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GB Megan Carter-Davies claims her place in the Knock-out Sprint Semi-Final

With a fantastic performance this afternoon in the Women's Knock-out Sprint Quarter-Final 2 , GBR Megan Carter Davies secures her place in the Semi-Final in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.  Many congratulations Megan on your performance! 

Women's Quarter-Final 2.  Photo credit:  Remy Steinegger

GBR Megan Carter-Davies finished in 2nd place this afternoon in her Women's Quarter Final 2 with a time of 08:11 minutes - just +0:01 behind Paula Gross (SUI) in 1st place finishing 08:10 and Lotta Karhola from Finland (8:12) in 3rd place. 

Women Quarter-Final 2

1 800 m, 6 starting competitors

Plac Name Organisation Time Diff Km time FH
1 Paula Gross Switzerland 8:10   4:32 A
2 Megan Carter Davies Great Britain 8:11 +0:01 4:32 A
3 Lotta Karhola Finland 8:12 +0:02 4:33 A
4 Josefine Lind Denmark 8:34 +0:24 4:45  
5 Ingrid Lundanes Norway 8:38 +0:28 4:47  
6 Emma Bjessmo Sweden 9:22 +1:12 5:12

Paula Gross (SUI), Megan Carter Davies (GBR) and Lotta Karhola (FIN) will now progress into the Semi-Final.  

Within the other five Womens Quarter-Final races held the top 3 from each race will also progress into the Semi-Final. This will now mean that we will now see the remaining 18 women now battle it out in the Semi-Final Knock-out Sprint to progress to the Sprint Final. 

Start lists are now available here.

Web-TV, GPS tracking, results and live coverage can be found here.  

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Additional Information:  

EGK European Orienteering Championships

Quarter-Finals – The first Knock-Out round
It is now the Knock-Out starts and it is first to finish that matters. 6 athletes stand on the start line in each heat and start at the same time. The first 3 to finish in each heat qualify for the semi finals.

Semi-Finals
3 Heats with 6 athletes. The two”first to finsh” in each heat qualify for the final.

The Final
One final with 6 athletes. First to finish wins the European Championship and World Cup Competition.

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All the results from the EOC 2021, Knock Out Sprint Overview can be found here

https://eoc2021.ch/en/home/

 

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