LIOM 2016: Catherine Taylor's Long Distance course analysis

[Control nº 1] I've not run on a 1:15,000 map in a long time, so I ran a bit extra and safer to get used to the map before attacking the control. Not quick but I think it was what I needed.

[Control nº 2] It seemed quite equal to take the road or the path on the other side of the fields. I chose the road, it looked simpler.

[Control nº 3] Straight! It was fast terrain so no need to use the path.

[Control nº 4] Good to leave the path earlier to avoid the darkest green.

[Controls nº 5 and nº 6] My big mistake! On a path. I thought I was taking the big path, turned left by some small hills and came to a control - and it was mine! So I ran on but soon found that the terrain didn't match 6-7 at all, and I'd been to control 6 instead of 5… oops. I really lost concentration here and took the wrong direction back to 6, too. But I had seen Galina ahead already at control 3 and made my aim to push really hard and try and "catch back" the big mistakes.

[Controls nº 7, nº 8, nº 9 and nº 10] Running straight, these were okay and a nice chance to refocus.

[Controls nº 11, 12 and 13] Sometimes hard to see the details in the circles and having to stop a lot on the way into the control, but routes were quite straight.

[Control nº 14] I took quite a low route, it felt quite fast to take this line.

[Control nº 15] No problems with orienteering in the open but the terrain was sandy and difficult to run in.

[Controls nº 16 and nº 17] Now I could see Galina again, which helped me push harder when the terrain was so sandy. 16 was quite difficult to find and here is where I caught the gap. But having extra company can mean extra pressure…

[Control nº 18] Path mistakes, again! It was difficult to see the paths and I found a "false trail" taking me too far left. I didn't check the compass enough and soon lost where I was. I kept going, now using my compass, to find a clear feature and mnaged to find myself again and carry on into the control. Some more extra distance.

[Control nº 19 to Finish ] The most fun part of the race, really fast terrain but it can still be easy to lose time by moving fast without checking the compass properly. I just wanted to hve a clean last loop and I managed that okay at least. I still paused to check I was in exactly the right place on the way into 23, it felt stupid to risk any more big mistakes. I was tired in the end because on this terrain you have to run really hard!

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LIOM 2016: Fredrik Bakkman's Long Distance course analysis

[Control nº 1] The first one was just run straight, pretty easy.

[Controls nº 2, nº 3 and nº 4] Also running straight, full speed all the time. An easy start, no problems.

[Control nº 5] Here I missed a little. I came down, I think I was right but I was a little bit North. Then I had to turn back and I lost maybe 30 or 40 seconds.

[Controls nº 6 and nº 7] Just ran on the path, and then straight to the controls.

[Control nº 8] I missed here a little bit, too. I didn’t see the control and lost some seconds. Yeah, a little mistake.

[Control nº 9] An easy one, just run straight.

[Control nº 10] Full speed on the path all the way into the control.

[Control nº 11] No mistakes.

[Control nº 12] Really easy too. First I ran on the yellow and then down, to the control. An easy one also.

[Control nº 13] Yeah… a mistake, but a little one.

[Control nº 14] I think I was running the right way, but I wasn’t. Where am I? Then I saw where I was. I lost some time but I didn’t miss the control.

[Control nº 15] That was an easy one.

[Control nº 16] Pretty easy. I saw the green on the way down.

[Control nº 17] Here I ran a little to the left. Maybe I lost some time there, but not too much.

[Control nº 18] Just run straight. I recognized the area, I’ve been there earlier twice (laughs).

[Control nº 19] I ran straight at the beginning and then along the path. This is an easy one, you can run full speed all the time, right into the control.

[Control nº 20 and nº 21] Just run straight and then on the path into the control.

[Control nº 22] Straight to the path, to save my legs, and then just run straight into the control. We are now into the most interesting part of the map, really green. More sand in the beginning and a harder ground in the last part. I prefer it just like that. So, a great fun on the last part of the race.

[Control nº 23] A lot of sand up at the control. It was tough.

[Control nº 24] A little round on the right and then straight to the control.

[Control nº 25] Just run straight. I didn't find any difficulties here.

