Frederic Tranchands victory in  the overall Finnish orienteering league (Huippuliiga) after starting as number 52(!) in the chasing start was the highlight of this orienteering weekend – the start field was very good. There were also very strong start fields in the three Silva League races in Sweden.

In the prestigious live TV-broadcast Huippuliiga final, Tranchand told Finnish TV YLE after the race that he took the race as “a nice relay training”. Tranchand explained that he had tired legs after a lot of training lately, but was happy to still be able to win.

Boström caught

Above you see the first part of the course where Tranchand (in a big field) catches two minutes on Mårten Boström who started alone in the lead. The route choice to number 5 and the mistake at number 7 costs most time. In addition the big field managed to keep higher speed and help each other when doing small mistakes – compared to Boström fighting first alone – and then in a smaller field – up at the front. In the second part of the race Boström looses another 90 seconds – and is finally caught just ahead of the arena passing. The decisive mistake for the lead group consisting of Boström, Anjala, Muukkonen and Suna is at control 26 where a direction mistake costs nearly a minute compared to the chasing group.

 1.    52   Tranchand Frederic              OK Hällen                                44:33
  2.     4   Anjala Topi                     Koovee                                   44:37          +4
  3.     5   Tervo Tuomas                    Rajamäen Rykmentti                       44:40          +7
  4.     1   Boström Mårten                  Lynx                                     44:44         +11
  5.     2   Suna Jussi                      Turun Metsänkävijät                      44:46         +13
  6.    18   Lakanen Jani                    Vaajakosken Terä                         44:50         +17
  7.     3   Muukkonen Petteri               Vehkalahden Veikot                       44:51         +18
  8.    13   Hubmann Martin                  Norway                                   44:52         +19
  9.     8   Dlabaja Tomas                   Rajamäen Rykmentti                       44:53         +20
 10.    10   Howald Florian                  Tampereen Pyrintö                        45:08         +35

Minna Kauppi took the women’s

Minna Kauppi won the women’s race after starting in a big lead – making several mistakes (loosing one minute in the butterfly and more than a minute to 16/17) and being caught by Venla Niemi at control 17. Kauppi had higher speed than Niemi, though, and managed to run away from Niemi again and take the victory. Below you see an autOanalysis between Kauppi and Niemi – click the map for full view.

  1.   101   Kauppi Minna                    Asikkalan Raikas                         43:43
  2.   102   Niemi Venla                     Tampereen Pyrintö                        44:42         +59
  3.   105   Kinni Saila                     Tampereen Pyrintö                        47:54       +4:11
  4.   104   Friederich Rahel                Sweden                                   47:57       +4:14
  5.   109   Haajanen Sofia                  SK Pohjantähti                           48:00       +4:17
  6.   112   Kuuselo Riina                   Tampereen Pyrintö                        48:01       +4:18
  7.   117   Sundberg Karoliina              Lynx                                     48:03       +4:20
  8.   108   Uotila Ulrika                   Koovee                                   48:05       +4:22
  9.   123   Saarimäki Heini                 Angelniemen Ankkuri                      48:09       +4:26
 10.   120   Vinogradova Natalia             Angelniemen Ankkuri                      48:10       +4:27

• GPS autOanalysis: Map part 1 (as seen above, but big size) / map part 2
• GPS-tracking men / women
• Results
• YLE TV broadcast
• Read Tomas Dlabaja’s take on this type of chasing start: Let’s not kill orienteering
• Jani Lakanen writes about his 6th place in the race / Rahel Friedrichs writes about her 4th place in the women’s race

Silva League: Sprint, Middle and Long

Three Silva League races this long weekend – Sprint Thursday, Middle Saturday and Long Sunday. Some observations based on the results:

• Simone Niggli looses twice in a row on Thursday and Saturday – Tove Alexandersson beats her both times. Not often to loose twice in a row for Niggli – but the Swiss superstar came back with a victory on Sunday’s long (but still only 1:30 ahead of Alexandersson). On Saturday’s middle distance Alexandersson was 8 seconds behind at the prewarning – but beat Niggli with three seconds in the end. Niggli also has a clear lead in overall Silva League – but will not start in the final Silva League weekend due to looking after her family and reducing travel.
• Tatiana Riabkina was twice third in the first Silva League weekend – this weekend she took two new third places – placing herself firmly in third spot in the overall Silva League.
• Thierry Gueorgiou is probably angry with himself after loosing more than 2:30 at the second control in Saturday’s middle distance (see map above for the control location). Without this mistake the “King of Middle” would have been all the way on the top of the list – now he god a disappointing 13th place.  His performance in sprint (2nd place) and long (victory with more than 3 minutes) is excellent though – and enough to give him a very clear overall lead in Silva League.
• Fredric Johansson impressed the first Silva League weekend with 2 x 2nd place in the long distance races. On Sunday Johansson showed that really means business this season with yet another 2nd place behind Thierry Gueorgiou.
• Gustav Bergman delivers stable performances – three good races and victory on Saturday, but the top shape is not really there yet. Above you can see a map with an autOanalysis (click for full size) of Bergman’s race compared to Norwegian Bjørn Ekeberg who finished 5th. Stable technical performances by both – but Bergman has higher speed – especially in the last part of the race.
• Matthias Merz has struggled earlier this season – but at the middle distance on Saturday he was up there again with a second place.
• Jonas Leandersson shows excellent performance in sprint – back where he was last spring when he (somewhat surprisingly) won the EOC gold medal. It is also nice to see young Belgian Yannick Michiels steadily improving and getting more stable in sprint – a third place on Thursday’s sprint is excellent.
• Matthias Kyburz did not manage to deliver top performances – 4th in Thursday’s sprint after many small mistakes is below par for last year’s overall World Cup winner.

Long distance Sunday – part of course.

More about the races:

• Map sprint Bergman
• Map middle Bergman (3DRerun for analysis)
• Map long Ekeberg / Bergman (3DRerun for analysis)
• There was no GPS-tracking for these races due to bad GPRS-coverage. See below for results for all races.
• Gustav Bergman’s story about the races
• Matthias Kyburz’ story about the races and the latest time in Sweden

Thursday – Sprint

1	Jonas Leandersson	Södertälje-Nykvarn OF	15:25		4:39
2	Thierry Gueorgiou	Kalevan Rasti	15:33	+0:08	4:41
3	Yannick Michiels	OK Ravinen	15:36	+0:11	4:42
4	Matthias Kyburz	OK Tisaren	15:37	+0:12	4:43
5	Pavlo Ushkvarok	Södertälje-Nykvarn OF	15:42	+0:17	4:44
6	Ralph Street	Södertälje-Nykvarn OF	15:46	+0:21	4:45
7	Gustav Bergman	OK Ravinen	15:50	+0:25	4:47
8	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø	IFK Lidingös Skid o OK	15:57	+0:32	4:49
9	Olle Boström	Järla Orientering	16:00	+0:35	4:50
10	Oskar Sjöberg	OK Linné	16:02	+0:37	4:50

1	Tove Alexandersson	Stora Tuna OK	15:17		5:15
2	Lina Strand	Göteborg-Majorna OK	15:24	+0:07	5:17
3	Simone Niggli	OK Tisaren	15:29	+0:12	5:19
4	Judith Wyder	Göteborg-Majorna OK	15:30	+0:13	5:19
5	Nadiya Volynska	OK Orion	15:31	+0:14	5:19
6	Annika Billstam	OK Linné	15:33	+0:16	5:20
7	Lena Eliasson	Domnarvets GOIF	15:48	+0:31	5:25
8	Alva Olsson	Linköpings OK	15:59	+0:42	5:29
9	Annica Gustafsson	IFK Lidingös Skid o OK	16:10	+0:53	5:33
10	Karolin Ohlsson	Järla Orientering	16:11	+0:54	5:33

Results

Saturday – Middle

1	Gustav Bergman	OK Ravinen	30:45		5:24
2	Matthias Merz	OK Tisaren	31:09	+0:24	5:29
3	Anders Holmberg	Järla Orientering	31:27	+0:42	5:32
4	Johan Runesson	Göteborg-Majorna OK	31:43	+0:58	5:35
5	Bjørn Ekeberg	IL Tyrving	31:44	+0:59	5:35
6	Oleksandr Kratov	OK Orion	32:01	+1:16	5:38
7	Matthias Kyburz	OK Tisaren	32:16	+1:31	5:40
8	Oskar Sjöberg	OK Linné	32:21	+1:36	5:41
9	Peter Öberg	OK Hällen	32:39	+1:54	5:44
10	Eskil Kinneberg	IFK Göteborg	32:42	+1:57	5:45
11	William Lind	Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna	32:44	+1:59	5:45
12	Olle Boström	Järla Orientering	32:59	+2:14	5:48
13	Andreas Kyburz	Tullinge SK	33:00	+2:15	5:48
13	Thierry Gueorgiou	Kalevan Rasti	33:00	+2:15	5:48
15	Jonas Leandersson	Södertälje-Nykvarn OF	33:41	+2:56	5:55

1	Tove Alexandersson	Stora Tuna OK	34:17		7:12
2	Simone Niggli	OK Tisaren	34:20	+0:03	7:12
3	Tanja Ryabkina	Hellas Orientering	34:37	+0:20	7:16
4	Nadiya Volynska	OK Orion	35:31	+1:14	7:27
5	Judith Wyder	Göteborg-Majorna OK	36:31	+2:14	7:40
6	Maria Magnusson	Sävedalens AIK	36:35	+2:18	7:41
7	Annika Billstam	OK Linné	36:40	+2:23	7:42
8	Lina Strand	Göteborg-Majorna OK	36:57	+2:40	7:45
9	Anna (Humlaröd) Persson	FK Göingarna	37:46	+3:29	7:56
10	Annica Gustafsson	IFK Lidingö SOK	38:32	+4:15	8:05
11	Emma Johansson	Domnarvets GOIF	38:44	+4:27	8:08
12	Dana Brozkova	Domnarvets GOIF	38:57	+4:40	8:10
12	Malin Leijon Lind	OK Kolmården	38:57	+4:40	8:10
14	Emma Claesson	Stora Tuna OK	39:13	+4:56	8:14
15	Rasa Ptasekaite	OK Linné	39:15	+4:58	8:14

