
194 | 258 | David Rojas | ESP | 33650 |
206 | 390 | Elias Hinge Krogsgaard | DEN | 37748 |
208 | 456 | Ricardo Schaniel | USA | 36515 |
210 | 410 | Rotem Yogev | ISR | 33440 |
213 | 480 | Boyan Ivandjikov | BUL | 28529 |
215 | 384 | Valters Reneslacis | LAT | 28387 |
241 | 701 | Tsz Chun Jason Wong | HKG | 18146 |
254 | 1237 | Hando Allmann | EST | 34107 |
258 | 2162 | Stefan Yordanov | BUL | 25423 |
261 | 1012 | Thomas Laraia | USA | 23272 |
262 | 463 | Colm Moran | IRL | 13814 |
274 | 851 | Chun Ho Li | HKG | 12704 |
295 | 863 | Cheuk Wang Wong | HKG | 18133 |
304 | 45 | Rudolfs Zernis | LAT | 18506 |
307 | 77 | Daniel Vandas | CZE | 28599 |
309 | 149 | Eduardo Gil Marcos | ESP | 13255 |
310 | 1315 | Yi You | HKG | 29493 |
311 | 55 | Mathias Peter | AUT | 14853 |
324 | 1221 | Liam Thiels | BEL | 33122 |
327 | 117 | Henry McNulty | AUS | 13483 |
328 | 1132 | Mathias Barros Vallet | FRA | 37269 |
343 | 459 | Stanislaw Pachnik | POL | 37774 |
366 | 1291 | Petar Borisov | BUL | 33843 |
371 | 594 | Matija Razum | CRO | 15372 |
394 | 1283 | Michael Crone | RSA | 8610 |
396 | 1307 | Aziz Kiziltas | TUR | 37794 |
407 | – | Ryusei Irie | JPN | 42052 |
474 | 182 | Fricis Spektors | LAT | 33558 |
483 | 393 | Thomas Curiger | USA | 18892 |
517 | 542 | Rokas Barauskas | LTU | 34163 |
519 | 600 | Martin Rohac | SVK | 34027 |
575 | 1538 | Marco Anselmo Di Stefano | ITA | 37591 |
586 | 1880 | Keisuke Nemoto | JPN | 42828 |
679 | 161 | Gustav Runefors | SWE | 33947 |
683 | 54 | Quentin Andrieux | FRA | 33894 |
710 | 270 | Nathan Marchand | FRA | 33903 |
1040 | – | Selmar Woertel | NED | 47276 |
1215 | 1411 | Eero Heinonen | FIN | 24822 |
1264 | – | Maksym Balas | UKR | 32395 |
1320 | 1583 | Tihon Salopek | CRO | 43867 |
– | 1185 | Andrii Marchuk | UKR | 44802 |
– | 2394 | Luis Silva | POR | 16307 |
– | 508 | Ivaylo Kamenarov | BUL | 11467 |
– | – | Ricardo Esteves Ferreira | POR | 20662 |
– | – | Takashi Suganami | JPN | 47182 |
Women – all
WRE pos sprint |
WRE pos | Name | Country | WRE ID |
1 | 2 | Tove Alexandersson | SWE | 65 |
2 | 1 | Simona Aebersold | SUI | 23032 |
3 | 20 | Megan Carter Davies | GBR | 844 |
4 | 9 | Elena Roos | SUI | 4961 |
5 | 13 | Tereza Janosikova | CZE | 28127 |
7 | 7 | Hanna Lundberg | SWE | 37614 |
8 | 22 | Lina Strand | SWE | 5654 |
9 | 5 | Sara Hagstrom | SWE | 1997 |
12 | 333 | Eline Gemperle | SUI | 33988 |
13 | 33 | Aleksandra Hornik | POL | 19685 |
14 | – | Charlotte Ward | GBR | 6342 |
15 | 83 | Emma Bjessmo | SWE | 22886 |
16 | 29 | Victoria Haestad Bjornstad | NOR | 23852 |
17 | 6 | Venla Harju | FIN | 4150 |
19 | 113 | Eef van Dongen | NED | 40634 |
20 | 16 | Ane Dyrkorn | NOR | 26755 |
