Number 4 - 17 July - WOC2012

Tuesday 17 July 2012DAILY OMAGAZINEUn nouveau look pourvos t-shirts p. 11Three neverbefores p. 15Middle qualification:the route choices p. 8-9The middle finalEverything about today‘s great technical challenge in St-Cergue p. 2-4

2middledistanceMiddle final: the biggesttechnical challengeAfter two qualification days in Bière-Ballens and St-George the full excitementof running for medals is on again.Today the WOC-athletes compete inthe middle distance final, fighting forgold and honor in the most technicaldiscipline. The courses are 6.5 kilometerslong (240 meters climbing)for the men and 5.5 kilometers (170meters) for the women thus leading towinning times of about 35 minutes.This is a length where the athletescan push all the way into the finish– while they have to navigate as safeas possible in difficult terrain. Themiddle distance represents the mainchallenge of orienteering, namely ofnot crossing the edge of running toofast in order to still be able to readthe map carefully enough.As often in the past world championships,the middle distance final isheld in the technically most demandingterrain. Although the area north ofthe Col de la Givrine has never beenmapped before this year’s world championships,there are some things thatcan be told about the terrain of themiddle distance final. Like the middlequalification, the organizers describeit as a typical Jura terrain. One ofthe main characteristics is the stonyunderground with cliffs and rocks inmany places. There will be even someareas with dead wood on the groundwhich represents some extra obstaclesfor the runners. The relief featuresin the final will be vaguer thanWOC: that’s on today+ 12.00-16.00: middle distance final inSt-Cergue / Col de la Givrine+ Live Results of today’s final races:www.woc2012.ch+ 16.00: orienteering for beginners andvideos from today’s finals on the Place dela Navigation in Lausanne+ 19.30: performance by Association CapoeiraLausannein yesterday’s qualification with somerelatively flat parts which implies thatthe compass should be an importanthelp for the middle finalists.A specialty of today’s terrain comparedto the other forest competitionsin this championships are the meadowsand semi-open areas the runnerswill face in the final. Although therewill probably not be much running inthose areas this gives an additionalelement to the competition. Changesin speed could be crucial especiallywhen re-entering the forest. Eitherway this could be a tight middle distancefinal race with small gaps, solook forward to an exciting race dayon the Gol de la Givrine!jmLe plus grand défitechniqueLa course aux médailles est relancée aujourd’huiavec la finale de la moyennedistance, dans le terrain le plus techniquede ces championnats. Le terrainau nord du Col de la Givrine n’a jamaisété cartographié avant les WOC 2012 etn’est donc connu d’aucun athlète. Lesorganisateurs le décrivent comme unterrain typiquement jurassien, avec unsol très rocailleux, quelques zones recouvertesde bois vert et des clairières.Le relief moins détaillé exigera unebonne utilisation de la boussole. lb

3middledistance«I’ve never felt as relaxed»Thierry Gueorgiou on his way during yesterday’s middle distance qualification.The Frenchman won his heat easily.To win your heat with a leadof 53 seconds in the middledistance although you still arefighting with the consequencesof a serious injury: that isthe proof of real strength. Inthe qualification race yesterdayThierry Gueorgiou showedhis class despite the problemshe still has due to his stressfracture.He sustained the injury shortlybefore the European championshipsthis year and has beenstruggling since then. «Forthree days everything has beenfine», he told the journalists.