[Control nº 26] I just ran in the compass and then I saw the green near the path. There was no problem.

[Control nº 27] No problem also into the arena passage.

[Control nº 28 and nº 29] I took the path to both controls.

[Control nº 30] Straight on.

[Control nº 31] I thought the control would be a tough one, but when you come closer to it you see it was pretty easy because the green is not so green. The forest is very runnable here and you see the control quite far.

[Control nº 32 and nº 33] Just run straight into the controls. No problem either.

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LIOM 2016: Marika Teini's Sprint course analysis

[Control nº 01] The first control was an easy one; there weren’t route choices, it was just coming into the race.

[Control nº 02] The second control was much more complicated. I decided to go left because it seemed simpler than to the right and I didn’t have any difficulties.

[Control nº 03] First I was thinking to go left, because I knew there was some work on the road, but then going right seemed much better. So, I decided myself for the right and it was just the short one.

[Control nº 04] No problems too.

[Control nº 05] Here I had problems because I looked to the 13th control and it was near to the 5th control. Then I notice a fork and realized the problem. I had to turn down and climb all the way up. It would be better to run for the left. But I was wrong because of the number here [printed on the map].

[Control nº 06] I choose go on the left to avoid the stairs because we always run slower. I think right would be a little bit shorter but here I had less stairs.

[Control nº 07] Like the sixth control, I decided my option to avoid the stairs also.

[Control nº 08] First I noticed like I had to go to the right and then I see that going on the left should be shorter to the control. Here we face really narrow streets and tricky orienteering. You need to be really concentrated all the time.

[Controls nº 09 and nº 10] Here it was most like running and climbing huge hills.

[Control nº 11] First I thought to go down on the left, but then I saw the option to the right and I think I made a good choice.

[Control nº 12] Clear run to the left.

[Control nº 13] Here I anticipated the controls nº 14 and nº 15 and I decided to go that way. I think it was a good option.

[Controls nº 14 and nº 15] I'd already ran through here before, so it was easier to find the controls.

[Control nº 16] Clear!

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LIOM 2016: Daniel Hubmann's Sprint course analysis

[Control nº 01] The first control was an easy one; there weren’t route choices here.

[Control nº 02] We had a route choice to the second control. First I saw the option to the right, but then I decided to go left because it seemed to be shorter. I think it was a good choice.

[Control nº 03] To the third control I went to the left but I think that could be almost the same if I choose the option to the right .

[Controls nº 04 and nº 05] Clear.

[Control nº 06] Number six also clear. No route choices, but still you had to be focused, see all the passages, the steps, also some people, you have to take care moving round the corner, but I think I managed to do well.

[Control nº 07] I decided to go up the stairs and then go down, which I think it was good.

[Control nº 08] An interesting route choice here, because of the climbing. The first option I saw it was close to the line but then I realize that would be better to go up and down again. I think this was also a very good option.

[Control nº 09] To the ninth control, I wanted to do an “S” – so, right and left” – but then I decided to go all around to the right, but I can see now that it wasn’t the best option and I think I lost here about ten seconds.

[Control nº 10] I took the route which looked a little bit better runnable because of fewer stairs.

[Control nº 11] I saw here Fredrik [Bakkman] and I came quite close to him, so I tried to do a different route but I think to go right on this church wasn’t the best option and I lost a couple of seconds here.

[Controls nº 12 and nº 13] Fine.

[Control nº 14] Another route choice. There was no option straight and I had to go left or right. Then I decided to go right, up the stairs and down the street again. It also looks like a good choice but I’m not sure because I also had to climb a lot and go down. Actually I'm not sure… three curves… yeah, I think it was a good choice.

[Control nº 15] Here I went left. It’s difficult to say if this is equal or not. At least, left seems good to me.

[Control nº 16] I went left, around this house, and here going to the right would have been a little bit better. I remember here Fredrik was behind me and took the right and could up a little bit.

[Control nº 17] I saw again this option where I’ve ran already two times, but going left seemed to be the best option because you don’t have stairs and you can run full speed downhill.

