Camperdown Park, one of the most
popular green spaces by the people of Dundee, received the TempO
World Trophy 2012. Integrated in the program of the World Trail
Orienteering Championships, the event took place under very
unpleasant weather conditions, with the rain and the wind being two
of the biggest players of the day. In the end, Marit Wiksell was the
winner, followed by two other young athletes, Guido Michelotti and Martin Jullum.
Rain, wind and low temperature
marked the TempO World Trophy. Considered the “Sprint” of the
Trail Orienteering, the TempO had the last opportunity to show itself
in an unofficial way, since the next World Championships in Vuokati
(Finland) will have the TempO as an official discipline and will set
the first World Champion of its history.
Spread over eight stations along a
circular path, with three questions per station, the TempO World
Trophy put to the focus into the technical quality of the athletes,
in the capacity of interpretation of the terrains, but especially in
their fast decisions. After all, everything is played in the sum of
times, with each wrong answer penalizing 30 seconds. Therefore, speed
and precision are the key for achieving the best result.
Marit Wiksell, the special one
After the 4th
place in Falun, in the recent European Trail Orienteering
Championships ETOC 2012, Marit Wiksell (Sweden) was a brilliant
winner with a total of 220.5 seconds and two wrong questions. With
just a wrong question, but with more 43 seconds spent in the total of
the 24 questions, the Italian Guido Michelotti tipped with the second
place, while the Norwegian Martin Jullum was third, 47.5 seconds away
from the winner. The Czech Tomáš Leštínský has managed to hit
all the issues, but ended up being penalized for the time spent in
each of the decisions, staying just ten seconds away from the podium.
On the end of the table, among the 62 participants, we can see
Joaquim Margarido with 12 correct answers and a total of 818.5
seconds in the 58th position, while Ricardo
Pinto was ranked 61th with 10 correct
answers and 909.5 seconds.
The Awards Ceremony took place in
the evening, during the Opening Ceremony of the World Trail
Orienteering Championships. One of the biggest moments of these
Championships was attended by the Lord Provost of Dundee, Cllr Bob
Duncan, Brian Porteus, Vice-President of the International
Orienteering Federation, Lyn West, President of the British
Orienteering Federation, and Donald Grassie, President of the
Scottish Orienteering Association.
Results and other informations at http://www.scottish-orienteering.org/wtoc2012/tempo
[You can see here the photos of the TempO World Trophy and the Opening Ceremony]
Joaquim Margarido
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