European Orienteering Championships

[johnhrobinson]

well done guys and girls even those who didn't qualify..just competing at this level is amazing and no one was really outclassed...just a couple of minutes here and there making the difference.

looks a trcky area...got to say the logic of some of the route choices sometimes escapes me....( obviously why i'm not an international )

esp the long leg to 9 on course C...could only have done that by bouncing of the cliffs..

[Scott]

The EOC program is very tough so I decided to make the LongQ courses rather short, on the lower limit.

I'm not sure what she means by "the lower limit", but the rules specify a winning time of 45min for women and 60min for men in Long Qualifiers. So - at least according to the rules - the women's courses are a bit short, and the men's are very short.

Edit: The EOC bulletin was predicting 50min for men and 42 for women - even against those time, it is a little underplanned.

[DIDSCO]

Scott Fraser's on fire at the moment!
Impressed with Nixon's results so far and great experience for him to run the long final
Good to see Ewan back running internationally too

[johnhrobinson]

never mind the politics...enjoy the sport.

Excellent qualifications this morning for the sprints..well done to scott, david , chris and richard.
bet richard was sweating as the late finishers came in.

commiserations to ewan and especially john who was just edged out of last qualifier spot at the death.

david should have had a (very temporary ) top time but they didn't declare his time for a minute by which time he had been superseeded, but a good effort , especially after running the long qualifier yesterday...as did scott also of course.

bring on the girls

[tomtom]

Sprint is definately our thing

[johnhrobinson]

excellent runs from the girls also...4 qualifiers out of 5.......good stuff.

looking at the results simone niggli is out of sight...55 s in front of the second on her heat , in a sprint....awesome..and had the time to greet someone on the run in...

[WillG]

Sprint is definately our thing

4 out of 6 heats were won by Swiss athletes, sadly it's there thing too but we did have the 2nd strongest WOC male sprint team last year!

[Little Hoddy]

Courses look like a piece of piss as usual at International sprints. Good job the boys also know how to run.

[oo_wrong_way]

Looking at the Men B map would I be right in thinking that the route from 3 to 4 is back via 2 and round the top left corner of the map?

[madmike]

Looking at the Men B map would I be right in thinking that the route from 3 to 4 is back via 2 and round the top left corner of the map?

looks like the smooth line to me - so yes

[ba-ba]

Worth pointing out that in yesterday's long Qual DaveS was a late sub for the ill GG - he was targeting today's sprint qual and smashed it out the park, especially with yesterday's extra race in his legs!

Tough breaks for Dr. Rocke to just miss out on qualification, although managing to get so close after months prioritising passing finals over training shows that there's some good results awaiting in the future!

[andy]

Looking at the Men B map would I be right in thinking that the route from 3 to 4 is back via 2 and round the top left corner of the map?

That was my best route too

[Scott]

Looks like a big uphill finish today - rather them than me

[Jethro]

A decent looking 8th for Hector in B-final, only 2.06 down on Hubmann

[Duncan]

Just watching the middle distance final GPS tracking: http://www.eoc2012.se/competitions/gps/final-middle-distance/. The map looks as if the south facing slopes are shaded slightly grey. Is that what they've done? I've never seen that on an orienteering map before (just on e.g. some walking maps). I guess it can be useful in an area like this with negative topography (although whether it actually makes sense when you are going full speed in a middle distance I don't know).