[Control nº 18] It was clear going left.

[Controls nº 19 and nº 20] More or less clear.

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LIOM 2016: Moments (3)

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LIOM 2016: Moments (2)

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LIOM 2016: Moments (1)

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LIOM 2016: WRE Long Distance flash interviews

I’m really happy with the races. I had to deal with very technical challenges, which was pretty much difficult because it is my first time running in Elite class and I can see how much different it is from what I was used to. But it was really fun, despite an injury in my head today that forced me to quit. Yesterday, the Sprint was really fun but also very tricky, with all those narrow streets and lots of stairs, asking for a very accurate map reading and good physical condition too. My goal is to be a better orienteer and I know I have a lot to improve. But, sooner or later, I’ll get it.

Almudena Suarez Pazos, Brigantia

I’m here for a Training Camp, trying to have some tricky and technical Orienteering in the start of the season, so this was pretty much what I was expecting. Today I wasn’t very clean technically. I’ve running quite fast, but I did some small mistakes in a terrain very detailed and sometimes difficult. As for yesterday’s Sprint, I haven’t ran sprint races in narrow and hilly streets like that for a long time, so it was also difficult, but I enjoyed and this was a good way to start the season.

Dave Schorah, DEE

I think this is a very nice terrain and I loved a lot to run here. It wasn’t a clean race, I did some small mistakes, but it was a good race overall. It was my first Long Distance this year and I think that I improved from last year, so I’m satisfied but still having a lot to work. It was a great event and I enjoyed the Sprint a lot. This was just what I’ve been expecting for the start of the season.

Lone Karin Brochmann, Bækkelagets SK

For now, I do mostly Mountain Running, but Orienteering is my first love. So, here I am, but if you don’t run for a long time, things get difficult. It’s nice to be in Portugal and to mix both training and Orienteering. Today’s race was fast, with some technical parts in the beach because of the vegetation. I did some mistakes there, but I’m getting the flow back in Orienteering, so it was nice. Lisbon is a great city. It was my first time here and I loved it. The races were very well organized, the Portuguese are always nice and the weather is perfect for running and Orienteering. The Sprint experience was incredible and I’ll be here next year, definitely.

Radu Milea, CS Unirea Alba Iulia

It was a hard race and I did a lot of small mistakes. Sometimes it’s difficult to know your position and you need to turn your head and find the control (laughs). We had the Sprint race first and the Long Distance the day after, which is similar to the next WOC’s program and I enjoyed it. Mostly, it was a good training, particularly the Sprint race, in a very interesting and demanding area. You had to be focused constantly; otherwise, you lose the idea where you are.

Galina Vinogradova, Alfta OSA OK

It was a nice weekend and I felt pretty good. Today my performance wasn’t, maybe, the very best, but it was also a good training. In the last part of the course I tried to push hard and it was a good exercise. I found the beginning of the course a little bit boring, but the last part was really nice and I could enjoy it. I’m motivated to training and looking forward the next weeks. I’ll stay almost two more weeks in Portugal, but not competing anymore, just training. [About the future], of course it’s nice to be the IOF World Ranking’s nº 1, but more important is to win the World Championships, the European Championships and the World Cup races and I’m preparing for those moments. I believe we’ll meet next year in Portugal again. I’ve nothing planned yet but it’s always nice to come here.

Daniel Hubmann, KooVee

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LIOM 2016: WRE Long Distance maps

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LIOM 2016: Three races, three distances, six winners

WRE Sprint - Daniel Hubmann (KooVee) and Marika Teini (SK Pohjantähti)

Urban Middle Distance - Tiago Gingão Leal (GD4C) and Galina Vinogradova (Alfta OSA OK)

WRE Long Distance - Fredrik Bakkman (IF Lidingö SOK) and Catherine Taylor (OK Linné)

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !

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LIOM 2014: Hubmann and Vinogradova took the triumph

Three stages and six different winners for a weekend full of excitement, good Orienteering and lots of fun. Overall, Daniel Hubmann and Galina Vinogradova confirmed their favoritism and were the Lisbon International Orienteering Meeting LIOM 2016's big winners.

