The big surprise was saved for the
last day of the World MTB Orienteering Championships 2015. With a performance absolutely brilliant, Austria won the world title in
men's Relay, in what was the most contested final ever. In the
women's sector the victory went to Finland, while in the Junior World Championships, France was the winner in both categories.
Giving to the World MTB Orienteering Championships 2015 the great note of sensation, Austria was the winner of
the men's Relay, which took place this morning. The
Czech Republic started stronger, through Frantisek Bogar, facing the hard opposition of
Russian, Finnish, Austrian and... Portuguese. Indeed, Davide Machado
had a brilliant performance in the first leg, throughout the
testimony to Daniel Marques in the second position, just a few 36 seconds to the leadership. In the group of five, only Marques sank in the second
leg, so the decisive leg offered the prospect of an intense
battle for the gold medal between Finns, Czechs and Russians, with Austria
being the great outsider in this exciting Relay. Portugal occupied the sixth position then, with a lead of 3:59 over Estonia, current World Champion and now ranked seventh.
But it was precisely Austria to give
the note of sensation and quoting itself as the great surprise of the
Championships. Andreas Waldmann - now in his first season within
the elite, after being consecrated World Champion Junior of Long Distance in 2014 - knew endure the pressure of having behind him names such as the Czech
Vojtech Stransky, the Finnish Jussi Laurila and the Russian Anton
Foliforov, performing the last leg always on the edge and concluding
with a more than welcomed victory in 2:32:15, against 2:32:23 and 2:32:26 over Russia and Finland, respectively. Only eleven seconds separated the top three, in
which becomes the most disputed Relay ever in thirteen editions
of the World Championships, gave to Austria a tasty and particularly
deserved title. Portugal finished in the 7th place, with more 15:38 than Austria, thus
achieving its best result ever in the Relay in the World Championships.
Finland recovers female world title
In the women's sector, Sweden played
its biggest trump card in the first leg, with Cecilia Thomasson to
be the fastest among the 19 athletes who lined up at the start.
However, Sanna Wallenborg was quickly overcome by her more direct
opponents, with Russia and the Czech Republic to erase the disadvantage of nearly one minute they had. To the
Russian Anastasiya Bolshova and the Czech Marie Brezinova joined the Finnish Marika Hara, winning almost three minutes over her opponents and giving to Susanna Laurila the leadershio at the start for the decisive
let. Big names of the Long Distance course, when they raised the top two
positions, the Czech Martina Tichovska and the Russian Svetlana Poverina
were not able, in the leat leg, to neutralize the difference to the Finnish, sharing than the discussion of the silver medal, with
Poverina to bringing the best after a vigorous sprint. In the end,
victory for Finland in 2:08:19, which thus recovers the title that escaped in 2014, precisely to Russia.
The Junior World MTB Orienteering Championship JWMTBOC 2015 had in the French teams a common denominator
regarding to the winner in male and female categories. France won by
comfortable margins in both cases on Russia, with Finland in male and
female in Sweden to occupy the third place of the respective tables.
Hard fought earlier, the men's race had in the French Samson Deriaz the
big name, to move away significantly from the concurrence in the
second leg, opening the victory to Florian Pinsard, also with a great performance. In the women class, the second leg of Constance Devillers was also
decisive, but Lou Denaix, with a blazing start, also was important in
the victory of the French, that Lou Garcin could confirm.
Results
M21
1. Austria (Kevin Haselsberger,
Bernhard Schachinger, Andreas Waldmann) 2:32:15 (+ 00:00)
2. Russia (Ruslan Gritsan, Valerii
Glukhov, Anton Foliforov) 2:32:23 (+ 00:08)
3. Finland (Pekka Niemi, Samuli Saarela, Jussi Laurila) 2:32:26 (+ 00:11)
4. Czech Republic (Frantisek Bogar,
Marek Pospisek, Vojtech Stransky) 2:35:06 (+ 02:51)
5. France (Yoann Garde, Clement Souvray, Baptiste Fuchs) 2:35:58 (+ 03:43)
6. Estonia (Tõnis Erm, Margus Hallik, Lauri Malsroos) 2:42:00 (+ 09:45)
7. Portugal (Davide Machado, Daniel
Marques, Carlos Simões) 1:47:53 (+ 15:38)
W21
1. Finland (Ingrid Stengard, Marika
Hara, Susanna Laurila) 2:08:19 (+ 00:00)
2. Russia (Tatiana Repina, Anastasiya
Bolshova, Svetlana Poverina) 2:09:45 (+ 01:26)
3. Czech Republic (Renata Paulickova,
Marie Brezinova, Martina Tichovska) 2:09:51 (+ 01:32)
4. France (Nicole Hueber, Hana Garde, Gaëlle Barlet) 2:15:17 (+ 06:58)
5. Denmark (Nina Hoffman, Caecilie
Christoffersen, Camilla Soegaard) 2:20:48 (+ 12:29)
6. Lithuania (Asta Simkoniene, Ramune
Arlauskiene, Algirda Zaliauskaite) 2:24:23 (+ 16:04)
(...)
14. Portugal (Susana Pontes, Ana
Filipa Silva, Tânia Costa Covas) 2:58:20 (+ 50:01)
M20
1. France (Antoine Vercauteren, Samson
Deriaz, Florian Pinsard) 2:33:38 (+ 00:00)
2. Russia (Leonid Tsvetkov, Alexander
Kulgaviy, Vyacheslav Chernykh) 2:36:16 (+ 02:38)
3. Finland (Sakari Puolakanaho, Miska
Tervala, Sauli Pietikainen) 2:36:50 (+ 03:12)
4. Czech Republic (Vaclav Snuparek,
Matyas Ludvik, Michael Nemet) 2:41:48 (+ 08:10)
5. Slovakia (Matej Muller, Teodor Takac, Andrej Cully) 2:48:10 (+ 14:32)
6. Sweden (Filip Bergstrom, Oskar
Sandberg, Pontus Kullin) 2:50:26 (+ 16:48)
(...)
Portugal (Paul Roothans, Duarte Lourenço, Diogo Barradas) mp
W20
1. France (Lou Denaix, Constance
Devillers, Lou Garcin) 2:31:46 (+ 00:00)
2. Russia (Olga Mikhaylova, Alena
Fedoseeva, Darya Mikryukova) 2:32:38 (+ 00:52)
3. Sweden (Rebecka Hylander, Elvira
Larsson, Kajsa Engstrom) 2:39:29 (+ 07:04)
4. Finland (Jutta Nurminen, Helena
Hakala, Essi Hakala) 2:41:09 (+ 09:23)
5. Czech Republic (Andrea Kamenikova,
Barbora Kohoutova, Veronika Kubinova) 2:48:21 (+ 16:35)
6. Austria (Lea Hnilica, Julia Ritter, Antonella Fantoni) 2:53:38 (+ 21:52)
Complete results and further
information at www.wmtboc2015.cz/.
Joaquim Margarido
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