Results

Sunday Long

1	Thierry Gueorgiou	Kalevan Rasti	1:21:47		5:47
2	Fredrik Johansson	IFK Lidingö SOK	1:25:15	+3:28	6:02
3	Filip Dahlgren	IFK Lidingö SOK	1:25:34	+3:47	6:03
4	Gustav Bergman	OK Ravinen	1:25:50	+4:03	6:04
5	William Lind	Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna	1:25:51	+4:04	6:05
6	Bjørn Ekeberg	IL Tyrving	1:26:08	+4:21	6:06
7	Anders Holmberg	Järla Orientering	1:27:21	+5:34	6:11
8	Johan Runesson	Göteborg-Majorna OK	1:28:04	+6:17	6:14
9	Oleksandr Kratov	OK Orion	1:28:08	+6:21	6:14
10	Martin Regborn	Hagaby GOIF	1:28:11	+6:24	6:14
11	Anton Östlin	Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna	1:30:39	+8:52	6:25
12	Olle Boström	Järla Orientering	1:31:33	+9:46	6:29
12	Erik Rost	Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna	1:31:33	+9:46	6:29
14	Peter Öberg	OK Hällen	1:32:07	+10:20	6:31
15	Albin Ridefelt	OK Linné	1:32:16	+10:29	6:32

1	Simone Niggli	OK Tisaren	1:03:54		6:50
2	Tove Alexandersson	Stora Tuna OK	1:05:32	+1:38	7:01
3	Tanja Ryabkina	Hellas Orientering	1:06:57	+3:03	7:10
4	Annika Billstam	OK Linné	1:07:54	+4:00	7:16
5	Lina Strand	Göteborg-Majorna OK	1:08:59	+5:05	7:23
6	Nadiya Volynska	OK Orion	1:09:58	+6:04	7:29
7	Emma Johansson	Domnarvets GOIF	1:11:02	+7:08	7:36
8	Irina Nyberg	Hellas Orientering	1:11:03	+7:09	7:36
9	Anna (Humlaröd) Persson	FK Göingarna	1:11:22	+7:28	7:38
10	Rasa Ptasekaite	OK Linné	1:11:44	+7:50	7:41
11	Alva Olsson	Linköpings OK	1:11:58	+8:04	7:42
12	Maria Magnusson	Sävedalens AIK	1:12:02	+8:08	7:43
13	Josefine Engström	Alfta-Ösa OK	1:12:47	+8:53	7:48
14	Johanna Sanderi	IFK Lidingö SOK	1:13:40	+9:46	7:53
15	Kristin Löfgren	Varegg Fleridrett	1:13:53	+9:59	7:55

Results

Below a few of the highlights have been collected – there is a lot more to find when you take a look at the GPS-tracking, though… Also take your time to look at some GPS-analysis towards the bottom of this article.

• Note! At the bottom of this post you find links to GPS-tracking for all legs + analysis for some selected cases
• You find all 10Mila GPS-tracking in 3DRerun – just pick the runners you want to compare from this page (can compare runners from different legs – remember to un-tick the Women’s 1st leg map if you don’t want that as a background map)

Leg 1: KOK and KR mistak number one

Bad one for Kalevan Rast and Kristiansand already at the first control – but not crucial.

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Leg 1: KOK looses some more minutes

Now Kristiansand is really loosing it – wrong forking – really, really wrong forking..

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Leg 1: KOK looses some more minutes

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Leg 1: Kalevan Rasti and Halden loose 3-4 minutes

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Leg 2: Paimion Rasti

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Leg 3: Lidingö x 2

This lost the relay for Lidingö – in the lead alone at that point in the race.

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Leg 4: Pan

Pan alone out on the long night – doing a big mistake and needs to relocate at the road.

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Leg 5: This is were it looked like Halden got the decisive gap

… but the Gueorgiou managed to catch Lundanes on the last leg.

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Leg 10: The decisive part – this is were Gueorgiou accelerated past Lundanes

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Some selected autOanalysis

For each case, click the image to get it larger.

Leg 10 – Lundanes versus Gueorgiou:

Leg 4, first part – Kratov chasing down Boström ; a different league!

Leg 1, Kalevan Rasti versus Halden

Leg 1, Kalevan Rasti versus NTNUI

Leg 2, Kalevan Rasti versus Halden

Leg 3, Kalevan Rasti versus Halden

Leg 5, Kalevan Rasti versus Halden

GPS tracking from all legs

- I had a very good flow, but I was still running too fast for my technique, Thierry Gueorgiou said about his opening speed on the last leg of the 10Mila relay 2013 – after leading Kalevan Rasti to victory in 10Mila 2013. - I had the best legs of the winter so far. It felt really easy to run fast.

Thierry Guergiou simply had another speed than Olav Lundanes and the others out there today (above you see the spot where Gueorgiou opened full speed and Lundanes gave up). Kalevan Rasti and Halden served the spectators a very nice fight all the way from the start.

The excitement started already towards the first controls where Kalevan Rasti’s Kiril Nikolov lost a few minutes. In the end Nikolov made around 10 minutes of mistakes on the first leg – but fast running limited the loss to 5 minutes to the lead. Luckily for Nikolov, Halden lost just as much time on this first leg, so it was not cruicial. And the third big favourite Kristiansand: Nearly 18 minutes time loss!!

The greatest performances:

• Kratov’s long night in his black shirt- very impressive catchup – and getting the 11-man group away from all the other teams.
• Gueorgiou’s impressive last leg – winning the relay and the last leg. Only 1 minute ahead of Matthias Kyburz though – also nice to see that Hubmann is back after his compass/GPS-watch problems with a 4th best place on the leg
• Matthias Karlsson’s 5th leg – nearly deciding it for Halden – it looked like the decisive gap, but then Gueorgiou was sooo strong on the last leg. However, Kristiansand’s Jostein Andersen (partially in daylight) was still more than 3 minutes faster – winning the leg with 2 minutes.

Below the cruical part of the excitement from the LiveBlog is replayed leg by leg – enjoy! See all of the LiveBlog here (probably more details than you want:).

Top 10 after 10 legs

Leg 1

And we start in 3 – 2 – 1 …
Sat May 04 2013 16:14:59 GMT-0400 (EDT)

And the race has started!
Sat May 04 2013 16:16:10 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Overview of the first leg
Sat May 04 2013 16:19:22 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Estimated time loss of more than 3 minutes for KR and KOK – looks like this is going to be interesting …
Sat May 04 2013 16:25:39 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Radio 1 – 4.8 km

1 Anatolijs Tarasovs Ärla IF 1 23:48 0:00
2 Vincent Coupat Halden SK 1 23:51 0:03
3 Juuso Metsälä Kalevan Rasti 2 23:52 0:04
4 Ivan Kuchmenko Järla Orientering 2 23:52 0:04
5 Topi Penttinen OK Orient 1 23:52 0:04
6 Antti-Pekka Leskinen Lynx 1 23:53 0:05
7 Juri Kirjanov Hämeenlinnan Suunnistajat 1 23:59 0:11
8 Jonas Nordström Halden SK 2 24:01 0:13
9 Perttu Sorsa Hiidenkiertäjät 1 24:02 0:14
10 Rasmus Skaare NTNUI 6 24:03 0:15
Sat May 04 2013 16:39:37 GMT-0400 (EDT)

They show a huge mistake for KOK at the GPS – 8 minutes lost!
206 Christian Bøen Kristiansand OK 1 31:55 8:07
Sat May 04 2013 16:47:41 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Forest speaker after 8.4:
1. Kiril Nikolov, Kalevan Rasti 1, (No 3)
2. Gernot Kerschbaumer, OK Pan-Kristianstad 1, (No 12)
3. Kristoffer Fiane Pedersen, Ås-UMB Orientering 1, (No 95)
4. Ivan Sirakov, Stora Tuna OK 1, (No 18)
5. Vincent Coupat, Halden SK 1, (No 1)
6. Niklas Serrander, IFK Lidingö SOK 1, (No 6)
7. Anatolijs Tarasovs, Ärla IF 1, (No 37)
8. Ivan Kuchmenko, Järla Orientering 2, (No 75)
9. Niklas Aldén, OK Linné 1, (No 4)
10. Juuso Metsälä, Kalevan Rasti 2, (No 39)
Sat May 04 2013 17:02:42 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Changeover leg 1: Hu & Hei! NTNUI first with Saga!
Sat May 04 2013 17:29:14 GMT-0400 (EDT)

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Interview Vegard Brun Saga, NTNUI:
- It went well. A small mistake on the second long leg. I was with Lidingö. We got a bit to the right, and there was complete chaos. But I fixed it – there was a long row of runners, and I caught up with them.
- I didn’t see so many mistakes. Maybe at the end when we turned – there were some runners who had gambled.
- It is flat, so it is easy to loose control.
- We have trained well, so I think we’ll be in Top 10 until leg 7-8 at least.
- We’ll try hard as long as possible – if everybody is focused we’ll do well.
Sat May 04 2013 17:37:24 GMT-0400 (EDT)

1	Vegard Brun Saga	NTNUI 1	73:25	0:00
2	Niklas Serrander	IFK Lidingö SOK 1	73:29	0:04
3	Kristian Jones	Lillomarka OL 1	73:32	0:07
4	Erik Holmberg	IK Hakarpspojkarna 1	73:34	0:09
5	Niklas Aldén	OK Linné 1	73:35	0:10
6	Carl Petter Lyngen	Frol IL 1	73:36	0:11
7	Vesa Taanila	Ikaalisten Nouseva-Voima 1	73:37	0:12
8	Per Carlborg	Linköpings OK 1	73:38	0:13
9	Matti Koivisto	MS Parma 1	73:38	0:13
10	Mark Nixon	Södertälje-Nykvarn OF 2	73:43	0:18

Leg 2

GPS-tracking leg 2
Sat May 04 2013 17:59:14 GMT-0400 (EDT)

With less than 3 km to go, I think the winner is among the first 10-15 runners
Sat May 04 2013 18:02:15 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Parma and NTNUI – only two lights!
Sat May 04 2013 18:11:59 GMT-0400 (EDT)

“Fantastic mistakes” towards the TV-control, according to the speakers
Sat May 04 2013 18:14:11 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Hans Petter Mathisen (took time to pull down his trousers in the run-in – a tradition the first NTNUI runner Vegard Brun Saga forgot in the excitement when coming first at the first leg)
- Only 8 legs left, so we’ll see.
- We want to have a gap after the long leg.
- Nobody wanted to follow me to the first control, so I thought that it was only old guys who could not keep the speed.
- We ran so slow that I didn’t think we were in the lead, but we obviously where.
- I think we can manage top 10 in the end. We have a good team – better than many think.