«The injury disturbed me in thepreparation for the championships»,he said after his race.Only one month ago he couldhardly imagine starting at theWOC at all. «This is why I am sohappy right now», he said.He estimated that he is not inas good shape as are his mainopponents. «But the middledistance is my favorite distanceand I want to sell myselfas dearly as possible. Forme the middle is the easiestdiscipline because it is shortund you don’t need very highspeed like in sprint or thatmuch endurance like in longdistance races.»Asked how many percent ofhis potential he currentlyis able to perform he didn’twant to estimate. «That is simplyimpossible.»However, he says that he hasnever felt relaxed like duringthese world championships,«because I didn’t expectto start. But of course, now Iwant to do my best and win».The reigning middle distancechampion also made a statementconcerning a possibleparticipation in the relay comingSaturday. «We will decidethat after the middle distancefinal. If the injury stays like itis at the moment I will run therelay.»lanPlus relaxéque jamaisLe Français Thierry Gueorgiou,champion du mondeen titre sur la moyenne distance,était probablementl’un des athlètes les plusheureux d’être au départ àSt-George. Blessé juste avantles Championnats d’Europe,une participation aux WOC2012 aurait été encore inimaginableil y a un mois : unesituation qui le rend plusrelaxé que jamais. Sa participationau relais, où il avaitremporté l’or l’année passée,sera décidée aujourd’hui. lbWOC-CompassWorld classGueorgiouI can imagine how ThierryGueorgiou feels. I hadstress fractures severaltimes and had to participatein competitions withlittle preparation. Yet,Thierry Gueorgiou is an extremelyexperienced athletewith extraordinary technicalskills. And these skillsdon’t get lost although youhave to pause like he hadto do. The physical abilitiescan be quite well maintainedduring such periodswith comprehensive alternativetraining, and accordingto his statements ThierryGueorgiou did that. Personally,I think that the lossof physical competitivenessis often overestimated– provided the alternativetraining is done properly.However, there is also amental aspect that has to betaken into consideration inthis context. A period withoutcompetition or trainingoften causes a lack of assuranceand self-confidence.In my opinion this is thebiggest problem because inorienteering self-confidenceis one of the most decisivefactors involved.Great athletes like Thierryonly need a short trainingperiod in order to regainthis good competitionfeeling. Other runners needmore time. That’s what distinguishesa first-classorienteer from the average.Marie-Luce Romanens was the firstSwiss female orienteer to win theWOC short distance. For Daily OMagazine she daily comments oncurrent events at the WOC 2012.

Startlist Middle Distance FinaleWomen (5.5 km, 170 m, 18 Ctrls)# Name Country Starttime1 Louise Oram CAN 12:012 Ida Marie Ness Bjorgul NOR 12:033 Ona Rafols Perramon ESP 12:054 Shuangyan Hao CHN 12:075 Iliana Shandurkova BUL 12:096 Ursula Kadan AUT 12:117 Christiane Tröße GER 12:138 Anna Serrallonga Arqués ESP 12:159 Gabija Razaityte LTU 12:1710 Elisa Elstner AUT 12:1911 Vanessa Round AUS 12:2112 Kirti Rebane EST 12:2313 Mari Fasting NOR 12:2514 Anja Arbter AUT 12:2715 Lizzie Ingham NZL 12:2916 Rachael Rothman GBR 12:3117 Inga Kazlauskaite LTU 12:3318 Maja Alm DEN 12:3519 Nadiya Volynska UKR 12:3720 Christine Kirchlechner ITA 12:3921 Saila Kinni FIN 12:4122 Aija Skrastina LAT 12:4323 Kristina Rybakovaite LTU 12:4524 Inga Dambe LAT 12:4725 Liis Johanson EST 12:4926 Hanna Wisniewska POL 12:5127 Annika Billstam SWE 12:5328 Claire Ward GBR 12:5529 Dana Safka Brozková CZE 12:5730 Helen Palmer GBR 12:5931 Judith Wyder SUI 13:0132 Anastasia Trubkina RUS 13:0333 Fanni Gyurko HUN 13:0534 Merja Rantanen FIN 13:0735 Ida Bobach DEN 13:0936 Heidi Östlid Bagstevold NOR 13:1137 Signe Klinting DEN 13:1338 Sara Lüscher