WOC Sprint: Alm and Hubmann took the golds
Maja Alm took her third WOC Sprint medal in a row – an incredibly impressive performance! Daniel Hubmann won the World Orienteering Championships 6 years ago in Chambery – and was very happy to be on top again.
Maja Alm won a very clear victory – 37 seconds ahead of silver medalist Natalia Gemperle (Russia) – with another Russian, Galina Vinogradova, in third, only 1.7 seconds behind Gemperle.
In the men’s class, it was a day for the veterans. Frederic Tranchand, the bronze medalist from WOC Sprint in Trondheim in 2010, took the silver medal only 2.9 seconds behind Hubmann. Jerker Lysell finished third – only 5.2 seconds behind Hubmann.
Men
4 000 m, 45 starting competitors
Place |
Name |
Organisation |
Time |
Diff |
Km time |
1 |
SUI |
14:30 |
3:37 |
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2 |
FRA |
14:33 |
+0:02 |
3:38 |
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3 |
14:35 |
+0:05 |
3:38 |
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13 |
GBR |
15:20 |
+0:50 |
3:50 |
|
14 |
GBR |
15:21 |
+0:50 |
3:50 |
Full results of the Men’s Sprint Final here
Women
3 400 m, 46 starting competitors
Place |
Name |
Organisation |
Time |
Diff |
Km time |
1 |
DEN |
13:55 |
4:05 |
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2 |
RUS |
14:32 |
+0:37 |
4:16 |
|
3 |
RUS |
14:34 |
+0:38 |
4:17 |
|
28 |
GBR |
16:17 |
+2:21 |
4:47 |
|
30 |
GBR |
16:23 |
+2:28 |
4:49 |
|
35 |
GBR |
16:48 |
+2:52 |
4:56 |
Full results of the Women’s Sprint Final here
Sweden won the Sprint Relay ahead of Denmark and Switzerland after a strong team performance. Jonas Leandersson opened up a big gap at the third leg after big mistakes by Great Britain and Switzerland, and Helena Jansson could easily run Sweden to the Gold medal.
The big drama happened on the third leg. Four teams were close together when going into the tricky forest area around control 14 and 15 towards the end of the – Great Britain, Sweden, Switzerland and the Czech Republic – with Denmark nearly 1:40 minutes behind. Mistakes of more than 1:30 for Switzerland’s Martin Hubmann and Great Britain’s Kris Jones made it possible for Jonas Leandersson to open a big gap to the biggest contenders.
The Czech Republic finished the 3rd leg 40 seconds back in 2nd place – but down to Russia, Denmark, Great Britain and Switzerland, the gap was between 1:40 and 2 minutes. Seemingly a safe lead for Sweden’s anchor Helena Jansson. Denmark’s anchor Maja Alm managed to close the gap down to 40 seconds, but the gap was too big – Jansson could celebrate Sweden’s first gold medal in Sprint Relay with her teammates Lina Strand, Jerker Lysell and Jonas Leandersson.
Relay
33 starting competitors
Place |
Name |
Leg time |
Leg place |
Leg diff |
Time |
Co place |
Diff |
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1 |
Sweden |
1:03:35 |
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1. Lina Strand |
15:53 |
4 |
+0:07 |
15:53 |
4 |
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2. Jerker Lysell |
16:26 |
4 |
+0:29 |
32:19 |
5 |
+1 |
|||
3. Jonas Leandersson |
15:32 |
1 |
47:51 |
1 |
-4 |
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4. Helena Jansson |
15:44 |
3 |
+1:16 |
1:03:35 |
1 |
0 |
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2 |
Denmark |
1:04:05 |
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1. Cecilie Friberg Klysner |
15:49 |
2 |
+0:03 |
15:49 |
2 |
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2. Andreas Hougaard Boesen |
18:01 |
18 |
+2:04 |
33:50 |
9 |
+7 |
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3. Tue Lassen |
15:47 |
2 |
+0:15 |
49:37 |
4 |
-5 |
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4. Maja Alm |
14:28 |
1 |
1:04:05 |
2 |
-2 |
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3 |
Switzerland |
1:04:29 |
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1. Elena Roos |
15:46 |
1 |
15:46 |
1 |
|||||
2. Florian Howald |
16:24 |
3 |
+0:27 |
32:10 |
1 |
0 |
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3. Martin Hubmann |
17:33 |
10 |
+2:01 |
49:43 |
5 |
+4 |
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4. Sabine Hauswirth |
14:46 |
2 |
+0:18 |
1:04:29 |
3 |
-2 |
|||
4 |
Czech Republic |
1:04:51 |
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1. Jana Knapova |
16:18 |
8 |
+0:32 |
16:18 |
8 |
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2. Milos Nykodym |
15:57 |
1 |
32:15 |
3 |
-5 |
||||
3. Vojtech Kral |
16:16 |
5 |
+0:44 |
48:31 |
2 |
-1 |
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4. Denisa Kosova |
16:20 |
7 |
+1:52 |
1:04:51 |
4 |
+2 |
|||
5 |
Russian Federation |
1:05:21 |
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1. Svetlana Mironova |
16:32 |
9 |
+0:46 |
16:32 |
9 |
||||
2. Dmitry Tsvetkov |
16:50 |
8 |
+0:53 |
33:22 |
8 |
-1 |
|||
3. Andrey Khramov |
16:14 |
3 |
+0:42 |
49:36 |
3 |
-5 |
|||
4. Galina Vinogradova |
15:45 |
4 |
+1:17 |
1:05:21 |
5 |
+2 |
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6 |
Great Britain |
1:06:01 |
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1. Catherine Taylor |
15:58 |
6 |
+0:12 |
15:58 |
6 |
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2. Ralph Street |
16:15 |
2 |
+0:18 |
32:13 |
2 |
-4 |
|||
3. Kristian Jones |
17:34 |
11 |
+2:02 |
49:47 |
6 |
+4 |
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4. Tessa Strain |
16:14 |
6 |
+1:46 |
1:06:01 |
6 |
0 |
Full results here
Today is a rest day at the World Orienteering Championships with the Medal Ceremony for the Sprint and Sprint Relay taking place later today at 19:15-20:30 (BST 17:15- 18:30).
The World Orienteering Championships continues tomorrow with the Long distance race.