Sat May 04 2013 18:22:56 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Leg times leg 2
1. Carl Waaler Kaas 43:54 +0:00, Bækkelagets SK 1 (Now: 4 +3:13, was: 74)
2. Jonas Vytautas Gvildys 44:08 +0:14, Rehns BK 1 (Now: 32 +5:51, was: 81)
3. Johan Högstrand 44:21 +0:27, Markbygdens OK 1 (Now: 39 +6:27, was: 83)
4. Johan Strand 44:33 +0:39, Göteborg-Majorna OK 1 (Now: 11 +3:26, was: 62)
5. Øyvind Helgerud 44:39 +0:45, Halden SK 1 (Now: 14 +3:29, was: 57)
6. Harri Karlsson 44:47 +0:53, OK Denseln 1 (Now: 23 +3:39, was: 59)
7. William Eriksson 44:55 +1:01, Stora Tuna OK 1 (Now: 21 +3:37, was: 54)
8. Martin Härberg 44:58 +1:04, Järla Orientering 2 (Now: 22 +3:37, was: 53)
9. Antti Nurmonen 44:58 +1:04, Kalevan Rasti 1 (Now: 6 +3:18, was: 39)
10. Pål Skogtjärn 45:06 +1:12, Södertälje-Nykvarn OF 1 (Now: 20 +3:36, was: 48)

1	Hans Petter Mathisen	NTNUI 1	119:44	0:00
2	Arto Talvinen	MS Parma 1	119:45	0:01
3	Anders Hedman	IFK Lidingö SOK 1	120:55	1:11
4	Carl Waaler Kaas	Bækkelagets SK 1	122:57	3:13
5	Ludwig Ljungqvist	IK Hakarpspojkarna 1	123:01	3:17
6	Antti Nurmonen	Kalevan Rasti 1	123:02	3:18
7	Lars Skjeset	Frol IL 1	123:03	3:19
8	Johan Kärrström	Tullinge SK 1	123:04	3:20
9	Tero Linnainmaa	Ikaalisten Nouseva-Voima 1	123:07	3:23
10	Erik Thorsson	Turun Metsänkävijät 1	123:09	3:25

Leg 3

The third leg is similar to the first leg
Sat May 04 2013 18:25:29 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Just the leg I put in the RunningWIld for 10mila prep – most went direct then :)
Sat May 04 2013 18:30:21 GMT-0400 (EDT)

KR and Halden close to the lead. None are going to forking F so far…
Sat May 04 2013 18:37:39 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Lidingö loosing its lead now … Bad compass work for Lidingö cost them around 4 minutes here. They actually went to the wrong gaffling (E), and had to relocate and go back. This lost the relay for Lidingö..
Sat May 04 2013 18:39:24 GMT-0400 (EDT)

And another big mistake for Lidingö … still up there having “fun”….
Sat May 04 2013 19:03:09 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Now 2:40 between KR and Halden
Sat May 04 2013 19:09:57 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Lauri Sild – first in on the 3rd leg:
- A lot of unconfidence, because night orienteering is not really my thing.
- I tried to get away several times – I even managed a few times – but then they caught me again. The same happened until the end.
- I like the forkings, so I was no option for the long leg.
Sat May 04 2013 19:53:38 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Leg times
1. Lauri Sild 72:43 +0:00, Hiidenkiertäjät 1 (Now: 1 +0:00, was: 13)
2. Vetle Ruud Bråten 72:45 +0:02, IFK Göteborg 1 (Now: 2 +0:08, was: 18)
3. Martin Vister 72:55 +0:12, Järla Orientering 1 (Now: 4 +0:16, was: 16)
4. Ulf Forseth Indgaard 73:02 +0:19, Frol IL 1 (Now: 3 +0:10, was: 7)
5. Emil Svensk 73:04 +0:21, Stora Tuna OK 1 (Now: 6 +0:30, was: 21)
6. Kent Ohlsson 73:12 +0:29, Södertälje-Nykvarn OF 1 (Now: 7 +0:37, was: 20)
7. Zsolt Lenkei 73:16 +0:33, IFK Moras OK 1 (Now: 10 +3:06, was: 34)
8. Simo-Pekka Fincke 73:31 +0:48, Kalevan Rasti 1 (Now: 8 +0:38, was: 6)
9. Jan Petržela 73:37 +0:54, OK Kåre 1 (Now: 11 +3:26, was: 33)
10. Jakob Lööf 74:03 +1:20, OK Pan-Kristianstad 1 (Now: 13 +3:31, was: 31)

Leg 4

17.9 km – 93 minutes hard core orienteering. Lots of GPS!
Out on the leg we have two groups – the Olle Boström group out in the lead and the Kratov-group around 3 minutes behind.
Sat May 04 2013 19:42:30 GMT-0400 (EDT)

We soon see that Kratov is the master of the night – picking second by second from the Boström group.
Now down to around 1:40 ….
Sat May 04 2013 19:54:26 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Nice camera action! Boström knows what he is doing…
Sat May 04 2013 19:56:59 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Kratov going strong in his black shirt – now down to 1:30 ….
Sat May 04 2013 19:58:29 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Together!
Sat May 04 2013 20:05:35 GMT-0400 (EDT)

How will they find the control? What is your attackpoint?
Sat May 04 2013 20:17:24 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Kratov picked it like a beginner’s control…
Sat May 04 2013 20:21:08 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Control 12 – long leg – the last chance for different route choices?
Sat May 04 2013 20:38:50 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Boström and Kratov split up!
Sat May 04 2013 20:39:03 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Järla going right along with SNO – the rest going left
Sat May 04 2013 20:40:25 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Bad choice by all runners?

- The Kratov-group goes down along the lake – a quite risky choice which luckily for Kratov went well.

- Boström doesn’t trust his own abilities, and just wants to get back to Kratov instead of finishing off his route up on the path.

Sat May 04 2013 20:45:35 GMT-0400 (EDT)

On the way to control 14 – still 11 teams up there in the lead
Sat May 04 2013 20:52:49 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Boström and Kratov dominated the long night leg – here Boström first at the prewarning
Sat May 04 2013 21:05:48 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Boström and Kratov – side by side – after the long night. The two winners of this leg.
Sat May 04 2013 21:10:21 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Interview Kratov:
- No problem that I start some minutes behind. I just went out there to do my job. Run without mistakes.
- I new already before the race that everybody would take my back. I took the black suit to try to keep them away, but it did not help much. But they did not disturb me much.
- The course was nice. Nice long legs and nice orienteering.
- Me or Olle did the orienteering. I took most of the orienteering – but Olle did a lot of the job as well.
- I could have easily been first into the finish if I wanted to, but I worked for the team and wanted to have Erik in second position.
- We don’t think that we can win 10Mila this year – we think that we can be among the best in 2-3 years. Now we will just as good as we can.
Sat May 04 2013 21:18:15 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Interview Olle Boström – first in after the long night leg at 10Mila 2013:
- I was not king of the night – Kratov was.
- The body felt quite good, but I didn’t really get full control on the orienteering
- I got stuck in a green area, and then Kratov came. He was very impressive
- It was not very fast, but very optimized. The few times when Kratov did some small mistakes, I helped
- I tried to do my own thing once because I had good legs, but I didn’t trust myself and fulfill the routechoice to the right
- It was a lot of fun – but Kratov was most impressive today.
- The goal is Top 5 – then we are happy. We’ll see if we can manage even better.
Sat May 04 2013 21:22:32 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Leg times
1. Espen Fiskum 94:27 +0:00, Halden SK 1 (Now: 3 +0:05, was: 16)
2. Oleksandr Kratov 94:28 +0:01, OK Orion 1 (Now: 1 +0:00, was: 12)
3. Sigge Lundedal 94:44 +0:17, OK Denseln 1 (Now: 8 +0:21, was: 15)
4. Artem Panchenko 95:16 +0:49, IFK Moras OK 1 (Now: 9 +0:24, was: 10)
5. Jere Pajunen 97:34 +3:07, Kalevan Rasti 1 (Now: 6 +0:14, was: 8)
6. Bartosz Pawlak 97:37 +3:10, Södertälje-Nykvarn OF 1 (Now: 7 +0:16, was: 7)
7. Olle Boström 97:43 +3:16, Järla Orientering 1 (Now: 2 +0:01, was: 4)
8. Thomas Natvig Årstad 97:48 +3:21, NTNUI 1 (Now: 4 +0:09, was: 5)
9. Patrik Martner 97:59 +3:32, IFK Göteborg 1 (Now: 5 +0:09, was: 2)
10. Johan Asphjell Bjørnaas 98:31 +4:04, Frol IL 1 (Now: 11 +0:43, was: 3)
11. Mikko Patana 98:32 +4:05, Hiidenkiertäjät 1 (Now: 10 +0:34, was: 1)
12. Vilius Aleliunas 100:03 +5:36, Rehns BK 1 (Now: 13 +17:14, was: 43)
13. Erik Rost 100:05 +5:38, Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna 1 (Now: 12 +17:12, was: 41)
14. David Rüedlinger 100:11 +5:44, Leksands OK 1 (Now: 19 +17:28, was: 44)
15. Jonne Lakanen 100:16 +5:49, Vaajakosken Terä 1 (Now: 16 +17:24, was: 42)
16. Dmitry Nakonechnyy 102:52 +8:25, Angelniemen Ankkuri 1 (Now: 26 +18:08, was: 38)
17. Jarno Parkkinen 102:55 +8:28, Rajamäen Rykmentti 1 (Now: 27 +18:11, was: 37)
18. Ari-Pekka Lassila 102:58 +8:31, Koovee 1 (Now: 28 +18:12, was: 36)
19. Otto Simosas 104:04 +9:37, OK Orient 1 (Now: 18 +17:27, was: 33)
20. Jo Indgaard 104:30 +10:03, IFK Lidingö SOK 1 (Now: 23 +17:49, was: 32)

Leg 5

KR going well – Halden loosing some time (but not too much)
Sat May 04 2013 21:29:28 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Looks like a lot of individual orienteering here. 5th leg.
Sat May 04 2013 21:30:46 GMT-0400 (EDT)

GPS standing – around 5 km into 5th leg
Sat May 04 2013 21:46:43 GMT-0400 (EDT)

So, is this were Halden decides 10Mila 2013?
Sat May 04 2013 21:47:35 GMT-0400 (EDT)