SUI 13:1539 Iveta Duchová CZE 13:1740 Lina Strand SWE 13:1941 Minna Kauppi FIN 13:2142 Amélie Chataing FRA 13:2343 Tatyana Riabkina RUS 13:2544 Tove Alexandersson SWE 13:2745 Simone Niggli-Luder SUI 13:29Men (6.5 km, 240 m, 20 Ctrls)# Name Country Starttime101 Ivaylo Kamenarov BUL 13:41102 Ross Morrison NZL 13:43103 Fabien Pasquasy BEL 13:45104 Yury Tambasov BLR 13:47105 Simonas Krepsta LTU 13:49106 Philippe Adamski FRA 13:51107 Jonas Vytautas Gvildys LTU 13:53108 Kalvis Mihailovs LAT 13:55109 Bjarne Friedrichs GER 13:57110 Robert Merl AUT 13:59111 Zsolt Lenkei HUN 14:01112 Leonid Novikov RUS 14:03113 Johan Runesson SWE 14:05114 Tue Lassen DEN 14:07115 Graham Gristwood GBR 14:09116 Jarkko Huovila FIN 14:11117 Marc Lauenstein SUI 14:13118 Olle Kärner EST 14:15119 Stanfel Matjaz CRO 14:17120 Hannu Airila FIN 14:19121 Michal Krajcik SVK 14:21122 Martins Sirmais LAT 14:23123 Gustav Bergman SWE 14:25124 Francois Gonon FRA 14:27125 Oleksandr Kratov UKR 14:29126 Jan Procházka CZE 14:31127 Mikhail Mamleev ITA 14:33128 Baptiste Rollier SUI 14:35129 Aleksei Alekseyonok BLR 14:37130 Pasi Ikonen FIN 14:39131 Sören Bobach DEN 14:41132 Lauri Sild EST 14:43133 Ionut Zinca ROU 14:45134 Vojtech Král CZE 14:47135 Pavlo Ushkvarok UKR 14:49136 Peter Oberg SWE 14:51137 Lucas Basset FRA 14:53138 Magne Daehli NOR 14:55139 Edgars Bertuks LAT 14:57140 Olav Lundanes NOR 14:59141 Valentin Novikov RUS 15:01142 Fabian Hertner SUI 15:03143 Thierry Gueorgiou FRA 15:05144 Gernot Kerschbaumer AUT 15:07145 Carl Waaler Kaas NOR 15:09Date: Tuesday, July 17th, 2012Location: St-Cergue / La GrivrineMap: La GrivrineThe Medals so far…Rank Country G. S. B. Tot.1 Switzerland 2 1 1 42 Denmark - 1 - 13 Sweden - - 1 1DAILY OMAGAZINEImprint – Daily O MagazinePublisher: WOC 2012 and Swiss OrienteeringCirculation: 3000Editorial staff: Helge Landberg (lan), LucieBabel (lb), Jonas Mathys (jm), Miroslaw Halaba(mh), Rémy Steinegger (photographer, rs),Edy Müller (layout)Head of communication WOC 2012: NicolasRussi, communication@woc2012.chPrinted by Imprimerie Cavin, GrandsonDaily O Magazine is published from 14th to21st of July in French, English and German.It is free of charge and distributed in WOC2012 arenas and at Camping de Vidy.Daily O Magazine can be read and downloadedas pdf-file via www.woc2012.ch (e-bookedition available there, too).4middledistance1A B C D E F G H I K L234We cloned four squares in the picture. Doyou find the identical squares? Solution: seepage 13.Nous avons dupliqué quatre carrés dansl’image. Saurez-vous trouver les carrés identiques?Solution: voir page 13.567

5Middle Distance Qualification – ResultsMiddle Distance Qualification Men ALength: 4.9 km / Climb: 165 m / Controls: 15Rank / Name Nation / Finish Time/Behind1 Thierry Gueorgiou FRA 29:162 Olav Lundanes NOR +0:543 Lucas Basset FRA +2:194 Vojtech Král CZE +2:325 Søren Bobach DEN +2:496 Baptiste Rollier SUI +3:007 Oleksandr Kratov UKR +3:048 Martins Sirmais LAT +3:539 Štanfel Matjaž CRO +3:5910 Jarkko Huovila FIN +4:4711 Johan Runesson SWE +4:4812 Robert Merl AUT +5:1313 Jonas Vytautas Gvildys LTU +5:2614 Yury Tambasov BLR +5:3315 Ivaylo Kamenarov BUL +5:5016 Mark Nixon GBR +5:5217 Timo Sild EST +5:5818 Pavol Bukovác SVK +6:3119 Dmitriy Tsvetkov RUS +6:4420 Qiaoping Li CHN +7:5721 Manuel Horta POR +9:1722 Mate Baumholczer HUN +9:5423 Colm Hill IRL +11:1524 Toby Scott NZL +11:1625 Toshiyuki Matsuzawa JPN +11:3726 Andreu Blanes Reig ESP +11:4627 Andraž Hribar SLO +11:5128 Michele Caraglio ITA +13:1929 Robson Figueira Rengifo BRA +13:2130 Sören Lösch GER +13:3031 Johan Goubau BEL +14:2432 Tamas Bogya ROU +14:5333 Blažo Maksimovic SRB +17:4034 Eric Kemp CAN +19:2735 Eddie Bergeron USA +19:3236 Fatih Bodur TUR +25:3937 Chi Kin Man HKG +33:3338 Jeremy Green RSA +39:06Ilshat Dautov / KGZ ropout (dnf)Jong-Hyun Park / KORover-timeMurray Scown / AUS