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Third GOLD medal for Emily Benham-Kvale in the Long Distance today!

A third GOLD MEDAL for Emily Benham-Kvale in the arduous Long Distance today ...with Clare Dallimore in 6th at the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships in Viborg.

Even the local wolves in parts of the forest couldn't catch Emily today!

Emily won by 3.5 minutes with Ian Nixon 47th after a hard 40km.

Britain's Emily Benham-Kvale wins GOLD 

Clare Dallimore in 6th and photos from the Long distance World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships courtesy of Rainer Burman.

Jo Pickering

The race was held in a beautiful Stråsø forest in the western part of Midtjylland region.

British Emily Benham Kvåle continued her amazing performance and won her third gold medal, while Czech Veronika Kubinova won her third silver medal of the championships. Gabrielė Andrašiūnienė finished third and brought the first medal to the Lithuanian MTBO team.

Clare Dallimore 
Ian Nixon

In the men’s group, Russian Ruslan Gritsan had a nearly perfect race and won his fifth Long title.  Gritsan first became World Champion in the Long distance back in 2005 and repeated his success in 2007, 2008 and 2012. Baptiste Fuchs, France finished in silver medal position and Anton Foliforov was third.

Emily Benham-Kvale 

Results

Women

1. Emily Benham Kvåle (GBR) 1:55:51

2. Veronika Kubinova (CZE) 1:59:25

3. Gabriele Andrasiuniene (LTU) 1:59:54

3. Ingrid Stengard (FIN) 2:02:45

5. Maja Rothweiler (SUI) 2:03:14

6. Clare Dallimore (GBR) 2:03:28

Men

1. Ruslan Gritsan (RUS) 1:50:49

2. Baptiste Fuchs (FRA) 1:52:18

3. Anton Foliforov (RUS) 1:52:36

4. Samuel Pokala (FIN) 1:53:16

5. Valeriy Glukhov (RUS) 1:53:25

6. Vojtech Ludvik (CZE) 1:53:28
 

Watch IOF interview with Emily Benham Kvåle and Ruslan Gritsan:

British Orienteering would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Emily on winning her consecutive third GOLD medal at the 2019 World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships this week. 

Many congratulations Emily!

 

More news from the World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships:

Victory again for Emily Benham-Kvale!
https://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/?pg=news_archive&item=4827

 

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