KR now 2:20 behind Halden – that is in the category “loosing it” – but still nearly half of the leg left…
Sat May 04 2013 21:48:32 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Matthias Karlsson – did he decide 10Mila 2013 for Halden on leg 5?
Sat May 04 2013 21:54:17 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Kalevan Rasti at 1:57
Sat May 04 2013 21:56:13 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Matthias Karlsson – first to changeover after 5 legs. Sending Emil Wingstedt out on the 6th leg. The fight will be against Hannu Airila for Kalevan Rasti.
Sat May 04 2013 22:10:28 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Leg times
1. Jostein Andersen 56:38 +0:00, Kristiansand OK 1 (Now: 55 +53:48, was: 88)
2. Tobias Noborn 58:40 +2:02, IFK Göteborg 2 (Now: 56 +54:12, was: 81)
3. Oleksandr Starov 59:38 +3:00, OK Denseln 2 (Now: 116 +86:47, was: 136)
4. Mattias Karlsson 59:49 +3:11, Halden SK 1 (Now: 1 +0:00, was: 3)
5. Joakim Svensk 60:09 +3:31, Stora Tuna OK 1 (Now: 33 +28:57, was: 39)
6. Christian Tingström 60:19 +3:41, Göteborg-Majorna OK 1 (Now: 32 +28:55, was: 37)
7. Tomi Mattila 60:43 +4:05, Angelniemen Ankkuri 1 (Now: 11 +18:57, was: 26)
8. Miika Suominen 60:47 +4:09, Rajamäen Rykmentti 1 (Now: 12 +19:04, was: 27)
9. Jouni Heinonen 60:55 +4:17, Koovee 1 (Now: 16 +19:13, was: 28)
10. Adam Chromy 61:36 +4:58, Kalevan Rasti 2 (Now: 34 +33:00, was: 43)

Leg 6

Sorry, no detailed reports from leg 6 – 9

Leg times
1. Baptiste Rollier 54:11 +0:00, Kristiansand OK 1 (Now: 45 +53:31, was: 55)
2. Andreas Boesen 54:15 +0:04, OK Pan-Kristianstad 1 (Now: 21 +27:21, was: 30)
3. Emil Wingstedt 54:28 +0:17, Halden SK 1 (Now: 1 +0:00, was: 1)
4. Hannu Airila 55:05 +0:54, Kalevan Rasti 1 (Now: 2 +2:43, was: 3)
5. Thor Nørskov 55:23 +1:12, IFK Göteborg 1 (Now: 3 +5:11, was: 5)
6. Vili Niemi 55:38 +1:27, Rajamäen Rykmentti 1 (Now: 11 +20:14, was: 12)
7. Juha Sorvisto 55:58 +1:47, Vaajakosken Terä 1 (Now: 15 +23:46, was: 26)
8. Mikko Siren 56:26 +2:15, Angelniemen Ankkuri 1 (Now: 12 +20:55, was: 11)
9. Anders Skarholt 56:43 +2:32, IFK Lidingö SOK 1 (Now: 20 +26:54, was: 28)
10. Rikard Claesson 56:56 +2:45, Stora Tuna OK 1 (Now: 24 +31:25, was: 33)

Leg 7

Leg times:
1. Mats Haldin 35:16 +0:00, Halden SK 1 (Now: 1 +0:00, was: 1)
2. Fabian Hertner 35:29 +0:13, Kalevan Rasti 1 (Now: 2 +2:56, was: 2)
3. Anders Kleist 36:41 +1:25, OK Denseln 1 (Now: 5 +13:19, was: 8)
4. Nicolas Simonin 37:14 +1:58, IFK Lidingö SOK 1 (Now: 15 +28:52, was: 20)
5. Philipp Sauter 37:31 +2:15, Göteborg-Majorna OK 1 (Now: 23 +35:53, was: 29)
6. Espen Hultgreen Weltzien 37:35 +2:19, Järla Orientering 1 (Now: 6 +14:07, was: 7)
7. Vegard Danielsen 37:57 +2:41, Kristiansand OK 1 (Now: 39 +56:12, was: 45)
8. Juha Peltola 38:20 +3:04, MS Parma 1 (Now: 18 +29:37, was: 19)
9. Jonas Bäckström 38:37 +3:21, Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna 1 (Now: 14 +27:25, was: 16)
10. Toni Saari 38:54 +3:38, Vaajakosken Terä 1 (Now: 13 +27:24, was: 15)

Leg 8

Leg times
1. Vojtech Kral 66:19 +0:00, IFK Moras OK 1 (Now: 6 +17:06, was: 9)
2. Leonid Novikov 67:36 +1:17, Hiidenkiertäjät 1 (Now: 8 +17:44, was: 8)
3. Magne Dæhli 68:21 +2:02, Halden SK 1 (Now: 1 +0:00, was: 1)
4. Tomas Dlabaja 68:27 +2:08, Rajamäen Rykmentti 1 (Now: 12 +29:09, was: 17)
5. Philippe Adamski 68:37 +2:18, Kalevan Rasti 1 (Now: 2 +3:12, was: 2)
6. Filip Dahlgren 68:39 +2:20, IFK Lidingö SOK 1 (Now: 13 +29:10, was: 15)
7. Pavlo Ushkvarok 68:58 +2:39, Södertälje-Nykvarn OF 1 (Now: 4 +12:41, was: 4)
8. Jussi Suna 69:03 +2:44, Turun Metsänkävijät 1 (Now: 10 +28:05, was: 12)
9. Lucas Basset 69:04 +2:45, OK Denseln 1 (Now: 5 +14:02, was: 5)
10. Jani Lakanen 69:06 +2:47, Vaajakosken Terä 1 (Now: 11 +28:09, was: 13)

Leg 9

Leg times
1. Martin Hubmann 47:28 +0:00, Kristiansand OK 1 (Now: 26 +57:29, was: 32)
2. Timo Sild 47:35 +0:07, Hiidenkiertäjät 1 (Now: 6 +16:21, was: 8)
3. Øystein Kvaal Østerbø 47:59 +0:31, IFK Lidingö SOK 1 (Now: 10 +28:11, was: 13)
4. Josef Nordlund 48:44 +1:16, OK Linné 1 (Now: 17 +38:54, was: 19)
5. Jan Prochazka 48:48 +1:20, Kalevan Rasti 1 (Now: 2 +3:02, was: 2)
6. Marcus Millegård 48:58 +1:30, Halden SK 1 (Now: 1 +0:00, was: 1)
7. Jonne Lehto 49:30 +2:02, Vehkalahden Veikot 1 (Now: 19 +41:08, was: 22)
8. Erik Johansson 49:51 +2:23, Göteborg-Majorna OK 1 (Now: 18 +40:57, was: 21)
9. Erik Andersson 50:00 +2:32, Järla Orientering 1 (Now: 7 +18:30, was: 7)
10. Christoph Brandt 50:06 +2:38, IL Tyrving 1 (Now: 28 +61:06, was: 33)

Leg 10

Out on the last leg, Olav Lundanes had a gap of 3 minutes to Thierry Gueorgiou. Gueorgiou started hard – but made many small mistakes. Thus the distance was stable for a long time, until it suddenly started to go down second by second after around 5 km of running….

Now down to 2:15 between Halden and KR
Sun May 05 2013 02:03:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)

2:15 …. 2:13 ….. 2:11 …. 2:08 … going down, down, down..
Sun May 05 2013 02:06:10 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Interview with Halden’s relay coach Tore Sandvik:
- I don’t envy Lundanes the job he has now
- I told him to go offensive. He knows what to do, so I did not have to tell him much.
- Everything can happen, but Olav has had problems this winter with sickness and infection, and is not back in top shape. So it will be a tough task.
- 10Mila is a big motivation factor for all of Halden – 10Mila is very important for the club
Sun May 05 2013 02:08:03 GMT-0400 (EDT)

2:02..
Sun May 05 2013 02:08:49 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Guergiou on the chase – now 1:22 behind with nearly 10 km left to go…
Sun May 05 2013 02:11:57 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Still more than one minute..
Sun May 05 2013 02:14:14 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Leg times until first radio at 4.8 km
1. Anders Holmberg 16:05 +0:00, Järla Orientering 1 (Now: 5 +18:04, was: 7)
2. Valentin Novikov 16:16 +0:11, Hiidenkiertäjät 1 (Now: 4 +16:06, was: 6)
3. Thierry Gueorgiou 16:24 +0:19, Kalevan Rasti 1 (Now: 2 +2:55, was: 2)
4. Olav Lundanes 16:31 +0:26, Halden SK 1 (Now: 1 +0:00, was: 1)
5. Erik Liljequist 17:31 +1:26, Södertälje-Nykvarn OF 1 (Now: 3 +15:17, was: 4)
6. Olle Kalered 21:29 +5:24, OK Denseln 1 (Now: 6 +20:35, was: 5)
Sun May 05 2013 02:17:03 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Small mistake by Lundanes – now down to 50 seconds
Sun May 05 2013 02:21:10 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Kinneberg “best of the pack” – in 3rd place for IFK Göteborg
Sun May 05 2013 02:22:17 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Fredrik Johansson continuing his good spring – going fastest to 3.4 km so far:
1. Fredrik Johansson 15:49 +0:00, IFK Lidingö SOK 1 (Now: 8 +27:29, was: 10)
2. Anders Holmberg 16:05 +0:16, Järla Orientering 1 (Now: 5 +18:04, was: 7)
3. Valentin Novikov 16:16 +0:27, Hiidenkiertäjät 1 (Now: 4 +16:06, was: 6)
Sun May 05 2013 02:23:18 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Leg times until 6.6 km – now Gueorgiou is fastest for now
1. Thierry Gueorgiou 32:09 +0:00, Kalevan Rasti 1 (Now: 2 +1:22, was: 2)
2. Eskil Kinneberg 32:53 +0:44, IFK Göteborg 1 (Now: 3 +11:48, was: 3)
3. Olav Lundanes 33:49 +1:40, Halden SK 1 (Now: 1 +0:00, was: 1)
4. Erik Liljequist 34:00 +1:51, Södertälje-Nykvarn OF 1 (Now: 4 +14:28, was: 4)
Sun May 05 2013 02:25:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Down to below 40 seconds…
Sun May 05 2013 02:26:48 GMT-0400 (EDT)

They split up …
Sun May 05 2013 02:32:11 GMT-0400 (EDT)

No big differences in route choice
Sun May 05 2013 02:33:06 GMT-0400 (EDT)

No more forking for the rest of the course…
Sun May 05 2013 02:33:29 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Together!
Sun May 05 2013 02:36:56 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Now Thierry is running at the front
Sun May 05 2013 02:37:20 GMT-0400 (EDT)

KR getting a gap!
Sun May 05 2013 02:41:51 GMT-0400 (EDT)

The gap is increasing by the second
Sun May 05 2013 02:43:07 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Lundanes starts doing some desperate route choices now – getting really tired
Sun May 05 2013 02:44:05 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Now at around 1:30
Sun May 05 2013 02:46:25 GMT-0400 (EDT)