dropout (dnf)Chieh-Lin Yu / TPE over-timeMiddle Distance Qualification Men BLength: 4.9 km / Climb: 160 m / Controls: 15Rank / Name Nation / Finish Time/Behind1 Gernot Kerschbaumer AUT 30:342 Valentin Novikov RUS +0:203 Magne Daehli NOR +0:214 Pavlo Ushkvarok UKR +0:415 Lauri Sild EST +0:566 Aleksei Alekseyonok BLR +1:367 Jan Procházka CZE +1:388 Gustav Bergman SWE +1:549 Hannu Airila FIN +1:5510 Marc Lauenstein SUI +2:0311 Tue Lassen DEN +2:1012 Zsolt Lenkei HUN +2:1213 Kalvis Mihailovs LAT +2:3214 Philippe Adamski FRA +2:5615 Ross Morrison NZL +3:1716 Marco Seppi ITA +4:5517 Bartosz Pawlak POL +5:1918 Vytautas Beliunas LTU +5:2519 Simon Uppill AUS +5:4120 Marián Dávidík SVK +6:3621 Tomas Hendrickx BEL +6:4422 Douglas Tullie GBR +7:3423 Boris Granovskiy USA +8:1424 Christoph Brandt GER +9:0325 Leandro Pereira Pasturiza BRA +9:3726 Zlatko Kamenarov BUL +9:5227 Tiago Gingão Leal POR +10:0628 Igori Postica MDA +10:2129 Damian Konotopetz CAN +11:4530 Luis Nogueira de La Muela ESP +11:5331 Simion Suciu ROU +13:1432 Darren Burke IRL +14:3533 Zhihui Yi CHN +18:4834 Kyong Sa Ri PRK +20:1635 Shinichiro Sakuramoto JPN +23:4136 Musa Erdogan TUR +23:5037 Michael Crone RSA +31:1538 Mark Heikoop NED +34:01Peter Njuguna / KEN dropout (dnf)Byung-Gu Ryu / KOR 1 punch wrongChun Kit Tang / HKG over-timeMiddle Distance Qualification Men CLength: 4.8 km / Climb: 170 m / Controls: 15Rank / Name Nation / Finish Time/Behind1 Carl Waaler Kaas NOR 29:212 Fabian Hertner SUI +0:093 Edgars Bertuks LAT +0:134 Peter Öberg SWE +0:345 Ionut Zinca ROU +2:036 Pasi Ikonen FIN +2:107 Mikhail Mamleev ITA +2:128 Francois Gonon FRA +2:199 Michal Krajcík SVK +2:3010 Olle Kärner EST +2:3711 Graham Gristwood GBR +2:3912 Leonid Novikov RUS +2:5013 Bjarne Friedrichs GER +4:5614 Simonas Krepsta LTU +5:0215 Fabien Pasquasy BEL +5:3116 Vladimir Atanasov BUL +5:3217 Ruslan Glibov UKR +6:1318 Pavel Kubát CZE +6:1919 Dmitry Mikhalkin BLR +6:2320 Christian Wartbichler AUT +7:0821 Miguel Silva POR +7:3622 Istvan Zsebehazy HUN +8:5723 Xiyuan Liang CHN +10:3024 Eric Bone USA +10:3125 Dai Yagishita JPN +11:0926 Tane Cambridge NZL +12:0827 Ruairi Short IRL +12:2728 Ivan Isciuc MDA +14:1829 Ahmet Kacmaz TUR +18:0530 Antonio Martinez ESP +18:5331 Nicholas Mulder RSA +19:5732 Jeffrey Teutsch CAN +24:0333 Francisco Buselli ARG +24:3634 Ronaldo Almeida BRA +27:4335 Gerrit Van De Riet NED +30:3736 Gerald Yip HKG +32:3437 Riste Kirov MKD +38:45Christian Bobach / DEN 1 punch wrongGeun-Hee Hong / KOR dropout (dnf)Cheng-Hsun Liu / TPE over-timeTheodoros Papadimitriou / GRE over-timemiddledistanceLong Distance Qualification Women ALength: 4.2 km / Climb: 120 m / Controls: 17Rank / Name Nation / Finish Time/Behind1 Tatyana Riabkina RUS 33:512 Lina Strand SWE +0:083 Signe Klinting DEN +0:264 Merja Rantanen FIN +0:585 Judith Wyder SUI +1:146 Dana Šafka Brožková CZE +1:367 Liis Johanson EST +2:598 Kristina Rybakovaite LTU +3:108 Nadiya Volynska UKR +3:1010 Rachael Rothman GBR +4:2511 Mari Fasting NOR +4:3712 Elisa Elstner AUT +5:4413 Christiane Tröße GER +6:5214 Shuangyan Hao CHN +10:2315 Louise Oram CAN +10:2616 Michela Guizzardi ITA +10:2917 Susanne Casanova AUS +11:2118 Miriam Pasturiza BRA +11:3519 Naoko Kano JPN +11:3820 Nataliya Dimitrova BUL +12:1321 Annabel Fernández-Valledor ESP +13:3422 Greet Oeyen BEL +14:0823 Maria Alekseyonok BLR +15:0324 Alexandra Jospe USA +22:2925 Rosalind Hussey IRL +25:4926 Greta Knarston NZL +27:2327 Mojca Flerin SLO +27:3128 Sengul Uzen TUR +35:25Pui Fung Chan / HKG over-timeSzu-Ying Wu / TPE over-timeDate: Monday, July 16th, 2012Location: St-George / MarchairuzMap: Bois RondLong Distance Qualification Women BLength: 4.1 km / Climb: 120 m / Controls: 17Rank / Name Nation / Finish Time/Behind1 Tove Alexandersson SWE 30:382 Minna Kauppi FIN +1:403 Sara Lüscher SUI +1:564 Ida Bobach DEN +2:595 Anastasia Trubkina