The Nordic Orienteering Tour started today with round 1 incorporating World Cup 2012 Event 9.

The races for the first round incorporated a sprint distance qualification and final in Oslo, Norway.

In the qualification race Great Britain had three athletes in each of the Men's and Women's competition.

Women

27th Catherine Taylor 14.56

46th Rebecca Harding 16.18

47th Clare Ward 16.42

Men

40th Chris Smithard 15.09

47th Dave Schorah 15.33

52nd Peter Hodkinson 16.28

Catherine was the only British representative to qualify for the final where she finished in 30th place in a time of 19.57

All of the results can be found on the Nordic Orienteering Tour website http://www.nordicorienteeringtour.com/

Tomorrow sees a Middle distance race taking place in Oslo, Norway.