21 | 117 | Inka Nurminen | FIN | 24183 |
21 | 95 | Ida Agervig Kristiansson | DEN | 40702 |
23 | 68 | Malin Agervig Kristiansson | DEN | 36181 |
24 | 24 | Ingrid Lundanes | NOR | 25248 |
25 | 114 | Hedvig Valbjorn Gydesen | DEN | 32310 |
26 | 15 | Sabine Hauswirth | SUI | 2100 |
27 | 50 | Cecile Calandry | FRA | 33897 |
28 | 56 | Martina Ruch | SUI | 18903 |
31 | 110 | Nicoline Friberg Klysner | DEN | 2941 |
32 | 9 | Marie Olaussen | NOR | 4291 |
34 | 24 | Paula Gross | SUI | 18906 |
35 | 75 | Laura Ramstein | AUT | 4800 |
37 | 199 | Olena Babych | UKR | 25660 |
38 | 105 | Ana Isabel Toledo | ESP | 33644 |
39 | 19 | Sandra Grosberga | LAT | 1865 |
40 | 49 | Isia Basset | FRA | 332 |
41 | 87 | Kateryna Dzema | UKR | 25007 |
42 | 110 | Deborah Stadler | SUI | 25987 |
43 | 72 | Emma Louise Arnesen | NOR | 32593 |
44 | 107 | Alva Sonesson | SWE | 33965 |
44 | 32 | Hanna Wisniewska | POL | 6443 |
47 | 77 | Cecilie Andersen | GBR | 19077 |
52 | 123 | Vilma von Krusenstierna | SWE | 28253 |
54 | 18 | Evely Kaasiku | EST | 2672 |
55 | 66 | Florence Hanauer | FRA | 22869 |
57 | 73 | Viktoria Mag | HUN | 34070 |
58 | 121 | Tilda Ostberg | SWE | 32434 |
60 | 175 | Ylvi Kastner | AUT | 28316 |
61 | 196 | Josefine Lind | DEN | 3454 |
62 | 40 | Cecilie Friberg Klysner | DEN | 23304 |
68 | 475 | Tilda Johansson | SWE | 20201 |
71 | 110 | Maelle Beauvir | FRA | 20207 |
73 | 336 | Laura Robertson | NZL | 4916 |
74 | 131 | Jana Peterova | CZE | 34092 |
75 | 136 | Lotte Jauhojarvi Markussen | DEN | 26748 |
75 | 1406 | Tekle Emilija Gvildyte | LTU | 1945 |
80 | 1136 | Zuzana Kovacova | SVK | 43989 |
83 | 99 | Pia Young Vik | NOR | 40246 |
85 | 407 | Caterina Dallera | ITA | 37849 |
89 | 103 | Ausrine Kutkaite | LTU | 3216 |
92 | 173 | Nerea Gonzalez | ESP | 33642 |
93 | 126 | Ragnhild Eide | NOR | 33701 |
93 | 138 | Birte Friedrichs | GER | 22836 |
96 | 93 | Gabija Razaityte | LTU | 4836 |
99 | 139 | Amanda Falck Weber | DEN | 6357 |
101 | 196 | Patricia Nieke | GER | 4138 |
112 | 301 | Leonore Winkler | GER | 22481 |
114 | 87 | Tereza Cechova | CZE | 22097 |
121 | 1210 | Hannula Katrin Pandis | EST | 4407 |
123 | 177 | Anna Nilsson Simkovics | AUT | 5414 |
125 | 265 | Rachel Brown | GBR | 37114 |
127 | 97 | Ida Oebro | DEN | 6734 |
129 | 149 | Barbora Matejkova | CZE | 43691 |
130 | 180 | Paula Starke | GER | 20062 |
130 | 232 | Jana Pekarova | CZE | 37837 |
132 | 386 | Nea Shingler | AUS | 40487 |
135 | 225 | Mariia Tymoshchuk | UKR | 28137 |
136 | 230 | Jessica Lucchetta | ITA | 28359 |
137 | 317 | Tina Tiefenboeck | AUT | 28317 |
139 | 298 | Ana Camarasa | ESP | 22119 |
140 | 47 | Elza Kuze | LAT | 33553 |
141 | 277 | Maria Prieto | ESP | 22997 |