RUS +3:086 Claire Ward GBR +4:046 Hanna Wisniewska POL +4:048 Aija Skrastina LAT +5:569 Christine Kirchlechner ITA +6:0010 Inga Kazlauskaite LTU +6:0511 Anja Arbter AUT +6:4612 Vanessa Round AUS +7:2813 Anna Serrallonga Arqués ESP +9:4714 Iliana Shandurkova BUL +9:5415 Ida Marie Ness Bjorgul NOR +10:5816 Annika Rihma EST +11:0317 Ivana Bochenková CZE +12:0918 Olga Rieznychenko UKR +12:2219 Yingwei Wang CHN +12:5620 Kate Morrison NZL +15:0521 Hannah Burgess USA +16:1122 Sieglinde Kundisch GER +16:2023 Zsuzsanna Domjan HUN +20:1924 Ciara Largey IRL +20:4425 Kim Geypen BEL +21:4026 Nastsia Klapouskaya BLR +32:0127 Selvihan Aydin TUR +35:06Yuen Ki Hilda Cheng / HKG over-timeGeorgia Karadimou / GRE dropout (dnf)= Qualified (Ranks 1-15)Long Distance Qualification Women CLength: 4.1 km / Climb: 130 m / Controls: 17Rank / Name Nation / Finish Time/Behind1 Simone Niggli-Luder SUI 31:582 Amélie Chataing FRA +0:373 Iveta Duchová CZE +1:514 Heidi Østlid Bagstevold NOR +1:555 Fanni Gyurko HUN +2:216 Helen Palmer GBR +2:417 Annika Billstam SWE +3:168 Inga Dambe LAT +4:119 Saila Kinni FIN +4:4310 Maja Alm DEN +6:0410 Lizzie Ingham NZL +6:0412 Kirti Rebane EST +6:2313 Gabija Ražaityte LTU +6:4014 Ursula Kadan AUT +7:1015 Ona Rafols Perramon ESP +7:2716 Nataliya Vinogradova RUS +7:4317 Esther Doetsch GER +8:5618 Miek Fabré BEL +11:0919 Raquel Costa POR +11:1820 Anastasiia Danylova UKR +13:0021 Mikiko Minagawa JPN +14:1222 Sandra Lauenstein USA +14:3423 Carlotta Scalet ITA +16:0724 Aislinn Prendergast AUS +16:2125 Irina Yurok BLR +18:2326 Qiaohong Mo CHN +20:2027 Sladjana Jovanovic SRB +21:1728 Tânia Maria J. De Carvalho BRA +24:3629 Tsz Ying Yu HKG +31:1130 Tugba Cin TUR +31:31

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7Middle distance qualification:out of the comfort zone!middledistanceTricky! The qualifier of yersterday’smiddle distance qualification was ineverybody’s mouth. Simone Niggli wasjust one of the many favourites whogot utterly challenged by the roughJura terrain of Bois rond, near St-Georges. «I did two relatively big mistakesand had to step on the gas afterwards»,Niggli explained, surprisedto have still won women’s C heat with37 seconds over French athlete AmélieChataing. Swedish raising star ToveAlexandersson stole the spot lights toNiggli on the Marchairuz, winning overMinna Kauppi (Finland) in heat B witha gap of over 1 minute 40. «I had agood race with some small mistakes.It feels really good and I am lookingforward to the final!», the 19-years-old- who just took a further Junior WorldChampion title on the middle distancelast week in Slovakia – explained afterher race. Russian Tatyana Riabkinatook the lead in heat A, proving oncemore her excellent form after her victoryin the long distance qualification.In the absence of reigning world championHelena Jansson, injured, today’sfinal might well become a tight fightbetween Niggli, Alexandersson, Riabkina,Kauppi and Chataing.In the men’s race, all eyes were turnedtowards Thierry Gueorgiou, «king ofmiddle distance», whose participationhad remained highly uncertain due toa recent stress fracture. The Frenchman,who said he was «very, veryhappy» to stand on the start line, hadall reasons to be just as happy on thefinish line, winning with almost oneminute gap over Norwegian star OlavLundanes.Gernot Kerschbaumer completed Austria’sgreat day by winning heat B, followedby Valentin Novikov (Russia).One of Gueorgiou’s biggest opponenttoday might well be Carl Waaler Kaas(Norway), victorious of heat C in frontof a further favourite, Swiss FabianHertner. The local athletes Marc Lauensteinand Baptiste Rollier both endedwith a top-10 position.lbMise à l’épreuveLe terrain diffus des alentours du Marchairuzn’aura permis à aucun des favorisde prendre sa qualification pouracquise. Même Simone Niggli, championnedu monde à 18 reprises, a étéforcée de presser sur l’accélérateuraprès deux grosses erreurs. Chez leshommes, tous les regards étaient tournésvers Thierry Gueorgiou, roi de lamoyenne distance, dont la participationétait incertaine après une récente fracturede fatigue. Le Français s’est imposédans sa poule de qualification avec uneminute d’avance.lbOne week after her title in the junior class, Tove Alexandersson impressed yesterday.

