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Results 09.08 Women's relay: Gold:Switzerland (Elena Roos, Julia Jakob, Judith Wyder) 1:45:03 Silver:Sweden (Helena Bergman, Karolin Ohlsson, Tove Alexandersson) 1:45:18 Bronze:Russia (Anastasia Rudnaya, Tatyana Riabkina, Natalia Gemperle) 1:47:20 Men's relay: Gold:Norway (Hallan Steiwer Gaute, Eskil Kinneberg, Magne Daehli) 1:47:26 Silver:Switzerland (Florian Howald, Daniel Hubmann, Matthias Kyburz) 1:47:30 Bronze:France (Nicolas Rio, Lucas Basset, Frederic Tranchand) 1:47:36

Thoughts about men's and women's middle distance: (This will be a bit shorter, than last update) Women's middle distance: Before I come to the podium I first have to comment on a certain swedish woman. Tove Alexandersson is the talk of the town after her race. She made som HUGE mistakes in the beginning of the race. These mistakes costed her the chance for a podium place, so the dream of becoming the first woman/athlete to win 5 medals at the same WCH is over. Now to a more happier note, the podium. Nathalia Gemperle won her first individual gold medal after an impressive run. Another first time was the woman on the second place, Marika Teini. She also won her first individual medal in her career. All good things come in threes, also this podium. Isia Basset was the third woman, who could celebrate her first individual medal, which also was her first medal at a WCH. Her name will also be part of French Orienteering history by becoming the first French female runner to win a medal at a WCH. Men's middle distance. Where there is a forest, there is always someone from Norway winning a medal. Not surprinsingly, Norway shows their strenght when the distance is middle or long. This time it was Eskil Kinneberg who ran a well-deserved gold medal home to the land of fjords. He won his first medal at a WCH, and why not start with a gold. Daniel Hubmann continues his reign as King of Swiss orieentering by winning a new medal, this time silver. The bronze went to fellow Swiss competitor, Florian Howald, who continued the trend of the day by winning his first individual medal a WCH. The theme or trend of the day is first-time medallists. We have more races today. The relays are on the program. The women's relay is already over, and the men's are still going at the moment, so we will know the result in about half an hour. I will post the results from today's races when the men's relay is over, and I will come with an update, hopefully, before the long distance for men and women on saturday.

And the weaher doesn't help. It's raining now Edit: 65.31 m is okay

I would recommend forecasting, instead of the current result. Forecasting: http://www.ten7events.com/2018-ec-10/standings-sorted-by-forecasts/

In a interview she said, that she wanted to try something new. She wasn't satisfied with her morning heat. She said it was her owm decision, and sometimes you just have to try something new to test your limits. But I ask, why didn't you try to test your limit in the morning session where the chance of qualifying is higher!

Highlights from today's races: Women's: Men's:

Men's Individual Events Notice! I will create one post for every week and update it with new qualified athletes as they qualify in that week. Example : Update - Week 20 - May 13 to May 19 - 2019 You can search for the week number or days in that week and get an overview of that week's qualified athletes. I will also make a separate post for Diamond League events. The post will contain the words "DL, the name of the host city and year" Example: DL Shanghai 2019 Qualified Quotas Overview Total Quota: 499 Men's 100m (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 31 Men's 200m (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 26 Men's 400m (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 15 Men's 800m (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 26 Men's 1500m (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 24 Men's 5000m (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 23 Men´s 10000m (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 16 Men's 110m Hurdles (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Curent Quotas: 17 Men's 400m Hurdles (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 15 Men's 3000m Steeplechase (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 24 Men's High Jump (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 7 Men's Pole Vault (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 18 Men's Long Jump (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 17 Men's Triple Jump (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 18 Men's Shot Put (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 19 Men's Discus Throw (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 18 Men's Hammer Throw (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 14 Men's Javelin Throw (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 17 Men's Decathlon (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 7 Men's 20km Walk (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 34 Men's 50km Race Walk (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 20 Men's Marathon (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (3 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (2 athletes) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) (1 athlete) Current Quotas: 93

I'm glad to see Colombia participate. An okay effort by Juan Carlos Bedoya Obando. His time was 2:18:26! 1 hour and 45 minutes behind the winner, and only 1 hour behind second last placed Gerardo Garcia. I'm a bit worried if he choose to run the long distance...

Results 07.08 Women's middle distance: Gold:Natalia Gemperle 32:02 Silver:Marika Teini 33:32 Bronze:Isia Basset 33:56 Men's middle distance: Gold:Eskil Kinneberg 32:59 Silver:Daniel Hubmann 33:05 Bronze:Florian Howald 33:13

Some "fans" can't resist getting near the runners

Ole Hesselbjerg in the final

Well Toth is now 4th...

http://www.ten7events.com/2018-ec-10/standings-sorted-by-forecasts/

Nope

Some thoughts about the completed competitions on the rest day: In men's sprint, the favourite, the king of sprint, Daniel Hubmann, defended his title. He has now won 3 times and won a total of 9 medals on the distance (both are records). Everything must be good as gold for our mates in New Zealand after Tim Robertson won their first ever medal at a WCH, and the second medal for any athlete outside Europe. The last man on the podium is certainly also a happy fellow. Andreas Kyburz won his first medal at a WCH. He can show it to his brother, and succesfull orienteering-runnner, Matthias Kyburz. Maybe they have started a new family tradition? Side note: Yannick Michiels was only half a second from winning first ever medal! @heywoodu must be so upset about it. In women's sprint, Maja Alm wrote history by winnning her 4th consecutive gold medal on the distance, most by any female runner. She also became the first orienteering-runnner, who has won 4 consecutive WCH gold medals on a induvidual distance in the history of the orienteering world championships. The woman on the second step of the podium, Tove Alexandersson, is also on a historical mission. She can become the first runner to win a medal on every distance (including relay) a the same world championship. She already have 2, only 3 to go. Bronze medallist, Judith Wyder, won her 10th medal at a WCH, She establishes herself as one of Switzerland's most succesfull runner, only behind Daniel Hubmann and the legandary Simone Niggli-Luder. The sprint relay went as expected. No nation was close to the favourites of . Switzerland came second and a nice bronze medal to Denmark. Tomorrow starts the real WCH. Athletes travel from beatiful Riga to Sigulda. The middle distance for men and women is on the program near the magnificent ravine of the Gauja river valley. I will post results and, probably, post some pictures from the competitions. An update could be up already tomorrow evening, otherwise the day after. For now, it is over and out.

Nykyforov just saved me for total failure in predicting long jump (well at least for now ) Howard.. But Smajlaj is in the final

I know the feeling...

And with Thierry Gueorgiou now retired the chance is 0%

ofc I'm joking about forests are overrated Unfortunately as you write they have introduced the mixed relay on the sprint distance... I'm worried that Bach and his corrupt friends will only choose to have the sprint distances at the olympics. I would really like it to become an olympic sport. Long distance for men and women, and relay for men and women in the forest. But we know that's not going to happen. IOC will complain about the lack of gender equality, and it is too hard for new nations to compete with already established orienteering nations.

I agree. But on the other hand, my country's biggest chance of winning medals is on the sprint distances. That's what happens when your country is one of the most farmed in the world. Forests are overrated anyway.

I never thought I would see this. This can only happen on totallympics.

That's what the women are running. For the men it is 16 km through the same, but they are climbing about 700 meters and the winning time is about 95-100 minutes. Doesn't it sound lovely?

What about running 10 km in a dense forest and cross swampy areas while climbing 500 meter?

Well if you are 4 time world champion you can apparently understand these maps and run 3.8 km in 13 minutes.