4 controls to go …
Sun May 05 2013 02:47:44 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Forest speaker: “Lundanes understands that he has lost this. He is now jogging”
Sun May 05 2013 02:48:45 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Gueorgiou all alone after 14.4 km of the last leg
Sun May 05 2013 02:50:17 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Congratulations to Thierry Gueorgiou & Kalevan Rasti!
Sun May 05 2013 02:55:13 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Up in the air!
Sun May 05 2013 02:55:39 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Nearly 10 minutes mistake on the first leg for Nikolov & KR – still victory!
Sun May 05 2013 02:55:57 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Lundanes into second for Halden – beaten & tired
Sun May 05 2013 02:57:12 GMT-0400 (EDT)

That cost a lot for Lundanes!
Sun May 05 2013 02:57:28 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Interview Gueorgiou:
- It was not the best Lundanes, I could see it
- I had the best legs of the winter so far. It felt really easy to run fast
- On the way to the 2nd leg, I had no idea where I was. I felt that I lost the game. Then I said I had just to run it control by control as fast as I can. I had a very good flow, but I was still running too fast for my technique.
- It was going good, but I had no idea how big the gap was. I then saw Olav on the field, and I saw that there were many kilometers left, so I calmed down a bit so I could catch him.
- Normally Olav is in better shape, so it would normally be harder to catch him.
- We had very good team spirit. We said it yesterday ; it is us against the rest.
- Some had not perfect performance, but I think it was a perfect race all in all.
Sun May 05 2013 03:00:54 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Fight for third: Looks like Göteborg takes it
Sun May 05 2013 03:03:55 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Göteborg in 3rd spot
Sun May 05 2013 03:10:34 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Liljequist is not used to running into the finish along with his team – outsprints them on the way to the finish. In for 4th spot
Sun May 05 2013 03:12:01 GMT-0400 (EDT)

5th place for Hiidenkiertäjät (I actually liked the name Delta better) – with Valentin Novikov
Sun May 05 2013 03:13:00 GMT-0400 (EDT)

6th for Järla – without top performance
Sun May 05 2013 03:16:59 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Denseln in to 7th
Sun May 05 2013 03:24:12 GMT-0400 (EDT)

8th place for Mora
Sun May 05 2013 03:25:22 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Lidingö 9th – easy for Fredrik Johansen against Anders Nordberg
Sun May 05 2013 03:26:58 GMT-0400 (EDT)

10th place for VaTe with Nordberg
Sun May 05 2013 03:27:26 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Top 10

Leg times (not a really bad race for Lundanes – just a very good race by Gueorgiou)
1. Thierry Gueorgiou 75:18 +0:00, Kalevan Rasti 1 (Now: 1 +0:00, was: 2)
2. Matthias Kyburz 76:24 +1:06, OK Tisaren 1 (Now: 12 +40:19, was: 21)
3. William Lind 77:33 +2:15, Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna 1 (Now: 13 +40:22, was: 20)
4. Daniel Hubmann 78:14 +2:56, Kristiansand OK 1 (Now: 22 +57:23, was: 26)
5. Valentin Novikov 79:45 +4:27, Hiidenkiertäjät 1 (Now: 5 +17:46, was: 6)
6. Anders Nordberg 80:05 +4:47, Vaajakosken Terä 1 (Now: 10 +32:31, was: 11)
7. Marc Lauenstein 80:13 +4:55, Vehkalahden Veikot 1 (Now: 19 +43:01, was: 19)
8. Oskar Sjöberg 80:50 +5:32, OK Linné 1 (Now: 16 +41:24, was: 17)
9. Erik Liljequist 80:51 +5:33, Södertälje-Nykvarn OF 1 (Now: 4 +16:48, was: 4)
10. Fredric Portin 80:55 +5:37, Paimion Rasti 1 (Now: 33 +79:37, was: 37)
11. Eskil Kinneberg 81:02 +5:44, IFK Göteborg 1 (Now: 3 +15:26, was: 3)
12. Olav Lundanes 81:17 +5:59, Halden SK 1 (Now: 2 +2:57, was: 1)
13. Severi Kymäläinen 81:23 +6:05, Tampereen Pyrintö 1 (Now: 30 +71:42, was: 33)
14. Anders Holmberg 81:39 +6:21, Järla Orientering 1 (Now: 6 +21:49, was: 7)
15. Fredrik Johansson 82:16 +6:58, IFK Lidingö SOK 1 (Now: 9 +32:07, was: 10)
Sun May 05 2013 03:27:53 GMT-0400 (EDT)

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[GPS-tracking highlights & short interviews] A very happy Lena Eliasson took Domnarvet to victory in the women’s class in 10Mila. – I had a fantastic flow today. I knew where I was all the way. On the way I thought that “I am nearly 32 years old, and it is not until now that I understand how it works”.

• WorldofO.com followed the race on a LiveBlog here [permalink]
• This post summarizes the most important parts of the LiveBlog

Final results – top 6:

1 Domnarvets GOIF (Lena Eliasson) 1 247:15 0:00
2  Halden SK (Mari Fasting) 1 248:55 1:40
3  OK Tisaren (Simone Niggli) 1 249:14 1:59
4  Hellas Orientering (Tanja Ryabkina) 1 249:20 2:05
5  Tampereen Pyrintö (Venla Niemi) 1 251:13 3:58
6 IFK Lidingö SOK (Ines Brodmann)1 251:19 4:04

Leg times last leg for Top teams:
1. Simone Niggli 57:59 +0:00, OK Tisaren 1 (Now: 3 +1:59, was: 8)
2. Tanja Ryabkina 58:00 +0:01, Hellas Orientering 1 (Now: 4 +2:05, was: 10)
3. Venla Niemi 60:57 +2:58, Tampereen Pyrintö 1 (Now: 5 +3:58, was: 6)
4. Lena Eliasson 61:04 +3:05, Domnarvets GOIF 1 (Now: 1 +0:00, was: 1)
5. Mari Fasting 62:15 +4:16, Halden SK 1 (Now: 2 +1:40, was: 2)
6. Ines Brodmann 64:26 +6:27, IFK Lidingö SOK 1 (Now: 6 +4:04, was: 3)

1st leg

Haldin & Halden first after the first leg!

Haldin:

- I had a challenge in one place. I was very uncertain. But we have trained for that, so I did what I have trained for. I stopped, took my time, and found out where I was. It was around the first control. After that it went well.
- It is sad that Hausken is not on the team, but we have a strong team.
- What counts is to make your own race, and not get stressed.

2nd leg

Leg times 2nd leg
1. Emma Klingenberg 47:25 +0:00, OK Pan Århus 1 (Now: 9 +2:45, was: 87)
2. Outi Ojanen 48:23 +0:58, Kangasala SK 1 (Now: 6 +2:11, was: 61)
3. Linnea Gustafsson 48:57 +1:32, OK Hällen 1 (Now: 4 +1:38, was: 41)
4. Anni-Maija Fincke 49:25 +2:00, Tampereen Pyrintö 1 (Now: 1 +0:00, was: 9)
5. Johanna Sanderi 49:37 +2:12, IFK Lidingö SOK 2 (Now: 11 +2:55, was: 53)
6. Bodil Holmström 50:19 +2:54, Halden SK 1 (Now: 2 +0:26, was: 1)
7. Aino Mänkärlä 50:41 +3:16, Lynx 1 (Now: 12 +3:02, was: 27)
8. Isia Basset 51:00 +3:35, OK Denseln 1 (Now: 13 +4:39, was: 59)
9. Dana Brozkova 51:05 +3:40, Domnarvets GOIF 1 (Now: 3 +1:31, was: 3)
10. Vroni König-Salmi 51:21 +3:56, Paimion Rasti 1 (Now: 5 +1:50, was: 5)

Anni-Maija Fincke:

- It was quite easy today. Good visibility. I only watched my compass and run quite straight.
- I understood I was in the lead quite in the beginning.
- We have a good end of the relay. I trust our runners.
- My shape is getting better and better – at least now I can run again.

3rd leg

Results

Leg times 3rd leg
1. Annica Gustafsson 36:52 +0:00, IFK Lidingö SOK 1 (Now: 1 +0:00, was: 7)
2. Emily Kemp 38:29 +1:37, OK Linné 1 (Now: 15 +6:39, was: 41)
3. Maja Pettersson 38:36 +1:44, OK Kolmården 1 (Now: 18 +6:47, was: 42)
4. Line Søderlund 38:39 +1:47, CopenhagenO 1 (Now: 16 +6:43, was: 38)
5. Helena Andersson 38:50 +1:58, OK Tisaren 1 (Now: 14 +6:38, was: 33)
6. Kajsa Nilsson 39:02 +2:10, Halden SK 1 (Now: 2 +0:24, was: 2)

Annica Gustafsson:

- It was a good race. I had the feeling that it was not really fast, but I had the flow.
- I focused on my own race. I barely saw TP, but Halden I saw many times during the race.
- I felt before the race that I needed to take a lot of initiative myself, but into the controls I used the runners around me.
- I took a good route choice to the first control – going a path to the left – most others went right.

4th leg

Leg times 4th leg
1. Emma Johansson 46:19 +0:00, Domnarvets GOIF 1 (Now: 1 +0:00, was: 7)
2. Annika Billstam 47:07 +0:48, OK Linné 1 (Now: 7 +4:27, was: 15)
3. Irina Nyberg 47:23 +1:04, Hellas Orientering 1 (Now: 10 +5:09, was: 28)
4. Lilian Forsgren 47:45 +1:26, OK Tisaren 1 (Now: 8 +5:04, was: 14)
5. Judith Wyder 48:32 +2:13, Göteborg-Majorna OK 1 (Now: 12 +6:22, was: 29)
6. Maja Alm 48:33 +2:14, OK Pan Århus 1 (Now: 5 +3:17, was: 8)
7. Anna Mårsell 48:49 +2:30, Stora Tuna OK 1 (Now: 29 +15:47, was: 52)
8. Eva Jurenikova 49:24 +3:05, Halden SK 1 (Now: 2 +0:29, was: 2)
9. Helena Karlsson 50:01 +3:42, IFK Lidingö SOK 1 (Now: 3 +0:42, was: 1)
10. Marika Teini 50:07 +3:48, SK Pohjantähti 1 (Now: 21 +11:52, was: 36)

4th leg, prewarning: Emma Johansson in the lead with Domnarvets GoIF – 2 seconds ahead of Lidingö with Halden in third (+23 seconds)

Halden still favourite? Here Jurenikova on the prewarning on the second last leg (+23 seconds in third spot)

Emma Johansson:
- The plan was to run fast, and brake down towards the controls. I felt well. I didn’t see them until late in the course.
- We have had a good feeling in the team all the way towards 10Mila. This is the big goal for all of the club, so I hope Lena will do a good job.
- I think this is good terrain for Lena Eliasson.