Running around or going straight?Route choice analysismenOn the men’s courses, there were twointeresting route choice legs early in thecourse. The first one to control three waspart of both the men’s B and C heat. Forthe second one, from control four to controlfive in the heat C, the fastest routechoice was a bit of a surprise.2-3 heat B, CThere are mainly two possible routechoices on this leg but with differentmini sub-route choices. The first questionis whether to run up to the road ordown to the path right after the control.The Frenchman François Gonon and theLatvian Edgars Bertuks (third in heat C)both choose the option to run up to theroad. But after the bend of the road, theyrun slightly differently. Gonon stays relativelylow. He avoids thereby the steepestpart of the slope but has to climb againtowards the control. Bertuks on the otherhand runs higher up in the slope. He justhas to follow the contour into the control.In the finish he wasn’t really happyabout the choice: «The runability in theslope was poor, it was just too steep», hesaid. Still, the split times show no big difference.Both Fabian Hertner from Switzerland(second in heat C) and the winner of heatB, the Austrian Gernot Kerschbaumer ranthe other possible route down to the pathwith only a small difference in the beginningof their routes. Hertner wasn’t sureabout his choice after the race and said«probably it would have been better tocut even more through the forest beforereaching the path.» Comparing the splittimes, it is only Kerschbaumer who losessignificantly. This is probably explainedby running speed because the Austrian’sway out of the control looks fast.8middledistance4-5 Hertner vs. BertuksThe shortest leg to control number fiveleads through a quite long passage ofgreen. Bertuks chooses to the left andaround the thickets on the forest road.Another advantage is the clear attackpointoffered by the big crossing of theroads. Either way, Bertuks makes a smallmistake in the control circle, climbing abit too high. He is still a lot faster thanHertner who cuts through the green. TheSwiss said in the finish that he didn’thave full control over where he was runningafter he left the road. A loss of 24seconds is probably still too much – thefast way around by Bertuks was the betterchoice. Similar to the women, GernotKerschbaumer described the terrain asreally tough. «The main question aboutthe route choices was if it was worth it torun around», said the heat winner. In thiscase it clearly was.lm

9Running around: a successful tacticRoute choice analysiswomenThe middle distance qualification nearSt George on the map Bois Rond was theexpected tough challenge for the WOCparticipants.Especially in the women’sclass, there were only very few who finishedwithout mistakes. The terrain wastricky with low visibility in many areas.Signe Klingting, the Danish runner whofinished third in the women’s A heat, saidafter the race: «It was really difficult technicallyas one couldn’t see far. Physicallyyou had to fight all the way because ofthe stony ground, dead wood and thickets.»Although the runners faced some bigchallenges they all liked the race. «Thiswas really fun orienteering and a goodterrain for a middle distance», was LinaStrand’s comment. The Swede was placedjust ahead of Klingting. The key for a goodresult in today’s race in the women’s Aheat was a safe and clean run. Even if themiddledistanceroute