At the weekend there was a team of 15 athletes who represented Great Britain at Euromeeting, Bettmeralp, Switzerland.

The races took place over terrain between 1800m - 2700m above sea-level, with the bigger part being open grassland and meadows but also included some alpine ski terrain with good runability.  In the lower parts there were alpine forest which was tough to run in and with a lot of details, stones and contours.

There were some good performances from the British team with Grace Molloy, Laura King and Hector Haines finishing well up the field in both the Middle distance and the Long distance races, and with some juniors making their debut senior performances.

Unfortunately, the viability was not excellent for the duration of the races with athletes commenting that they could see more in the night races!

Small misses counted for a lot in the events and losing a minute or so in the Middle distance race put you back a dozen or so places.

In summary it was described as fast racing, physically challenging with small margins for error.

Some of the team will now travel to Cansiglio and Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy for the World Cup Final, and meet the rest of the GB team today supported by Team Managers Andy Kitchin and Mark Hayman.

The Long distance will take place on Thursday 30 September, the Middle distance on Saturday 2 October and the Sprint Relay on Sunday 3 October 2021.

World Cup Final Team

Follow the live action here:

• Live services: IOF Live Orienteering
• Official results: Eventor
• Official info: Bulletins
• Spectators races

Find out more about the World Orienteering Final - Round 3 here.

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British Orienteering wishes the GB team all the best in the final round of the World Cup Competitions and looking forward to their performances capitalising on a great season of International Racing.