Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA), Baptiste Rollier (SUI), Mikhail Mamleev (ITA), Lina Persson (SWE), Helena Jansson (SWE)/Inga Dambe (LAT) and Anne Margrethe Hausken (NOR) won the qualification heats in todays middle qualification race on a rainy day in the Olomouc area. The finals will be in the same location with the men starting from 15.00 and the women starting from 17.30

Francois Gonon: Out of the final at the Middle distance.
Outsiders out of the finals
Some of the outsiders did not manage the cut to the final – in some heats it was quite tight to qualify with less than 3 minutes behind the heat winner to manage the cut. Notably Mattias Karlsson (SWE) is out after finishing in 19th spot at +3.48 – out with 46 seconds and Francois Gonon is out after finishing in 17th spot at +5.58 – out with 1.48 minutes.
- Results women
- Results men
- Maps will be available after the final, as the courses for the final are partly in the same terrain as the qualification.
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Also Inga Dambe from Latvia won her heat together with Helena Jansson.