World Cup Final Sprint China 2019

By IOF

2019 Orienteering World Cup Final Sprint race took place yesterday (Tuesday 29th October 2019) in Songtang Village, China.

A hugely surprising win by Chinese athlete Shuangyan Hao in the women’s class and an even more surprising third place by Li ZhuoYe (also CHN) in the men’s class was the big headline at the World Cup final Sprint in Songtang, China on Sunday. This was the first ever Sprint World Cup race organised in China, and as expected the Chinese could offer an excellent area for sprint orienteering.

The men’s class was won by Yannick Michiels (BEL), 2 seconds ahead of the third big surprise of the day – French Maxime Raururier, with Li ZhuoYe another three seconds behind. In the women’s class Swiss Simona Aebersold finished 10 seconds behind Hao in second place with Sarah Hagström (SWE) in third. The big favourite in the women’s class, Tove Alexandersson (SWE), did a huge one-minute mistake at the start of the race, and lost the battle against Hao already to control 3.

Read full Sprint race report written by International Orienteering Federation (IOF) here. 

Men Results - Sprint race

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Women Results - Sprint race

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Official Results are available here.