The last leg

-> All 10 first teams have a theoretical chance of winning this relay.

Standing after leg 4:
—————————-
1 Emma Johansson Domnarvets GOIF 1 186:11 0:00
2 Eva Jurenikova Halden SK 1 186:40 0:29
3 Helena Karlsson IFK Lidingö SOK 1 186:53 0:42
4 Ausrine Kutkaite Södertälje-Nykvarn OF 1 189:25 3:14
5 Maja Alm OK Pan Århus 1 189:28 3:17
6 Saila Kinni Tampereen Pyrintö 1 190:16 4:05
7 Annika Billstam OK Linné 1 190:38 4:27
8 Lilian Forsgren OK Tisaren 1 191:15 5:04
9 Laura Lammila Paimion Rasti 1 191:20 5:09
10 Irina Nyberg Hellas Orientering 1 191:20 5:09

GPS-tracking – into the last leg

GPS-tracking first part of last leg

2 x 30 seconds mistake for Halden – here is the second one

Last leg – control 6-11: Some challenging legs ahead. Need to know your compass here – both Eliasson and Fasting could loose some seconds here.

Looks like the gap from the two top teams and down to the followers is quite large. I think Tisaren is missing in this picture

Tisaren soon up in third spot – but still at around 4:00

GPS tracking towards control 11 on last leg

Halden now at 2:23 – 6.7 km at last leg

Niggli on the chase! 3:12 up to Eliasson – nearly 4 km to go. Is it possible for Niggli?

Looks like Eliasson did a good choice!

Eliasson still going strong towards control 12

Eliasson still going strong at control 14

Niggli mistake – costing the 2nd place

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Relay information: Legs & leg lengths

As always in 10Mila – 10 legs for the men – 5 legs for the women:

• The men run from 7.0 km (7th leg, ungaffled) to 17.9 km (4th leg,”Långa natten” – the long night, ungaffled). All legs except for the 4th leg and the 7th leg are gaffled. The 4 first leg are run in darkness – the 6th and 7th in dawn, and the three last legs in daylight. Start is at 22:15 CET – finish at 08:34.
• The women run from 5.9 km (third leg, ungaffled) to 10.3 km (last leg). All legs except for the third leg are gaffled. Start is at 14:30 CET – finish at 18:33.
• See also PM – Up-to-date race information and 10Mila 2013 webpage

10MILA-kavlen

Damkavlen

The Teams & The Favourites

Kalevan Rasti is the biggest favourite this year with Fabian Hertner, Philippe Adamski, Jan Prochazka and Thierry Gueorgiou on the last leg. Last year’s winner Halden is tipped as the second strongest team – although last leg runner Olav Lundanes has not shown top shape lately. The last four runners on Halden are Mats Haldin, Magne Dæhlie, Marcus Millegård and Olav Lundanes. The third top favourite team is Kristiansand – 2nd last year – with Vegard Danielsen, Hans Gunnar Omdal, Martin Hubmann and Daniel Hubmann on the last four legs. 10Mila 2013 is however about a lot more than these three teams – including the outsiders more than 10 teams can win in the end. See the team setups of the three top favourites below [may be changed!].

In the women’s class, Halden is the favourite along with OK Tisaren, Tampereen Pyrintö and Pan Århus. Halden has Anne Margrethe Hausken out with injury, but still has a strong team with Eva Jurenikova and Mari Fasting on the last two legs. For OK Tisaren it is all about how good the four first runners will serve Simone Niggli: 2 -3 – maybe 4 minutes could be possible on the 10 km long last leg for the Swiss star? Look out for the Danish favourite team Pan Århus – they might very be the winners on Saturday with a very strong all-Danish team. See the team setups of the four top favourites below [may be changed!].

• Set up your 10Mila 2013 Tip here: Top 5 Men & Women
• 10Mila startlist and running order
• 10Mila videos: Get in the 10Mila mood!
• Results 2012 and Results 2011 men / women

1		Halden SK 1	22:15
1		1. Vincent Coupat
1		2. Øyvind Helgerud
1		3. Erik Axelsson
1		4. Espen Fiskum
1		5. Mattias Karlsson
1		6. Emil Wingstedt
1		7. Mats Haldin
1		8. Magne Dæhli
1		9. Marcus Millegård
1		10. Olav Lundanes

3		Kalevan Rasti 1	22:15
3		1. Kiril Nikolov
3		2. Antti Nurmonen
3		3. Simo-Pekka Fincke
3		4. Jere Pajunen
3		5. Jarkko Huovila
3		6. Hannu Airila
3		7. Fabian Hertner
3		8. Philippe Adamski
3		9. Jan Prochazka
3		10. Thierry Gueorgiou

2		Kristiansand OK 1	22:15
2		1. Christian Bøen
2		2. Mats Dahlén
2		3. Eirik Martens Svensen
2		4. Rasmus Djurhuus
2		5. Jostein Andersen
2		6. Baptiste Rollier
2		7. Vegard Danielsen
2		8. Hans Gunnar Omdal
2		9. Martin Hubmann
2		10. Daniel Hubmann

501		Halden SK 1	14:30
501		1. Vendula Haldin
501		2. Bodil Holmström
501		3. Kajsa Nilsson (FK Göingarna)
501		4. Eva Jurenikova
501		5. Mari Fasting
502		OK Tisaren 1	14:30
502		1. Andrea Svensson (Finspångs SOK)
502		2. Claire Ward
502		3. Helena Andersson
502		4. Lilian Forsgren (Chalmers OL)
502		5. Simone Niggli
503		Tampereen Pyrintö 1	14:30
503		1. Riina Kuuselo
503		2. Anni-Maija Fincke
503		3. Tytti Kirvesmies
503		4. Saila Kinni
503		5. Venla Niemi

512		OK Pan Århus 1	14:30
512		1. Signe Klinting
512		2. Emma Klingenberg
512		3. Miri Thrane Ødum
512		4. Maja Alm
512		5. Ida Bobach

Live services: How to follow the race

Unfortunately, no official LiveBlog is planned at WorldofO.com this year as the LiveBlogging software CoveritLive is now very expensive to use. I might test an alternative LiveBlog service during the night, though – check out WorldofO.com around the start of the men’s race to check it out!

• Online Web-TV (costs 100 SEK) and Web Radio (free – Swedish or Finish)
• 10Mila Android, iPhone and Windows Phone Apps
• Live GPS tracking will probably (as usually) only be available via Web TV (and not in GPSSeuranta) during the event – full tracking is usually made public after the event. Tracking is planned for all legs in both men’s and women’s relay.

• Replay of LiveBlog 2012, Replay of LiveBlog 2011, replay of LiveBlog 2010 and LiveBlog 2009. From the 2010 edition; Thierry Gueorgiou: - It feels good. We have been so frustrated so many years. Now it feels really good. There is no better feeling than running in front. It just felt like an easy training on a Sunday morning. This year we were very well prepared. It is one of the last goals of my career. So now it is only left the long distance at the WOC.
• Replay of GPS tracking 10Mila 2010

Old maps & preparations

• Old map of the 10Mila area / map 2
• 10Mila preparations in RunningWild (draw your route on a course on the old map of the area): Course 1, course 2, course 3, course 4
• Where in the World is 10Mila 2013? (Just north of Stockholm)

Old map over part of 10Mila 2013 area

What is your favourite 10Mila video?

Do you know about more great 10Mila videos which can set the WorldofO.com readers in the right mood? Please add a comment below – and I’ll update the post accordingly… All videos are courtesy of either YouTube.com or Blip.TV.

Note! This is a repost from 2012 with some more videos added!

10Mila 2012 – Summary Men

10Mila 2012 – Summary Women

10Mila 2012 – Start Men

10Mila 2011 – The start

(see also summary of the 2011 women relay)

10Mila 2011 – Summary video

10Mila 2010 – The start

10Mila 2008 – Petzl video

10Mila 2010 – 3DRerun demo from decisive 3rd leg

10Mila 2008 – Slow Motion video (really sets you in the mood…)

10Mila 2008 – Summary from WebTV broadcast

10Mila 2007 – Tracking highlights

10Mila 2006 – suggestion from Ivan Banov

10Mila 2005

Thanks to comment below from Magnus

10Mila 2003

10Mila 2002

10Mila 1998

Nice story from Asplövet to go with the video

10Mila 1998 (2)

10Mila 1995(1)

10Mila 1995(2)

10Mila 1994

10Mila 1993

10Mila 1992

10Mila 1990

10Mila 1989(1)

10Mila 1989(2)

10Mila 1989(3)

10Mila 1988

10Mila 1987

10Mila 1986

10Mila 1985

10Mila 1984

• Set up your Top 5 tips here
• See the tips of others here

A quick favourite preview below (but without doing all the research yet). Who is your favourite – and why? Please add a comment below and let me know the reasoning behind your tips. Good comments will be “lifted” into this article with an attribution :)

An interesting comment from “.j.”:

Due to the late spring (in Scandinavia) many runners even in the top teams have only a few relevant races behind them this season. Thus predicting is a bit more uncertain than usual and we may see some unexpected failures. On the other hand, the fast terrain will keep the pack together well into the race. In the end, I have hard time seeing how anyone could beat Kalevan Rasti this year.

Men

• Kalevan Rasti. Winner 2011 – third in 2012. Biggest favourite along with Halden
• Halden. Winner 2012 – favourite also this year along with Kalevan Rasti. Although one of our commenters has not got high hopes for Halden this year: “Three major players are out or very reduced: Boback, Dæhli and Lundanes (Best case: Top 10) My guess: Wingstedt on last leg!” I think the commenter is too pessimistic, and that Halden will fight for Top 3 – and I think Wingstedt will be very strong indeed …
• Vaajakosken Terä. Named as favourite by many – only 14th in 2012.
• Kristiansand OK. Second in 2012 – have they got the winning team this year?
• IFK Göteborg
• Malungs “Good self confidence after a redemptive 2:nd place at Jukola 2012?” (comment by Tyler)
• Järla
• OK Linné
• OK Orion
• IFK Lidingö
• OK Tisaren

Women

• Halden. (Commenter below says: Three major players are out or very reduced: Hausken, Dodin and Bjørgul)
• OK Tisaren
• OK Pan Århus
• Tampereen Pyrintö
• OK Linné
• Domnarvets GOIF
• IFK Lidingö
• Sävedalens AIK

• See also GPS analysis Saturday’s race (including some brief illustrations from FinnSpring and Norwegian Cup)

Big Swedish surprise

But mistakes in the control circle took the victory chances away for the Swede

The big surprise this weekend is Fredrik Johansson (Sweden) – with two times second spot behind Gueorgiou. For big parts of the course Johansson was on par – or even faster – than Gueorgiou – but mistakes in the control circle took the victory chances away for the Swede. Johansson was on the Swedish silver medal team at EOC last year – but has taken another step this year.

