Anton Foliforov and Olga Shipilova
Vinogradova, both from Russia, were the winners of the Middle
Distance final, in the second day of the World MTB Orienteering
Championships 2016. In the younger categories, France deserves to be
highlighted for its two gold medals achieved in M20 and W17 classes.
The Middle Distance of the World MTB
Orienteering Championship WMTBOC 2016, held this morning in Valongo
do Vouga, hardly won't be erased from Vojtech Ludvik's memory. The
Czech was the first to start, and also the first to finish his
course; and with a time that would prove
to be amazing, standing at 47:18 for a distance of 19.3 km. The
truth is that he had to have nerves of steel to withstand the
pressure of leading almost until the very end, just beaten by the
Russian Anton Foliforov, the penultimate to start, and that would
record a new best time by 43 seconds. Placed
3rd was another Russian athlete, Ruslan Gritsan, 47 seconds
slower than his teammate. With this result, Foliforov kept the Middle
Distance's world title, reaching his second gold medal in these World
Championships after winning the Sprint that opened the competition
last Monday.
In the Women Elite, the Russian Olga
Shipilova Vinogradova was the winner with a time of 44:02 for a
distance of 14.5 km, confirming that the two years pause didn't
affect her at all. Second placed, the British Emily Benham, currently
the World Cup leader, finished her race spending
three seconds more than Vinogradova,
after winning the Sprint title, last Monday, by
a difference of two seconds over the Finnish Marika Hara. The
third place went to the Danish Camilla Soegaard, taking her second
individual bronze medal in the World Championships after Italy 2014,
then in the Long Distance. The previous World Champion, the French
Gaëlle Barlet, was the 5th ranked, 1:31 after the winner.
Among the younger categories, this time
the focus is on France, thanks to Samson Deriaz and Mia Raichon's
victories in the Junior World Championships and
the European Youth Championships, respectively. Deriaz found
the strong opposition of the Finnish Sauli Pietikaïnen, winning by a
margin of 3 seconds. Meanwhile, Raichon reached a comfortable victory
of nearly two minutes over the Czech Vilma Kralova. In the W20 class,
the Czech Veronika Kubinova turned out to be unbeatable, repeating
the gold achieved last Monday and getting her fifth World Junior
title in the last three editions of the World Championships. Finally,
the new Youth European Champion is Danish and goes by the name of
Thomas Steinthal, having beaten the Sprint European Champion, the
Czech Jan Hasek, for just three seconds.
Results
MElite
1. Anton Foliforov (Russia) 46:35 (+
00:00)
2. Vojtech Ludvik (Czech Republic)
47:18 (+ 00:43)
3. Ruslan Gritsan (Russia) 47:22 (+
00:47)
4. Cédric Beill (France) 47:56 (+
01:21)
5. Lauri Malsroos (Estonia) 48:28 (+
01:53)
6. Vojtech Stransky (Czech Republic)
49:01 (+ 02:26)
WElite
1. Olga Shipilova Vinogradova (Russia)
44:02 (+ 00:00)
2. Emily Benham (Great Britain) 44:05
(+ 00:03)
3. Camilla Soegaard (Denmark) 44:43 (+
00:41)
4. Svetlana Poverina (Russia) 44:51 (+
00:49)
5. Gaëlle Barlet (France) 45:33 (+
01:31)
6. Martina Tichovska (Czech Republic)
45:50 (+ 01:48)
M20
1. Samson Deriaz (France) 40:43 (+
00:00)
2. Sauli Pietikäinen (Finland) 40:46
(+ 00:03)
3. Nojus Kalvaitis (Lithuania) 41:00 (+
00:17)
W20
1. Veronika Kubinova (Czech Republic)
37:10 (+ 0:00)
2. Alena Fedoseeva (Russia) 39:47 (+
02:37)
3. Doris Kudre (Estonia) 40:30 (+
03:20)
M17
1. Thomas Steinthal (Denmark) 33:03 (+
00:00)
2. Jan Hasek (Czech Republic) 33:08 (+
00:05)
3. Teemu Kaksonen (Finland) 34:06 (+
01:03)
W17
1. Mia Raichon (France) 33:06 (+ 00:00)
2. Vilma Kralova (Czech Republic) 34:55
(+ 01:49)
3. Marina Oparina (Russia) 35:39 (+
02:33)
Complete results and further
information at http://mtbo16.fpo.pt/.
Joaquim Margarido
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