144 | 355 | Annarita Scalzotto | ITA | 34014 |
145 | 519 | Tille De Smul | BEL | 41979 |
146 | 337 | Kirstin Maxwell | GBR | 3796 |
148 | 300 | Mathilde Smedegaard Madsen | DEN | 32788 |
149 | 143 | Annika Rihma | EST | 4894 |
150 | 262 | Kristina Ivanova | BUL | 2458 |
154 | 287 | Marta Guijo Alonso | ESP | 20222 |
156 | 538 | Annabelle Delenne | FRA | 37275 |
160 | 332 | Maddalena De Biasi | ITA | 41689 |
164 | 401 | Mairi Eades | GBR | 32204 |
169 | 211 | Andreya Dyaksova | BUL | 20089 |
172 | 218 | Signe Sirma | LAT | 28386 |
174 | 374 | Evalin Brautigam | USA | 642 |
175 | 366 | Martina Palumbo | ITA | 18991 |
177 | 421 | Anna Eleonora Freimane | LAT | 25176 |
179 | 589 | Olivia Sprod | AUS | 5575 |
181 | 442 | Caterina De Nardis | ITA | 43251 |
183 | 192 | Margret Zimmermann | EST | 6631 |
190 | 486 | Ka Ki Leung | HKG | 3408 |
197 | 325 | Laura Pukite | LAT | 19192 |
200 | – | Danielle Dewickere | BEL | 43772 |
215 | 456 | Alison Campbell | USA | 815 |
226 | 417 | Ying Yau Chu | HKG | 968 |
232 | 779 | Serena Doyle | AUS | 41186 |
237 | 393 | Michele Dawson | AUS | 1142 |
238 | 122 | Rita Maramarosi | HUN | 42228 |
239 | 4 | Natalia Gemperle | SUI | 6259 |
245 | 132 | Hanne Hilo | FIN | 33726 |
246 | 219 | Lene Berg Hanssen | NOR | 33930 |
247 | 46 | Carina Polzer | AUT | 4657 |
260 | 618 | Hei Tung Leung | HKG | 28520 |
263 | 734 | Nikola Zlamalova | CZE | 41690 |
273 | 125 | Olena Pitirimova | UKR | 4616 |
295 | 562 | Moe Matsumoto | JPN | 41350 |
299 | 616 | Pippa Carcas | GBR | 40292 |
333 | 555 | Pui Fung Leona Chan | HKG | 885 |
340 | 21 | Miia Niittynen | FIN | 4161 |
341 | 492 | Salla Isoherranen | FIN | 33724 |
359 | 235 | Anna Groell | AUT | 34159 |
363 | 167 | Filipa Rodrigues | POR | 24882 |
375 | – | Laia Gil Clapera | ESP | 43610 |
405 | 601 | Sarah Rooman | BEL | 41983 |
428 | 742 | Aoife McCavana | IRL | 3811 |
467 | 37 | Maija Sianoja | FIN | 5370 |
468 | 30 | Andrea Svensson | SWE | 20204 |
470 | 36 | Elin Mansson | SWE | 4057 |
473 | 151 | Maiju Oksanen | FIN | 33019 |
481 | 837 | Eadaoin McCavana | IRL | 24003 |
488 | 152 | Juliette Basset | FRA | 24928 |
494 | 182 | Hanna Sudol | POL | 37844 |
507 | 432 | Suzu Masuzawa | JPN | 28094 |
520 | 89 | Aino Mankarla | FIN | 4054 |
544 | 330 | Anna Caglio | ITA | 18989 |
593 | 1396 | Niamh OBoyle | IRL | 4259 |
783 | 1036 | Anastasija Ristova | MKD | 34196 |
785 | 158 | Ewa Bernaciak | POL | 1946 |
879 | 741 | Ugne Gineikaite | LTU | 27003 |
899 | 1248 | Dorja Salopek | CRO | 46662 |
1331 | 835 | Mary Fleming | AUS | 1554 |
What a poor championship sprint course today! Especially compared to the genius coarses set at last years World championships in Denmark.
