European Orienteering Championships

[andypat]

Great run by Kris. Pretty certain that won’t be his last major sprint medal.

[maprun]

Worldofo.com have an in depth analysis of the sprint legs:

Men: http://news.worldofo.com/2018/05/07/eoc ... -analysis/

Women: http://news.worldofo.com/2018/05/07/eoc ... -analysis/

[Kris]

Thanks for all the support guys. The team is back in action today in the middle qualifier. Start times (1 hour ahead of the UK) are:

MenA
Will G 10:32
Ralph 10:54

MenB
Chris S 10:06
Sasha 10:44

MenC
Alan 10:20
Ali 11:10

WomenA
Jo 10:05
Jess 10:49

WomenB
Cat 10:31

WomenC
Charlotte 10:59

[maprun]

Free live GPS on Kris's first post. Definitely an advantage for anyone who does fell running regularly. There are going to be some tired quads by the end of the week!

[maprun]

Proving tricky, some of the Swiss runners losing significant time early on.

[Freefall]

Some very near misses and just ins around the top 15 for our team

[frostbite]

top 17 Europeans qualify for the final. I think that means Jess and Alan are both in. Both are currently in 18th but with a non-European in front of them.

[frostbite]

top 17 Europeans qualify for the final. I think that means Jess and Alan are both in. Both are currently in 18th but with a non-European in front of them.

Called it too soon. Alan has slipped to 19th and 18th European, missing out by 2 seconds.

Well done to all the qualifiers and commiserations to those who missed out.

[maprun]

Only two of the top ten nations, managed to qualify all their women, CZE and GB!
and only one of the six Swedish men qualified (edit- two injured so badly they were unable to finish).

[johnrobinson]

A very tricky looking area, quite low visibility. hard to tell from gps if someone has actually hit a control. Jess Tullie went nowhere near no6 according to GPS but went right to 7 then searched around ....frustrating watching.

[maprun]

I think many runners will be thinking yesterday's steep slopes preferable to some of the legs today; deep gullies and streams, and patchy thick vegetation, never mind the climb and varied technical challenges. Perfect for the mid-Europeans!

[johnrobinson]

Might suit Cat, just like North Yorkshire (Wass anyone )

[maprun]

Holding my breathe, Cat's flying to the arena pass at 11. Leg 12, quite some leg.

[johnrobinson]

seems to ne the short legs that are causing more problems...3-4 and 13-14 obvioulsy a bit vague and leafy..

[andy]

Great run from Cat, *edit* should be top 10, perhaps a podium place

(got a bit carried away with thinking she was on for a podium)