European Orienteering Championships

[andy]

GPS communication blackspots =

[Tatty]

Exciting end to the Mens Relay, with Switzerland 2 out sprinting Sweden on the run in. France third, out sprinting Norway, only a few more seconds adrift. Shame for Daniel Hubmann who hobbled slowly up the run in, after Leg 2. Hope the Women's is as exciting. Simione for a 4th gold

[Scott]

Sarah with a 16sec lead at #3 - fantastic maverick routechoice!

[Spookster]

Sarah with a 16sec lead at #3 - fantastic maverick routechoice!

And it's become "the Sarah Rollins route" according to Per. Simone thinks it's good too...

[denbydale]

Sarah with a 16sec lead at #3 - fantastic maverick routechoice!

And it's become "the Sarah Rollins route" according to Per. Simone thinks it's good too...

If you're a decent runner it was a 'no-brainer'

[Tatty]

Women's Relay
1 Russia
2 Finland
3 Sweden
The Swiss third leg runner lost it on control 4 where she lost 4 minutes. Then had another blip later and finished 7th. Really feel for her. Awaiting other teams to finish.

[Domhnull Mor]

does anyone know if they are showing the tracking in the arena? Have they managed to hide the changeover / warmup area from the screen?

The changeover and warm-up areas were behind the big screen (the screen was between the spectator grandstand and the warm-up / changeover) so the waiting runners couldn't see any of the action but they could hear the commentary. The route choice by Sarah to the first TV control (going round on the road rather than going straight over the marsh or trying to cut through the forest to the road) was still decisive in the later stages too although all the spectators were aware of it. Possible that a few of the waiting runners got an idea about this from the commentary but hard to say.

[Domhnull Mor]

Exciting end to the Mens Relay, with Switzerland 2 out sprinting Sweden on the run in. France third, out sprinting Norway, only a few more seconds adrift. Shame for Daniel Hubmann who hobbled slowly up the run in, after Leg 2. Hope the Women's is as exciting. Simione for a 4th gold

Daniel Hubmann was taken away on a stretcher with a suspected ruptured achilles. It seemed to happen as he came of the footbridge onto the run-in. I think everyone wishes him all the best for a full recovery.

[Gross]

GBR was crap then ?

[andypat]

According to his AP log, GG pulled out due to his recovery from illness - saving himself for a big run at WOC...

[housewife]

I'm intruiged gross. how would you do things differently? solutions please.

[frodo]

Can we ban Gross please? All he ever does is snipe at people eg BOF/BO, GB team without ever providing anything interesting or constructive. Cheers.

[mappingmum]

GBR was crap then ?

Or perhaps your expectations were unrealistic?

[graeme]

Come on frodo, surely you know how to deal with trolls?

[frodo]

Haha, good point.