Joaquim Margarido
Saturday, February 06, 2016
POM 2016: Leal and Brochmann, king and queen of the Night
The night fall quite quickly,
bringing with it the storm. But who cares? The Urban Night Sprint was
a great fun and everybody enjoyed it. Two great races for Tiago
Gingão Leal and Lone Karin Brochmann, king and queen of the night.
The narrow and steepy streets up to
Penamacor's medieval quarter suddenly filled of “lighted” people
running in every directions. More than 700 hundred athletes
participated this Saturday in the Urban Night Sprint, despite the
rain that start falling the early evening, swept away by a strong
wind. Although the everything but optimal conditions, the
participants made a point of taking the party enthusiastically,
concluding the first day of POM in the best way.
Portuguese Sprint Champion, Tiago
Gingão Leal (GD4C) proved once more his good shape, winning
emphatically the Men Super Elite class, against a large set of strong
opponents. Gingão Leal spent 20:12, less 16 seconds than the Swedish
Gustav Bergman (OK Ravinen) and 34 seconds than the Spanish Antonio
Martinez, second and third respectively. The Women Elite class saw
the Norwegian Lone Karin Brochmann (Bækkelagets SK) took the victory
in 23:08, against 23:25 of the Russian Svetlana Mironova (KooVee),
second placed. The third position went to the Russian Anastasia
Rudnaya, with more 22 seconds than Brochmann. In this class, Raquel
Costa (GafanhOri) was the best Portuguese in the 14th position, with
the time of 26:39.
Results
Men Super Elite
1. Tiago Gingão Leal (GD4C) 20:12 (+
00:00)
2. Gustav Bergman (OK Ravinen) 20:28 (+
00:16)
3. Antonio Martinez (Colivenc) 20:46 (+
00:34)
4. Andreu Blanes (Colivenc) 21:58 (+
01:46)
5. Fabian Hertner (Kalevan Rasti) 22:23
(+ 02:11)
Women Elite
1. Lone Karin Brochmann (Bækkelagets
SK) 23:08 (00:00)
2. Svetlana Mironova (KooVee) 23:25
(00:17)
3. Anastasia Rudnaya (MSP) 23:30 (+
00:22)
4. Anina Bruner (Bussola OK) 23:35 (+
00:27)
5. Kine Gulliksen (Bækkelagets SK)
23:47 (00:39)
Full results and further information on
the event's webpage, at www.pom.pt/en.
Joaquim Margarido
POM 2016: Comments
It was a good and fast race. There was
a few controls when I took the wrong direction and missed some time.
So, it wasn't very good, but I can't complain. I did few orienteering
trainings during the winter and, okay, it was my first competition of
the season too. The race wasn't very demanding technically, but still
I could have a good map, a good course and it was good for starting
the season. I'm here just training. I had quite problems with
injuries in November and December and my shape isn't the very best.
So it's just training and get some fun.
Fabian Hertner, Kalevan Rasti
I didn't feel already well, but I had
good flow in the beginning, let's say in the first seven controls.
After that, I started to do some mistakes, which I think are linked
to the tiredness. I'm kind of disappointed with my second last
control, because of a big mistake, looking to the other runners'
trails and I lost about one minute and half. But it was okay. It was
a quite fast race and I was expecting a less runnable terrain, but
this is maybe because my shape isn't the best at the moment. My goal
is to do some fast trainings and races. I've been in Portugal for
four or five times and it's perfect to be here in this time of the
year. The goal isn't to win the Portugal O' Meeting, no (laughs).
There are many good athletes and I'm not at their level. A top 10 or
top 15 would be already nice.
Monika Topinkova, Kalevan Rasti
I felt a good flow in some parts of my
race, but also did a major mistake and two other of half minute each,
but I think it was mostly because I pushed a little bit too hard.
This is my first “serious” competition of the season and it was
nice to hold the map again. I'm really happy for being here and
enjoying the nice terrains. The goal isn't to win the Portugal O'
Meeting, just training and spend some time with the map. My shape
isn't good enough but, of course, I'll try to do my best.
Annika Billstam, OK Linné
It was good. I really enjoyed it, no
big mistakes, I'm satisfied. The terrain was a bit faster than I
thought at the beginning, but it was great the mix of high speed
running and tricky orienteering. My goal for the Portugal O' Meeting
is to get the higher as possible. Thierry Gueorgiou is, of course,
the favourite, but I hope to challenge him, definitely.
Gustav Bergman, OK Ravinen
It was rather good. I should look a
little bit more to my compass. I didn't made really mistakes to the
controls, but on the legs I missed a little bit. We are here for a
little Training Camp – we actually brought our roller skies -, but
my goal isn't to win the Portugal O' Meeting. Actually, I'm entering
in the Elite Women class in just three races. But it's so nice to be
here, the competitions are really well organized and the maps are
great so far. I really enjoyed my race today and hopefully I'll enjoy
the rest of my stay here.
Helena Jansson, OK Ravinen
It was a really nice start. I did just
a small mistake, losing about 30 seconds, but the rest of the race
was great. The terrain was really fast in some parts and I don't
still have the right pace, but it comes day by day. My goal is keep
on going to do a good preparation, but I'll do the POM's four races
in a focused way and we'll see what happenst. We have to wait six
months to the WOC and the results here don't mean too much, but I
prefer to be here than last year, injured, in front of my PC.
Thierry Gueorgiou, Kalevin Rasti
Joaquim Margarido
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