The LIOM 2016 its over. Along a nice and warm weekend, almost one thousand participants said “hello” to Orienteering, competing against each other for the best possible result. The event had the organizing signature of CPOC, offering three different stages, in three different distances, spread for three distinct municipalities. It started yesteday with a cool Urban Sprint, in the typical quarter of Alfama, Lisbon, continuing with an Urban Middle Distance at Parque dos Poetas [Poet's Park] in Oeiras and finishing today with a Long Distance at Lagoa de Albufeira, Sesimbra. Both Sprint and Long Distance counted for the IOF World Ranking.

After the two first stages, it was possible to see four distinct athletes winning their courses, both in Men Elite and Women Elite. Daniel Hubmann and Marika Teini took the victory in the Sprint, while the Middle Distance had in Tiago Gingão Leal and Galina Vinogradova the big winners. Overall, Hubmann and Vinogradova followed in the lead in the end of the first day, but the distances to Tiago Gingão Leal and Siri Ulvestad were everything but relaxing.

The last day took the athletes to the South border of Tejo River, for a demanding Long Distance. This was the same terrain where, two years ago, the Qualifications Heats of EOC's Middle Distance and Long Distance took place, opening to Fredrik Bakkman and Catherine Taylor the doors to their bronze medals [in Long Distance]. Both athletes wanted to try again the challenging micro-contours and the toughness of “riding” the sand dunes, doing it in the best way. Bakkman took the winning over Daniel Hubmann by narrow 22 seconds, saying in the end: “It was a really good race and I could push pretty hard. I did some small mistakes but I'm very happy for beating Daniel [Hubmann] which is the first time I did it, I think. That was a big goal for me and I can feel now more confident about my training.” Catherine Taylor also had a good fight against Marika Teini, second, and Galina Vinogradova, third. To the third placed in the IOF World Ranking, “it was so nice to did this first race because I need to regain the rhythm and the routine of the race, to feel people behind me and to deal with the pressure. One get used to do it again and I hope this winning hasn't been the last.”