- I decided to take a step up this year, and have trained a lot more than previous seasons. I also have managed not to get sick, Johansson told after his second place on Saturday.

With another second place on Sunday, Johansson appears as a candidate for the Swedish WOC team – and a medal candidate at WOC.

Behind Johansson and Gueorgiou, Valentin Novikov (3rd Sunday, 4th Saturday) and Oleksandr Kratov (3rd Saturday) confirm that they aim for the medals this year. Also include the Swedish “Golden 90’s” Gustav Bergman and Johan Runesson – both have had a good spring season so far and finished Top 6 both days. Peter Öberg ran only Sunday – but shows that his shape is close to where it should be – Öberg will again be fighting for the Middle distance medals at WOC this year.

Unstable Swiss performance

But next weekend at 10Mila that can already be changed – their physical shape (especially for Kyburz) seems to be good

Absent from the top of the results list are the Swiss runners. Brilliant in parts of the course – exceptional big mistakes in other parts of the course. Daniel Hubmann (several big mistakes), Matthias Kyburz and Matthias Merz have not got their orienteering fine tuned for Nordic terrain yet. But next weekend at 10Mila that can already be changed – their physical shape (especially for Kyburz) seems to be good.

The two Norwegians on the start – Olav Lundanes and Magne Dæhlie – did also not manage to impress this weekend. Note that the rest of the Norwegian’s have been busy with important national races in Norway where Emil Wingstedt(!) won the long distance chasing start ahead of Hans Gunnar Omdal and Bjørn Ekeberg. Anders Nordberg and Carl Waaler Kaas among others got disqualified already in Saturday’s middle distance race. The Finnish runners have been busy with FinnSpring – Saturdays’s individual long distance race being won by Topi Anjala.  Finnish World Champion long distance from 2006 instead run the Silva League races in Sweden, finishing 18th and 12th.

Niggli versus Alexandersson

Sunday the Swiss runners winning margin was down to half a minute – with the Swedish World Cup leader Tove Alexandersson in second spot

In the women’s class, Simone Niggli wins with more than 2:30 on Saturday, but as written in the analysis of Saturday’s race, Niggli is not as much faster as her opponents as she is used to. Sunday the Swiss runners winning margin was down to half a minute – with the Swedish World Cup leader Tove Alexandersson in second spot. These two where in their own class on Sunday – with more than three minutes from Niggli down to Riabkina in third – we will surely see more fights between the Swiss veteran and the young Swede this year. Riabkina has had a good weekend with two third places – but as Saturday’s analysis showed, her speed is not high enough yet while her orienteering is top notch.

Helena Jansson on the other hand seems to be in good shape. She did not start Sunday, but on Saturday she finished 2nd, and showed that she has the capacity to beat Niggli. Lena Eliasson is also fast – but unstable. Still, her speed has given her two results in the Top 5 this weekend. Also two times Top 5 for Eva Jurenikova – the new Halden coach still needs a little bit of speed and stability for the Top 3 – but the individual WOC medal hope for Vuokatti is still alive.

Looking to Finland, Minna Kauppi had good speed in Saturday’s individual FinnSpring long distance – and would probably have been up there fighting with Niggli and the others if present in Sweden. In Norway Mari Fasting won a clear victory in the chasing start – Fasting seems the be the strongest Norwegian hope.  Anne Margrethe Hausken is injured and will not start at 10Mila, but says that this is no problem with respect to the World Championships in July.

Results Sunday

1	Thierry Gueorgiou	Kalevan Rasti	1:12:41		5:18
2	Fredrik Johansson	IFK Lidingö SOK	1:14:01	+1:20	5:24
3	Valentin Novikov	Hiidenkiertäjät	1:15:43	+3:02	5:32
4	Johan Runesson	Göteborg-Majorna OK	1:16:10	+3:29	5:34
5	Gustav Bergman	OK Ravinen	1:16:30	+3:49	5:35
6	Peter Öberg	OK Hällen	1:16:35	+3:54	5:35
7	Anders Holmberg	Järla Orientering	1:17:37	+4:56	5:40
8	Filip Dahlgren	IFK Lidingö SOK	1:18:09	+5:28	5:42
9	Olle Boström	Järla Orientering	1:18:56	+6:15	5:46
10	Oskar Sjöberg	OK Linné	1:19:10	+6:29	5:47
11	Erik Rost	Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna	1:19:30	+6:49	5:48
12	Kiril Nikolov	Kalevan Rasti	1:19:40	+6:59	5:49
12	Jani Lakanen	Vaajakosken Terä	1:19:40	+6:59	5:49
14	Baptiste Rollier	Kristiansand OK	1:19:50	+7:09	5:50
15	Erik Liljequist	Södertälje-Nykvarn OF	1:19:58	+7:17	5:50
16	Matthias Merz	OK Tisaren	1:20:26	+7:45	5:52
17	Pavlo Ushkvarok	Södertälje-Nykvarn OF	1:20:33	+7:52	5:53
18	William Lind	Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna	1:20:54	+8:13	5:54
19	Janis Kums	IK Hakarpspojkarna	1:20:59	+8:18	5:55
20	Niclas Jonasson	Leksands OK	1:21:14	+8:33	5:56

1	Simone Niggli	OK Tisaren	1:01:19		6:16
2	Tove Alexandersson	Stora Tuna OK	1:01:53	+0:34	6:20
3	Tanja Ryabkina	Hellas Orientering	1:04:37	+3:18	6:36
4	Lena Eliasson	Domnarvets GOIF	1:05:02	+3:43	6:39
5	Eva Jurenikova	Halden SK	1:07:35	+6:16	6:55
6	Emma Johansson	Domnarvets GOIF	1:07:36	+6:17	6:55
7	Lina Strand	Göteborg-Majorna OK	1:08:52	+7:33	7:02
8	Nadiya Volynska	OK Orion	1:08:59	+7:40	7:03
9	Maria Magnusson	Sävedalens AIK	1:09:15	+7:56	7:05
10	Ida Bobach	OK Pan Århus	1:10:04	+8:45	7:10
11	Anna (Humlaröd) Persson	FK Göingarna	1:10:11	+8:52	7:11
12	Anna Bachman	IFK Lidingö SOK	1:10:52	+9:33	7:15
13	Lilian Forsgren	OK Tisaren	1:11:22	+10:03	7:18
14	Anastasia Tikhonova	MS Parma	1:11:28	+10:09	7:18
15	Karolin Ohlsson	Järla Orientering	1:11:31	+10:12	7:19
16	Sara Eskilsson	Haninge SOK	1:12:12	+10:53	7:23
17	Signe Söes	IFK Lidingö SOK	1:12:32	+11:13	7:25
18	Johanna Öberg	OK Hällen	1:13:05	+11:46	7:28
19	Dana Brozkova	Domnarvets GOIF	1:13:52	+12:33	7:33
20	Ekaterina Nikitina	Linköpings OK	1:14:17	+12:58	7:36

Full results and split times

Results Saturday

1	Thierry Gueorgiou	Kalevan Rasti	1:30:27		5:11
2	Fredrik Johansson	IFK Lidingö SOK	1:31:55	+1:28	5:16
3	Oleksandr Kratov	OK Orion	1:33:42	+3:15	5:22
4	Valentin Novikov	Hiidenkiertäjät	1:34:04	+3:37	5:23
5	Johan Runesson	Göteborg-Majorna OK	1:34:24	+3:57	5:24
6	Gustav Bergman	OK Ravinen	1:34:52	+4:25	5:26
7	Philippe Adamski	Kalevan Rasti	1:36:20	+5:53	5:31
8	Anders Holmberg	Järla Orientering	1:36:50	+6:23	5:33
9	Baptiste Rollier	Kristiansand OK	1:36:58	+6:31	5:33
10	Oskar Sjöberg	OK Linné	1:37:17	+6:50	5:34
11	Filip Dahlgren	IFK Lidingö SOK	1:37:22	+6:55	5:34
12	David Andersson	Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna	1:37:52	+7:25	5:36
13	Matthias Merz	OK Tisaren	1:38:05	+7:38	5:37
14	Matthias Kyburz	OK Tisaren	1:38:20	+7:53	5:38
15	Marius Thrane Ødum	IFK Göteborg	1:38:36	+8:09	5:39
16	Olle Boström	Järla Orientering	1:38:39	+8:12	5:39
17	Pavlo Ushkvarok	Södertälje-Nykvarn OF	1:38:42	+8:15	5:39
18	Jani Lakanen	Vaajakosken Terä	1:39:02	+8:35	5:40
19	Daniel Hubmann	Kristiansand OK	1:39:13	+8:46	5:41
20	Erik Rost	Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna	1:39:15	+8:48	5:41

1	Simone Niggli	OK Tisaren	1:13:13		6:15
2	Helena Jansson	Leksands OK	1:15:44	+2:31	6:28
3	Tanja Ryabkina	Hellas Orientering	1:16:00	+2:47	6:29
4	Eva Jurenikova	Halden SK	1:17:32	+4:19	6:37
5	Lena Eliasson	Domnarvets GOIF	1:17:44	+4:31	6:38
6	Lina Strand	Göteborg-Majorna OK	1:18:42	+5:29	6:43
7	Ida Bobach	OK Pan Århus	1:19:31	+6:18	6:47
8	Tove Alexandersson	Stora Tuna OK	1:19:38	+6:25	6:48
9	Nadiya Volynska	OK Orion	1:20:14	+7:01	6:51
10	Helena Karlsson	IFK Lidingö SOK	1:20:38	+7:25	6:53
11	Emma Klingenberg	OK Pan Århus	1:21:15	+8:02	6:56
12	Lilian Forsgren	OK Tisaren	1:21:52	+8:39	6:59
13	Julia Novikova	Hiidenkiertäjät	1:21:55	+8:42	6:59
14	Maria Magnusson	Sävedalens AIK	1:21:59	+8:46	7:00
15	Irina Nyberg	Hellas Orientering	1:22:18	+9:05	7:01
16	Malin Leijon Lind	OK Kolmården	1:22:31	+9:18	7:02
17	Anastasia Tikhonova	MS Parma	1:22:40	+9:27	7:03
18	Linnea Gustafsson	OK Hällen	1:22:59	+9:46	7:05
19	Emma Johansson	Domnarvets GOIF	1:23:00	+9:47	7:05
20	Rasa Ptasekaite	OK Linné	1:23:50	+10:37	7:09

Full results and split times

• See also a quick-analysis of Sunday’s race here

Three men had the legs (and nearly the technique) to win at Silva League today

With GPS-tracking from all three races, there is a lot of interesting stuff to look at – and many interesting observations to be made. I have had a look at all the GPS tracking and split times, and pushed out some interesting illustrations. If you are a Facebook user, please comment on the illustrations.