choices played only a minor role,there were some interesting and varyingroute choices on some legs.8-9Riabkina, Strand and Klinting all runstraight. This seems to be a fast choiceeven more so because the runability inthe forest was really good and for oncethere were no stones on the ground whichslowed the runners down at this place.Interestingly the best split time is runby Judith Wyder (2:33). The Swiss madesome big mistakes earlyon and decided to runthe right route choice optionalong the path andthe forest road. She says:«After the mistakes I gotunsecure so I looked forthe safest possible routechoices.» All of the othertop 3 runners (Riabkina2:54, Strand 2:58, Klinting3:06) loose quite a lotof time on this relativelyshort leg – this indicatesthat Wyder’s route choiceis simply better. Strandsaid that she saw theother route choice butthought that the whiteon the map looked goodto go straight. «But Inearly came down to theyellow near the road anyway»,she adds.11-12Again, Wyder chooses torun around. She uses thesmall path to get out ofthe control, then dropsto the forest road andagain uses the path toget a really safe attackpoint.She commentsthis route: «It was probablytoo extreme, it musthave been faster to runstraight.» Riabkina (1:44),Strand (1:44) and Klinting(1:43) run straighterand all of them are faster.The difference to Wyder(2:01) is relatively small.Considering her situationafter mistakes in thebeginning and a shakedself-confidence, this reallysafe route choice wasdefinitively no mistake.Either way, it was «only»about qualifying to thefinal.jm

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13Tip of the daySara Norrgrann, Finland (Picture )I am from Finland so of course, Ihope that Minna Kauppi will win thewomen’s race. In the men’s race Idon’t really know. Maybe Gueorgiou. Ihope he is in good shape again.is a strong runner and of course alsovery good in orienteering. Kyburz isyoung and motivated. And then themiddle distance is one of his favoritedisciplines.Airi Alnek, Estonia ()I think Simone Niggli will win. Shewins so often so why shouldn’t shetomorrow? In the men’s race it ishard to say. I like Thierry Gueorgiou,but he is not in a very goodshape at the moment. Maybe aSwiss can win.Janne Salmi, FinnlandIn the men’s race I think it willbe one of the Swiss guys. Ithink Marc Lauenstein will win,although Olav Lundanes is alsoa favorite. But I think it is timefor Marc to win. In the women’srace I think Minna Kauppi willbeat Simone Niggli with a leadof one second.ABC de la CODisciplinelongrelayQuatre disciplines font l’objet dechampionnats internationaux. Troisd’entre elles se disputent individuellement:le sprint (env. 15 minutes), lamoyenne distance (env. 30 minutes)et la longue distance (env. 1h30). Lerelais se court par équipe de trois. Al’échelle nationale, la course d’orientationde nuit est également disputée.A noter que la CO se pratique aussi àski-de-fond et en VTT.EquidistancesprintdistancemiddledistanceTimo Trachsel,SwitzerlandI think Matthias Kyburz will win themen’s race. In the women’s race Ithink Simone Niggli will make it. SheMünsingen: «Sime»liefert Grund zum FeiernDer Gemeindepräsident von Münsingenmuss ein glücklicher Mann sein: Inseinem Ort wohnt eine Sportlerin, dieihm seit Jahren so beständig wie verlässlichGelegenheiten zum Anstossen aufGrosserfolge liefert. Wir wollen nichtunterstellen, dass man sich bei der GemeindeMünsingen schon an die Exploitsgewöhnt hat. Aber beim Lesen der Einladung,verschickt Anfang Juli eben von derGemeinde Münsingen, kann man schonein bisschen einen solchen Eindruck gewinnen.