Results

Urban Middle Distance

Men Elite

1. Tiago Gingão Leal (GD4C) 27:13 (+ 00:00)

2. Daniel Hubmann (KooVee) 27:22 (+ 00:09)

3. Andreas Höye (Fredrikstad SK) 27:31 (+ 00:18)

4. Sergey Popov (Individual RUS) 28:49 (+ 01:36)

5. Tiago Martins Aires (GafanhOri) 29:17 (02:04)

Women Elite

1. Galina Vinogradova (Alfta OSA OK) 26:29 (+ 00:00)

2. Siri Ulvestad (Nydalens SK) 28:00 (+ 01:31)

3. Lone Karin Brochmann (Bækkelagets OK) 28:38 (+ 02:09)

4. Kristine Fjellanger (NTNUI) 29:00 (+ 02:31)

5. Alice Leake (SN) 29:04 (+ 02:35)

WRE Long Distance

Men Elite

1. Fredrik Bakkman (IFK Lidingö SOK) 1:12:35 (+ 00:00)

2. Daniel Hubmann (KooVee) 1:12:57 (+ 00:22)

3. Olli-Markus Taivainen (PelPo) 1:18:52 (+ 06:15)

4. Dave Schorah (DEE) 1:21:00 (+ 08:25)

5. Jo Forseth Indgaar (Frol) 1:21:24 (+ 08:49)

Women Elite

1. Catherine Taylor (OK Linné) 1:05:16 (+ 00:00)

2. Marika Teini (SK Pohjantähti) 1:07:50 ( + 02:34)

3. Galina Vinogradova (Alfta OSA OK) 1:07:58 (+ 02:42)

4. Lone Karin Brochmann (Bækkelagets OK) 1:10:32 (+ 05:16)

5. Kristin Lofgren (Varegg Fleridrett) 1:11:16 (+ 06:00)

LIOM 2016 Overall

Men Elite

1. Daniel Hubmann (KooVee) 2989.49 points

2. Tiago Gingão Leal (GD4C) 2761.89 points

3. Dave Schorah (DEE) 2706.16 points

4. Tiago Martins Aires (GafanhOri) 2660.80 points

5. Miguel Silva (CMo Funchal) 2620.50 points

Women Elite

1. Galina Vinogradova (Alfta OSA OK) 2921.77 points

2. Lone Karin Brochmann (Bækkelagets OK) 2745.66 points

3. Siri Ulvestad (Nydalens SK) 2720,77 points

4. Alice Leake (SN) 2684.67 points

5. Kristine Fjellanger (NTNUI) 2630.11 points

For further information and final results, please see the event's webpage at http://liom.cpoc.pt/.

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LIOM 2016: Urban Middle Distance flash interviews

It was very good. We don't have this format [Urban Middle Distance] in Brazil and here it was really fun, in a very pleasant area. I felt well, despite not being in good shape. The European athletes' level its higher than ours but we try to participate in order to learn and improve continuously. The physical part and also the need to keep focused on the map reading were the most difficult parts.

Elaine Dalmares Lenz, ADDAN

It was a very nice course, with all this gardens. It was also very tough because its format, a very long Sprint race. Most of all, it was a good training today. I did a quite good race. Some route choices were difficult and I don't know yet if I did the good ones, but I have a good feeling. It's always great to come to Portugal. Always good maps, good courses and good organizations.

Annika Björk, OK Linné

An amazing race in a very nice terrain. I did one huge mistake and I've been disqualified but enjoyed it, anyway. The biggest challenge is the technical part, but also I'm not physicalli in good shape and it was tough. I think this format is a good idea. I did a good training having lots of fun.

Bartolomiej Mazan, KOS BnO Szczecin

I really enjoyed the race. It was quite difficult to places I've been at a Park. I think it was very tricky at the start, but than I liked the Urban area. I felt there like “home” and this second part of the race was much better for me. I enjoyed a lot this kind of contrast. In Great Britain, we often have Long Distances in urban areas, but not Middle Distances. This felt like a Sprint all the time. You have to keep focused for longer, which is a very good training if you're training for Sprint. The toughest part is to keep focused till the end and I did my biggest mistake next to the end, precisely.

Kirstin Maxwell, RR

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LIOM 2016: Urban Middle Distance maps

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LIOM 2016: WRE Sprint flash interviews

The most important thing is to do some hard training here. This map is a great full challenge, because it's physical on the hills but also really technical. It is great. I've travelled a long way to compete here and it worth it. My 'mp' doesn't matter. It takes some time to get into races, so... maybe next week, maybe tomorrow.

Catherine Taylor, OK Linné


It was a brilliant course. This is not the kind of terraind we have in Great Britain, so it was really exciting. It is very different and really fun those areas with lots of contours and all those little steps going up and down. Also, to be in t-shirt in January... we can't complain. My race, I had a few mistakes but I'm delighted with my third place.

Alice Leake, SN


It was my first time competing in Lisbon and I'm very impressed. This is one of the best areas for Sprint we have. I did just one small mistake for the 14th control, but I could run quite well. This is a technically very demanding area. You never fell that you're running full speed but I think I did a very acceptable race and I'm on the right track. I believe I'm in the best physical chape ever and I expect to keep it for the next months, until the really important events, EOC and WOC.

Tiago Gingão Leal, GD4C


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LIOM 2016: WRE Sprint maps

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LIOM 2016: Hubmann and Teini won WRE Sprint

Daniel Hubmann and Marika Teini were the big winners of LIOM 2016's first stage. On a tough and challenging urban Sprint, both athletes did good races, taking an important step towards the overall victory. 


After a night of bohemia and fado, Alfama woke up this morning with the excitement of an international Orienteering event. A map in one hand, a compass in the other, eight hundred orienteers tried the narrow and steep streets of this part of Lisbon, kicking off the Portuguese Orienteering season in the best way. 

