WOC Long Final

[Spookster]

... has started.

1012 Helen
1016 Sarah
1147 Scott
1225 GG

Some top 10s would be nice.... medals even better!

[Scott]

Both video and GPS are non-functional at the moment - am I doing something wrong, or are they not working?

[Spookster]

Both working for me, but there aren't any TV controls yet, so I've just got Per commentating. And on the GPS they haven't put the map up yet - it'll be up at 1100, when the men go to quarantine area (IOF rule).

[Scott]

Thanks - that explains the GPS. My video stream just seems to have taken a sudden dislike to Firefox, but is now working fine in Chrome. Odd .

[Spookster]

Now that GPS is working, it seems many of the runners aren't being tracked...

And yet it's clear that Sarah and Helen have trackers - they look quite bulky on the runners' backs.

Sarah and Helen are at about the same pace after 70 mins, but about 7 mins down on Radka Broskova, current leader.

[Scott]

I seem to recall reading somewhere (a bulletin?) that the runners who aren't being tracked will have to carry dummies of the same size/weight for fairness reasons. Presumably they don't have enough units to go around.

[EddieH]

And just how many silver medals is that for Andersen?

[Scott]

GG has been caught by Thierry and Rollier going into the butterflies, if the tracking is reliable.
Edit: Still with Thierry at the TV control, but they've dropped Rollier.

[HOCOLITE]

GG 10th then .

[Scott]

9th - Gonon DSQed.

[EddieH]

Excellent result from GG

[ba-ba]

Rich's articles have been great - so much better than the usual 'some GB people ran today. Here's where they finished'

[Scott]

And for anyone who likes a bit of controversy, the prizegiving was delayed while the jury considered (and rejected) a protest from the Finnish team alleging that Mamleev had followed Hubmann...

[HOCOLITE]

Hmm the four min gap from radio control 2 suggests that Mamilov was not too far off Hubmann's tail

[graeme]

Mamleev had followed Hubmann...

Surely it was brilliant "navigation" by the "Italian"? Especially around #32...

Really tough on Haldin, that's an phenomenal run off first start.

Great result from GG too, well deserved after the qualifying win. Scott seems uncharacteristically slow.