«Empfangsfeier von Simone undMatthias Niggli-Luder», steht dort. DieFeier findet am 25. Juli statt, die DetailsJussi Harju, Finnland ()In the men’s race I think thatOlav Lundanes will make it.He is very strong runner,which he has shown forexample in the long distancequalification. In thewomen’s race I guess thatMinna Kauppi will win. She is a verygood orienteer.Kaspar Hoffmann, Switzerland ()Oh, no idea. It’s so close. I reallydon’t know. sind bereits festgelegt. Der Titel im Einladungsbrieflautet «Simone Niggli-Luder,brillant wie eh und je.» Einleitend heisstes: «Nach der Wettkampfpause und demdoppelten Familienglück mit ihren Zwillingeneilt Simone Niggli-Luder bereitswieder allen davon an die OL-Spitze.» DieBotschaft, die man da hineinlesen kann:Egal ob die WM erst bevorsteht, «Sime»wirds schon wieder richten und uns denGrund zum Feiern bieten. Wir gratulierenden Münsingern zur Weitsicht: Mitdem Sprint-Gold vom vergangenen Samstaghat Simone Niggli bereits geliefertund den Festanlass gesichert. lanlanL’équidistance représente la distanceverticale entre deux courbes de niveauxsur la carte. En général, plus leterrain est raide, plus l’équidistanceest grande. Aux WOC 2012, l’équidistancepour l’épreuve de sprint étaitde 2.5m, contre 5m pour toutes lesautres distances.Erreur•Le classement d’une course d’orientationn’est pas uniquement déterminépar la performance physique des athlètes,mais également par leurs choixde cheminements et leur capacité àles appliquer de manière correcte. Onparle d’erreur sitôt que l’athlète déviede la trajectoire qu’il avait prévue, cequi l’oblige à corriger sa position etentraîne une perte de temps. lb•Solution: D5gC5, G3gC3, B3gK3, D7gH7.

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15First timers from across the oceansPui Fung Chan (Hong-Kong)WOC 2012 are the first World Championshipsfor 26-years-old Pui FungChan (English name: Leona) fromHong-Kong, who started orienteeringwith 14 and participated already twicein JWOC. «The vegetation is muchdenser in Hong-Kong and we have onlyfew route choices. Here I enjoy orienteeringmuch more». There are a fewhundreds orienteers in her home country,among which about 15 elite women.«We have to qualify through rankingevents, a 5 km test and a hill test».«I was very lucky to get the chance tocome here», Leona adds.Francesco Buselli (Argentina)Francesco Buselli is the very first Argentinianto participate in World OrienteeringChampionships. He startedorienteering 15 years ago in Italy,where he is still living now – he holdsthe Italian nationality too. «Orienteeringappeared in Argentina in 1978,but stopped under the military dictatorship,as we were not allowed tomap anything». About 200 people arenowadays orienteering in Argentina, allin the surroundings of Buenos Aires,which is characterized by very flat terrains.«It is developing relatively fast»,Francesco – who ran both sprint andmiddle distance - says.Michael Crone (South-Africa)Despite not having had his best racetoday, Michael Crone still had goodreasons to smile: two days ago, themedicine student became the firstSouth-African to qualify for a WOC final,the sprint one. He already participatedin the previous WOC and JWOCin Denmark, and fully focused on thesprint this year. «I didn’t really preparethe middle distance», Michael explainsin the finish area, his map still in hishand. «In South Africa, the closest forestfrom my home is 2.5 hours away.We only go there two or three timesa year». Michael – as all membersfrom the South African national team– comes from Johannesburg, while allforest are located near Cap Town. «Thebetter orienteers all come from theplace located the furthest away fromforests... it’s a bit weird!» he laughs.South Africa travelled with an entiremen team at WOC 2012, but withoutany woman. «There are quite a fewjuniors, but senior women are not yetthere». About 80 orienteers show upat events. «We are trying to grow, andthere is now a school program. But theproblem is to bring the children fromschools to club events». lb

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