 Showing to be already in good shape in the early season, the IOF World Ranking leader, Daniel Hubmann, Switzerland, took a comfortable triumph in 14:00. “An interesting course with many route choices”, was Daniel's first impression. After being many times in Portugal, this was the first time he tried Lisbon for a race and it was also the first event with the colors of KooVee, his new club. A fine debut, deserving also some words: “It's always nice to start a new year with a victory. When you go to a race you always try to give your best and you feel happy winning, even though it isn't the most important race of the year.” The Swedish Fredrik Bakkman and the Portuguese Tiago Gingão Leal were second and third with more 01:07 and 01:26, respectively, than the winner. 

More balanced, the Women Elite course had in Marika Teini, Finland, a surprising winner, over a really combative Galina Vinogradova, Russia. The difference between the two athletes was of 36 seconds, with Teini recording 14:59 in the end. The Finnish saw her race this way: “It was one of the best races I've ever ran. In such a tricky terrain, I just made one or two small mistakes and it was very good. I love Lisbon, the weather is fantastic and this particular terrain is amazing.” And she added: “With such strong runners like Galina Vinogradova or Catherine Taylor I didn't expect to win, but I did it and I feel really happy”. Alice Leake, Great Britain, took the third place with more 1:44 than the winner, while the best Portuguese was Raquel Costa, in ninth position, with 3:43 more than Marika Teini. 


Results 

Men Elite 
1. Daniel Hubmann (KooVee) 14:00 (+ 00:00) 
2. Fredrik Bakkman (IFK Lidingö SOK) 15:07 (+ 01:07) 
3. Tiago Gingão Leal (GD4C) 15:26 (+ 01:26) 
4. Dave Schorah (DEE) 15:51 (+ 01:51) 
5. Chris Smithard (DEE) 15:59 (+ 01:59) 

Women Elite 
1. Marika Teini (SK Pohjantähti) 14:59 (+ 00:00) 
2. Galina Vinogradova (Alfta OSA OK) 15:35 (+ 00:36) 
3. Alice Leake (SN) 16:43 (+ 01:44) 
4. Lone Karin Brochmann (Bakkelagets SK) 16:44 (+ 01:45) 
5. Siri Ulvestad (Nydalens SK) 17:02 (+ 02:03) 

Further information and complete results at www.liom.cpoc.pt. 

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Lisbon International Orienteering Meeting LIOM 2016: Step by step

Along the next 17 days, Portugal becomes the Mecca for orienteers from all over the World. A unique orienteering opportunity to compete, train and have fun in the best terrains of Portugal is the main proposal of a triple journey that starts today. This weekend, CPOC presents you the Lisbon International Orienteering Meeting LIOM 2016, with a double journey on Saturday in the urban areas of Alfama and Oeiras and end up taking you through some of the best forests near Lisbon on a WRE Long Distance in Lagoa de Albufeira.

Welcome to the Lisbon International Orienteering Meeting LIOM 2016. This will be the first ever CPOC event counting with two WRE competitions. The event will start today with a Model Event in Bairro Alto, in the heart of Lisbon. On the morning of the 30th it will follow the most awaited moment of the event with an Urban Sprint in Alfama, also inside Lisbon, counting for the Sprint World Ranking. On the afternoon, the second stage will take the participants to Oeiras, this time for a Urban Middle course, using for the first time the whole Park of Poets, with his third and last phase opening only on the 2014's summer.

On sunday, the 31st, it will take place the Long Distance in Sesimbra, counting for the IOF World Ranking Event. All stages will also count for the Vitalis Portuguese FootO Cup 2016. Besides the event, there are multiple urban maps (and some forest ones in Jamor, Monsanto and Serra de Sintra) available for training in Lisbon and surroundings.

LIOM 2016 detailed program

29th January 2016

14:00 - Urban Model Event - Bairro Alto (Lisbon)
18:00 - Closing time for the model event

30th January 2016

08:00 - Opening Event Centre
09:45 - Deadline for quarantine entry
10:00 - World Ranking Sprint in Alfama (Lisbon)
12:30 - Prize Winning Ceremony for WRE Sprint Elite
15:00 - Urban Middle Distance - First start (Parque dos Poetas - Oeiras)

31st January 2016

08:00 - Opening Event Centre
09:30 - Long Distance (WRE) – First start (Lagoa de Albufeira - Sesimbra)
13:00 - Prize Winning and Close Ceremony (Lagoa de Albufeira - Sesimbra)

Note: All timings are in local time (GMT timezone).

