SKI JWOC 2007 Blog

Salzburg, Austria.- The first competition of the SKI JWOC-EYOC 2007 Salzburg, was a very competitive Sprint in Sportgastein. The weather was windy, but with bright sunshine at the start and a very cloudy sky at the end of the race. Many slopes and some “fake” controls in the open area with the gentle hills were the big challenge of the day. The orienteering was more “Foot-O” style, and those athletes, who could switch their mind faster in this direction and controlled their speed, were the winners of the day.

At the Womens’ race Hana Hancikova (CZE) did best, winning with a 4 seconds lead in front of two Swedish girls, Helene Söderlund and Eva Svensson. The mens’ race saw Olli-Markus Taivainen (FIN) as the winner, 7 seconds faster then Taras Kashchuk of Russia, and 12 seconds in front of Johan Edin from Sweden.

On Tuesday the middle distance race will take place in the Sportgastein area.

W 20 (59) 2.7 km 9 P

1 47 Hana Hancikova 88 Czech Republic 12:13
2 29 Helene Söderlund 87 Sweden 12:17
3 54 Eva Svensson 87 Sweden 12:30

M 20 (83) 3.0 km 12 P

1 169 Olli-Markus Taivainen 89 Finland 11:49
2 172 Taras Kashchuk 88 Russia 11:56
3 171 Johan Edin 87 Sweden 12:01

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