Routechoices, if any, mostly an evident left or right choice with little significance in time differences.
Not to take away the glory from Kyburz and Hagström, they were worthy winners anyhow.
But part from the courses being too simple, weren’t they also about one minute too short?
I agree, I was not impressed, and it does not make interesting tv either. Italy has so many areas that would be more interesting, and even in this area you could have made courses that would have been a lot more enjoyable, technically challenging and given more interesting TV (due to changes in the lead). I am sure every team made at least 10 legs that were more interesting than the ones we saw today in their preparations…..
I saw the race live in Verona, and must agree. Still, e.g., Kasper Fosser missed one entry, Matthias Kyburz took the slower route choice to control 1 etc. Like Håvard Tveite (R.I.P) once said, if the sprint is easy you can and must run faster until it becomes tricky. Amongst the women, three of the four favourites had significant time losses; Tove Alexandersson, two medium large and two smaller, Simona Aebersold, one large 17-18 s, Megan Carter Davies, one even larger to the same control as Simona (control 13). So Sara Hagström definitely won also due to few and small timelosses, not only high speed. The orienteering part was still the deciding factor in the end.
@Knut: Yes, losing a few seconds on a mistake or a wrong route did decide the race, but due to the nature of the course, only the fastest were in the mix as possible winners at all. When very few can win medals even with a flawless technical race, that makes the race less interesting both for spectators and runners, in my opinion.
> The orienteering part was still the deciding factor in the end.
I’d say running speed was more selective than the orienteering part here. There were other runners with flawless technical races who did not win – for them the running speed was the deciding factor in the end, so that depends on how you look at it, I guess …
Some more information regarding the sprint race on Wednesday, unfortunately unluck and map quality and readability had an important influence on the women race. The reason Tove A. missed the last control was that a large ambulance came and parked between the second last and the last control seconds before Tove arrived to this point. Therefore she could not see the last control visually, and thought she should run on the inside of the ambulance to get to the control and got trapped behind some fence and markers. It is very likely, but not absolutely certain that she lost the gold medal on this “ambulance incident”. Simona`s mistake was due to extremely-difficult-to-read forbidden area towards the 13th control, she tried to cut through a grey corner area, run into forbidden area and got trapped behind some garbage bins. Megan CD did the same mistake, but she had done a large mistake earlier on the leg, too. She took the wrong exit out from the plaza with control 12. Really a pity for the athletes, the organizers and for everybody who loves orienteering. One extra traffic guard and more forbidden area tape on each of these critical locations would have been good, but you cannot have people and tape everywhere either…..
It’s not that the individual sprint yesterday created some unworthy winners, the people on the podium would have been high ranked on any kind of course. They are that good generally and obviously in great shape right now.
And yes, mistakes, big or small, happens on any competition.
I’m mostly disappointed as a spectator that the ambition level on the course setting wasn’t higher. For non orienteerers I think this must have been an even more dull TV experience.
And in real numbers – is winning times around 12 1/2 minutes and result lists screaming for measures in tenths of seconds a good receipt for a championship race?
I must agree with what is stated above. After the splendid courses in Denmark last year and also very nice challenges in the previous world cup in Czechia, this was a real disappointment.
Was it really not possible to make something more interesting and challenging for a European Championship?
@Knut Wiig Mathisen
Wow, the plot thickens! Toves maneuver to the last control looked really strange when it happened.
And yes, looking back on the transmission – there is an extra ambulance put there when Tove arrives.
Well, Tove’s got lots of medals like these, so no big harm from that perspective. But for the championships it’s a clumsy mistake, clearly.
About Simonas and Megans mistakes to 13 – don’t understand why the setters didn’t put full red colour to mark that dead end side alley, instead of the hard to detect raster over the grey area they now chose…