Participants

The entries are closed since last Saturday, when the participants were in number of 845 from 26 different nations. Portugal is the most represented country (607 athletes), but we can still see a good number of athletes from Norway (36), Great Britain (24), Sweden (20), Spain (18), Brazil (16) and Poland (15). Israel, Hong-Kong, Taiwan or Uganda are also countries represented at LIOM 2016.

Daniel Hubmann, from Switzerland, is the brightest star of the competition. The current IOF World Ranking leader, both in sprint and forest distances, will have in the British David Schorah and Chris Smithard, the Finnish Olli-Markus Taivanen and the Portuguese Tiago Gingão Leal and Tiago Martins Aires his biggest opponents. As for the Women Elite, the Russian Galina Vinogradova and the British Catherine Taylor share the attention, but the British Alice Leake and Kirstin Maxwell, the Norwegian Lone Karin Brochmann and Kristine Fjellanger, the Swedish Kristin Lofgren and the Finnish Marika Teini also have a word to say.

Terrain and useful information

Stage 1 - WRE Sprint

The event will take place on a urban location with some traffic and with many people walking (mainly tourists). The event was scheduled for a Saturday morning to reduce the number of people in the competition área, but with so many narrow streets there may happen difficult situations to run trough some areas and we ask every participant to respect those who are calmly walking in Alfama and to take care concerning moving vehicles. In some crossings, there will be organizers helping participants.

The courses where set with an higher climbing rate than usual in sprint races. They were planned not to amplify unnecessarily the climbing rate, and there are connections where different options can lead to very different climbing meters. The start will be higher than the arrival. Pre-start will be made 6 minutes before the real starting time. The clock in quarantine will show the calling time, about 9 minutes sooner than the real time.

Stage 2 - Urban Middle Distance

There will be no quarantine procedures in stage 2, but the entrance to Parque dos Poetas will be forbidden before the event. The start location will be closeby to the Hard Floor pavillion, so we recommend free parking on the avenues closeby to the pavillion. The Arena will be inside Parque dos Poetas, 200 metres away from the Start.

Stage 3 - WRE Long Distance

The Arena on the 3rd stage in Lagoa de Albufeira (Sesimbra) will be very difficult to reach by public transportation. So, for those who doesn't have a private vehicle, CPOC will offer the possibility of going on a bus to the Arena. That possibility will be free of charge but the bus will have only 50 places available. CPOC already contacted other clubs with buses to make it possible for everyone to go to Sesimbra from the hard floor.

The time schedule for the bus will be:
07:30 - Leaving Hard Floor in Paço de Arcos
08:00 - Stoping in Marquês de Pombal (Lisbon) to get more participants lodged in Lisbon
08:45 - Estimated time of arrival at the Arena

To make possible to arrange transportation for all participants, organizers need that all requests can be stated again at the Event Centre with the number of needed places by group and the place where to take the bus.

Other information

- Car keys and bags can be stored at the Event Centre;
- First aid on Event Centre;
- Orienteering short briefings for all who will ask for them closeby to the start on the 1st stage (Alfama) and the 3rd stage (Sesimbra);
- LIOM bib number is mandatory. If the participant will not have it on the start, he won't be allowed to start. If an athlete will loose his bib number, another one will be available on the Event Centre for 1 euro;
- SI Card changes must be reported on the Event Centre;
- There will be no map hold at the end of the courses, so hopefully all athletes will have fair-play, not showing their maps to other athletes that didn't start their courses.
- Time limit for each course are 1h30 for WRE sprint, 2 hours for Middle Urban Distance and 3 hours for the WRE Long Distance.

- Results system in LIOM 2016: Individual and club results scored using the point system, adding points of the three stages all with same weight (WRE Sprint + Urban Middle Distance + WRE Long Distance).

For further information, please visit the Event's website, at http://liom.cpoc.pt/.

Joaquim Margarido