Over the weekend, the final events of the European Orienteering Championships took place in Estonia.

On Saturday, the Middle Final took place where GB had one male and four female athletes in the final and once again all athletes had their ability to fight their way through the dense Estonia forest, east of Rakvere tested. The terrain was tricky and caused many time losses among the runners and heavy rain pouring down during the race did not help the athletes visibility.

After a near flawless race Simona Aebersold (SUI) won her first individual championship winning with a big margin, with Kassiku finishing second- her greatest international result so far and Venla Harju taking third place.

The British team were led home by Grace Molloy who just finished in the top 20 (20th position), followed by Megan Carter-Davies in 39th and Fiona Bunn in 56th place.

In the men’s it was a clean sweep by the Swedish team with Albin Ridefelt taking the win and Anton Johansson in second, and in third place Gustav Bergman finishing 37 seconds behind Ridefelt.

GB Ralph Street was the only individual representing GB in the final and a great race to finish just outside the top 10 in 13th position.

In the B Final GB Sasha Chepelin took the win, followed by Joshua Dudley in 4th place, Ben Mitchell in 7th, Peter Taylor-Bray 38th and Peter Molloy 55th.

In the women’s B Final, GB Rachel Brown was first home in 14th, Jo Shepherd in 17th, Cecilie Andersen in 21st, and Chloe Potter 36th.

The European Orienteering Championships finished with the Forest Relays and after thrilling races in the Middle and Long events, the Forest Relays were no exception. After the heavy rain yesterday, the sun was shining as the forty-one teams lined up for the women’s race. In the men’s there were fifty-two teams and the leading teams were making mistakes. Eventually, the races concluded with the Swedish women taking gold and the Norwegian team winning gold in the men’s race.

The GB Relay team of Grace Molloy, Fiona Bunn, and Megan Carter-Davies finished in 18th position (10th Nation) with the second team finishing in 29th. In the Men’s Relays, the teams came 34th and 36th.

Find out more about this international event here.