The UK team won the world university
title in the Sprint Relay. In a beautiful afternoon, Charlotte
Ward, Peter Hodkinson, Kris Jones and Megan Carter-Davies reached the gold, leaving the silver and the bronze for the teams
of the Czech Republic and Norway, respectively.
The World University Orienteering
Championships WUOC 2016 had today one of its highlights, with the
Mixed Sprint Relay. Played within the urban perimeter of the city of
Miskolc, in its southern part, the race was contested by 24 teams of
four elements each, two male and two female.
Quite balanced, the first leg saw the
teams of Hungary and Estonia finish in the first position, at a time
when the first thirteen teams followed separated by just 50 seconds.
With Peter Hodkinson, the British jumped to the lead at the end of
the second leg with an advantage of 5 seconds over Switzerland and 36
seconds over Norway, respectively second and third classified. In the
third leg, the British launched the World University Champion of
Sprint, Kris Jones, extending the lead to 1:09 over the second
classified, which was now Norway. Czech Republic, Switzerland,
Sweden, Latvia, France, Hungary, Estonia and Russia followed the
Norwegian team, all of them less than one minute from the silver
medal.
In the last leg, Megan Carter-Davies
didn't compromise the British expectations and confirmed the gold
medal with a time of 54:57 overall. Crowning a fantastic recovery,
the Czech Republic had in Denisa Kosová its representative in the
decisive leg, reaching the silver medal with a time of 55:47. Norway
finished in the third place, 1:14 after the winners. Sweden and
Switzerland changed positions, with Lilian Forsgren to gain 11
seconds in the particular fight with Kerstin Ullmann and giving to
Sweden the fourth position. Russia would eventually close the seats
of honor, with Tatiana Bevza getting the second best time and winning
four positions in this decisive leg. One last word to the Danish Emma
Klingenberg, the fastest in the last leg, winning seven positions to
finish in the 7th place, just 27 seconds away from the diplomas.
Results
1. United Kingdom (Charlotte Ward,
Peter Hodkinson, Kris Jones, Megan Carter-Davies) 54:57 (+ 00:00)
2. Czech Republic (Jana Knapová, Miloš
Nykodým, Jan Petržela, Denisa Kosová) 55:47 (+ 00:50)
3. Norway (Sigrid Alexandersen, Emil
Ahlbäck, Trond Einar Pedersli, Ingjerd Myhre) 56:11 (+ 01:14)
4. Sweden (Elin Mansson, Jakob Enmark,
Oskar Sjöberg, Lilian Forsgren) 56:24 (+ 01:27)
5. Switzerland (Anina Brunner,
Christoph Meier, Jonas Egger, Kerstin Ullmann) 56:29 (+ 01:32)
6. Russia (Anna Dvorianskaia, Pavel
Zarevenko, Nikita Stepanov, Tatiana Bevza) 56:31 (+ 01:34)
Complete results and
further information at http://wuoc2016.hu/.
[Photo: BUCS - British Universities & Colleges Sport / twitter.com/BUCSsport]
Joaquim Margarido
Joaquim Margarido
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