• GPS illustrations Silva League / Lørdagskjappen / FinnSpring 27/4/2013

I am sorry for only providing a very brief analysis and linking to Facebook for illustrations, but this is what was possible today. I hope it is still better than nothing.

Observations Silva League, Sweden

Some interesting observations from Silva League here:

• Three men had the legs (and nearly the technique) to win at Silva League today according to the performance index curves – Thierry Gueorgiou (the eventual winner), Fredrik Johansson  and Gustav Bergman. All others were far away…
• Fredrik Johansson run fast in the start except for a wrong route choice on the long leg, lost a bit time on the butterfly (north / south) – and then sped up and kept getting closer and closer to Gueorgiou. It was all the way down to 18 seconds until he suddenly “completely lost it” a few controls before the finish.
• Gustav Bergman had an overall good race, but lost concentration a few times, costing 70 seconds on the northern butterfly, 90 seconds on the control before the spectator control and 30 seconds on a wrong route choice in the end.
• Oleksandr Kratov has had a strong spring in Sweden – beating the Swedes in their own night champs. He was good today again – but not quite the stability needed for a complete long distance. Good start,  doing some mistakes in the butterfly, and then the speed just seems to not quite be there all the way (although the last loop is not bad)
• The Swiss were quite fast in the start, but they could not keep up concentration all the way and made mistakes. Kyburz was in the lead, but lost a lot of time in the butterfly when starting to get tired. Hubmann made several small and one big 3-minute mistake at 20.
• Bertuks had a quite good start, but “died” towards the middle of the race. Also Olav Lundanes seems to be out of shape
• Niggli won a clear victory in the women’s race, but her race was not as good as we are used to (not that surprising with the season preparations she has had). She is still a little bit faster, though. Eliasson was very fast in parts (as she often is) – but on the other hand had several big time losses- two in the order of 60 seconds and one around 90 seconds. Helena Jansson also had good speed, and looses the race mostly due to timelosses on the butterfly and on the last loop. Performance index
• Alexandersson did many small mistakes today and also lost a lot in the end. She really didn’t have the legs she has had lately (where she can do some mistakes and still be up there)
• Riabkina is the woman with the most stable race (see GPS compared to Niggli) – but it is a bit too slow compared to Niggli. Still early in the season, so Riabkina can be “dangerous” later on.
• Jurenikova does a stable race – but looses quite a lot of time in the butterfly. Not too far up to Niggli in terms of speed, but the technical performance must be 100% to be able to really fight with Niggli.

Lørdagskjappen, Norway

From Norway:

• DSQ for Nordberg who would have been up there just behind the winner Omdal. Now Omdal won ahead of Kinneberg. GPS comparison here – the races did not look exceptionally stable (this was “only” a middle distance – in Norway there is a long distance chasing start tomorrow. Lundanes and Dæhlie skipped this weekend in Norway to focus on more WOC relevant races at Silva League instead – getting a “proper” long distance race).
• Mari Fasting won ahead of Heidi Østlid Bagstevold (GPS comparison) – see also performance index

FinnSpring, Finland

• Topi Anjala ahead of Dmitry Tsvetskov
• Minna Kauppi ahead of Venla Niemi

GPS-tracking and results

Links to GPS-tracking and results:

• All GPS-tracking available here
• Results Silva League Men and Women
• Results Finland
• Results Norway

The start field in Sweden includes stars like Thierry Gueorgiou, Daniel Hubmann, Edgars Bertuks, Matthias Merz, Matthias Kyburz, Jani Lakanen, Olav Lundanes, Simone Niggli, Maja Alm, Ida Bobach and all the Swedish Elite. For FinnSpring and the Norwegian races most of the national Elite is to be found on the startlists – in addition to some strong foreign runners.

Update:

• Live video from Silva League and live results

More about the events here:

• This weekend’s Silva League webpage – GPS will probably be available here and results could very well be available here – but no information on the organizer’s webpage yet. See also the overall Silva League 2013 webpage and startlist Saturday (Long)  / old map from close to the area
• Webpages of Norgescup (Norway cup) races in Norway: Friday/Sunday and Saturday. Live results, all GPS-tracking should be available here – also Friday and startlist Saturday / old map from close to the race area Saturday (Middle).
• FinnSpring13 webpage and startlist Long. [From comments: Finnspring TV-broadcast Saturday 14:30-16:30 UTC+2 ]

If you have more information about the events – or other interesting events with a good start field the coming weekend to report about – please add a comment below.

[Original article of April 26th]

Lower ranked countries are concerned about elite development in their country – a lot of the proposals support a low-key qualification race just before WOC

According to the same discussion thread at Attackpoint.org (and to the minutes from the Council meeting in January), it looks like the IOF council will make their decision about the future WOC Qualification model this coming weekend.

The responses from the federations show that many federation share the views from the article “Another nail in the coffin for traditional forest orienteering” published at WorldofO.com early March – i.e. that removing the qualifications races have many unfortunate consequences for smaller nations – especially with regard to the future of forest orienteering.

It is also interesting to note that the Foot-O commission of the IOF is sympathetic to including a “low-key” qualification race just before WOC ; i.e. not completely removing the qualification – as can be seen in the Foot-O commision meeting summary from April 6th,

Lower ranked countries are concerned about elite development in their country – a lot of the proposals support a low-key qualification race just before WOC. FOC is sympathetic to this proposal and suggests that Council should give it full consideration. FOC is willing to develop models for such a race should Council wish them to do so.

Will the decision be to follow the interest of the biggest nations and completely remove WOC Qualification for long and middle?

Another nail in the coffin for traditional forest orienteering? How does it influence runners from your country? March 15th is D-day to influence the WOC Qualification scheme which is set to be put in place already from WOC 2014. A decision which might have significant impact on the future of the sport.

- Elite commitment to orienteering will be significantly decreased when getting a place in the team for middle or long becomes so difficult (NZL WOC athlete)

From WOC 2014, it is suggested to remove the qualification races for long and middle distance from the WOC – instead nations will be given a certain number of start places in the finals based on earlier WOC results. For many “smaller” orienteering nations, the number of runners allowed to run individual forest orienteering (i.e. middle or long) at WOC level will be significantly reduced if the qualification races are removed.

Of more than 50 countries participating in the last two World Championships, only 8 countries will be allowed to send three runners for middle and long according to the suggested model (note that there will be some additional personal places for winners of regional championships). For many countries the number of allowed starters in long and middle will go from three in 2013 to only one in 2014. See how this will affect each country according to simulations based on 2011/2012 WOC results at the bottom of this article.

Sprint focus

In reality, this means that in “smaller” orienteering nations, the chances for an individual to be allowed to start in an individual forest race in WOC is reduced significantly. On the other hand, there is still room for three sprinters for each country in WOC, as the sprint qualification is not removed. On top of this, the new mixed sprint relay is introduced – further increasing focus on sprint. This means that orienteers in smaller countries are forced towards specializing in sprint orienteering if they want to compete at the highest (WOC) level.

With quotas ready already a year before a given WOC, the decision to focus on urban orienteering instead of forest orienteering can be made early by the athletes. It is difficult to see this as a recipe to make the difference between the big nations and the developing nations in traditional forest orienteering get smaller – it will rather increase. Also, according to the suggested model, sprint results will not influence the quotas in long/middle, and thus good sprint results for developing nations will not pave the way for larger quotas in long/middle. Another nail in the coffin for traditional forest orienteering?

Advantages

The good thing about removing qualification races is that the top runners can now in theory run all races – as they don’t have to compete in the qualification races (but the best actually did already as long as the program was set up in a way facilitating this). The runners from smaller nations who are allowed to compete will have the benefit that they go directly to the final (as there is no qualification). Also, it reduces costs for the WOC organizers, and also makes it easier for the WOC organizers as they don’t have to organize that many events. Lastly, there is now room for the sprint relay as an additional race.

However, is this the best recipe to make orienteering grow?

Alternative approach (not included in the model from the IOF)

The question is of course: Is there a solution in which we can keep the advantages, but remove the unfortunate consequences for forest orienteering?

One possible approach is to do like cross country skiing and many other sports: Introduce an extra qualification race. For example a middle distance race on the day before the WOC (i.e. typically Friday) – or on another day later in the championships. This would be for all non-qualified runners, i.e. countries who have a quota of two can have one starter and countries with a quota of one can have two starters. The best N runners (for example Top 10-15) would qualify for the middle final. This would be a “low key” event, with small start field, less media friendly etc., with little work for the organizers compared to today’s qualification races (in line with a normal WRE race).

Runners from the smaller nations would still have a reason to focus on forest orienteering, as they could race a forest orienteering race on highest level. There are disadvantages also with this model, but in my opinion the advantages are bigger than the disadvantages. According to my information, some federations are considering to suggest this alternative approach when giving their reply to the IOF. I am still waiting for a response from the author of the WOC qualification model proposal regarding this alternative approach.

What does the IOF proposal really mean?

As you can except, it means next to nothing for the big orienteering nations. O-Zeugs has simulated what would have been the number of starters in middle/long in WOC 2013 from each country if the suggested rules for qualification would have been effective already from 2013 (based on WOC results from the two previous years). To illustrate the consequences of the suggested rules, these simulated numbers are applied to the start fields from WOC 2012 qualification races for long/middle. The runners who are outside the simulated 2013-quota for each nation are removed (for illustration purposes the athlete with poorest qualification result is removed). Note that actual quota’s for 2014 will not be ready until after WOC 2013 – and as of now this is only a proposal. Also, there might be errors in the calculations below – please consider this only as a possible illustration of consequences.

PS! There is a lot to discuss about how the system for allocating start places between the countries works, but I would rather keep that out of the discussion for now. This comment is on a higher level – regarding how the complete removal of qualification for long/middle influences the sport and the chances for “smaller” orienteering nations in forest orienteering in the future.

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