By winning the world title in Mixed
Sprint Relay, Denmark is the first big name of the World Orienteering
Championships WOC 2015. Norway and Russia occupied by this order the
remaining places on the podium, while Portugal finished in the 21st
place in the set of 32 participating countries.
A year after the second position in the
Mixed Sprint Relay of the World Orienteering Championships held in
Italy, Denmark avenged the defeat against Switzerland, being the
winner of the 2015 edition which took place this afternoon at Nairn,
Scotland. Performing with the same team of the last year - Emma
Klingenberg, Tue Lassen, Søren Bobach and Maja Alm - the Danish
imposed to the tough concurrence, completing the four legs in
1:00:54. The key to the victory will have been the outstanding
performances of Emma Klingenberg and Maja Alm, winning their legs and
headed to victory in a clear way.
As in 2014, Denmark had in Switzerland
the biggest opponent. Emma Klingenberg started brilliantly into the
course, winning precious 48 seconds to Rahel Friederich, then the
third ranked. Between the two athletes, in the second place,
highlighting the Italian Lia Patscheider, making an absolutely
amazing race. Great pretender to the title, Sweden occupied the 11th
position, with Lilian Forsgren to spend more 01:08 than Emma
Klingenberg. Although shy, the reaction of Switzerland began to
operate in the second leg, with Martin Hubmann to shorten the
distance to 32 seconds that separated him from Tue Lassen. Really
impressive in this leg were the performances of Jonas Vytautas
Gvildys (Lithuania), Jerker Lysell (Sweden) and especially Frédéric
Tranchand (France), with the best partial. Five "roosters"
for three "perches" such were the prospects with half the
course completed.
With the Danish Søren Bobach, the
Swiss Matthias Kyburz and the Swedish Jonas Leandersson in the field,
the third leg was guessed-spectacular. And so it was, indeed. With the
French Lucas Basset in their footsteps, Leandersson and Kyburz won to the Danish second after second, with the differences in the
end being of just one second in the case of Switzerland, 18 seconds
in the case of Sweden and 27 seconds in the case of France. All open
for the decisive leg, with the Danish Maja Alm and Judith Wyder ready
to re-edit the great duel of 2014. In the first half of the last leg,
Alm and Wyder alternated in the lead, but at the passage through the
spectators control the advantage of the Danish over the Swiss was already
of 19 seconds to move on quickly to 1:01 and to 1:31 at the finish.
And if the term "dynamic of victory" can be applied with
all property to Maja Alm, the "dynamic of defeat" took
account of Judith Wyder, passed near the finish by the Norwegian Anne
Margrethe Hausken Nordberg and the Russian Galina Vinogradova, both
phenomenal in this last leg. With large and justified aspirations for
a medal, Sweden concluded in the fifth position, while the great
disappointment goes to the British team, playing at home, and now managed
no better than the 14th place. Portugal repeated the 21st position
achieved in Italy last year, ending with more 08:52 than the winners. Further information and full results at www.woc2015.org.
Results
1. Denmark 1:00:54 (+ 00:00)
2. Norway 1:02:16 (+ 01:21)
3. Russia 1:02:20 (+ 01:26)
4. Switzerland 1:02:25 (+ 01:31)
5. Sweden 1:02:32 (+ 01:38)
6. Finland 1:02:59 (+ 02:05)
7. France 1:03:33 (+ 02:39)
8. Lithuania 1:04:23 (+ 03:29)
9. Austria 1:04:30 (+ 03:36)
10. Czech Republic 1:04:48 (+ 03:54)
(...)
21. Portugal 1:09:46 (+ 08:52)
Photo: © woc2015 / twitter.com/WOC2015
Joaquim Margarido
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