woc relay

[Jon X]

Helen is in, up to 10th and caught the pack, good run, big gap to Australia ahead though

[Jon X]

Simone is going out 2 and a half mins down. I reckon she'll catch them...

Looks like you were right...!

[ejhw]

Wouldn't bet against Switzerland now in the women's....!

[Spookster]

Wouldn't bet against Switzerland now in the women's....!

The Swiss are leading the men's as well now! But there's a pack of four, and France are there. Go Thierry!

[Jon X]

Heather is up to 8th, only 2mins behind Australia now....

Swiss in first after two legs in the men, just ahead of Finland - Thierry is less than a minute back though...

[Jon X]

Briliant leg from Oli, third fastest leg 2, we have almost caught Japan....

[Spookster]

Simone runs an incredible time to secure gold for the Swiss in the womens. Good run from Heather, but not quite a podium position, in 7th.

1 Switzerland 2:07:46
2 Norway 2:09:28
3 Sweden 2:10:35
4 Finland 2:11:42
5 Czech Republic 2:12:27
6 Russia 2:17:17
7 Great Britain 2:20:22
8 Australia 2:21:11

[Spookster]

In the mens, with only about 15 mins to go, France (Thierry) & Norway (Jorgen Rostrup) are together, about a minute ahead of Sweden & Switzerland, also together. I'm still betting on France...

[Jon X]

Spookster, you lose your money!

[Guest]

brilliant runs from oli and jon

[Spookster]

Spookster, you lose your money!

OK, I got it wrong, Rostrup ran well, and beat Thierry to the Gold. GBR 10th.

1 Norway 2:16:48
2 France 2:17:16
3 Switzerland 2:17:48
4 Sweden 2:17:57
5 Finland 2:21:50
6 Lithuania 2:23:02
7 Slovakia 2:23:24
8 Denmark 2:24:08
9 Czech Republic 2:27:52
10 Great Britain 2:28:48

[Guest]

will team gbr (orienteering) do better than team gbr (athletics)???

no

[mharky]

Thats right, because standard of perfromance should always be measured by medals, and finihsing on the podium.

Learn to look at things relatively. Direct comparisons never work for anything unless they are exactly the same.