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Comment on MTBO World Cup Round 2 by dauntless

dauntless — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:35:03 +0000

Michaela Gigon, Austria, was again strongest in the women’s class when the Mountain Bike Orienteering World Cup Round 2 continued on a techically very challenging middle distance in Gdansk, Poland. In the men’s class, Anton Foliforov, Russia, rose from a second place on the long distance to a victory on the middle distance, just before Erik Skovgaard Knudsen, Denmark, who now leads the World Cup standings. The competition was held on an area with a dense path network, which required careful map reading at high speed.

The World Cup continues on Sunday with a mixed relay, where each three-rider team must include at least one woman. This is the first time women and men compete in the same team in the Mountain Bike Orienteering World Cup.

Leading results (Women):
1) Michaela Gigon AUT 52:57
2) Ingrid Stengård FIN 54:12
3) Marika Hara FIN 55:30
4) Martina Tichovská CZE 55:43
5) Emily Benham GBR 56:09
6) Anna Füzy HUN 56:35

Leading results (Men):
1) Anton Foliforov RUS 49:38
2) Erik Skovgaard Knudsen DEN 51:10
3) Tobias Breitschädel AUT 53:40
4) Beat Schaffner SUI 54:45
5) Marek Pospíšek CZE 54:50
6) Tõnis Erm EST 55:09

Comment on 2009 MTBO Worlds by dauntless

dauntless — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:51:32 +0000

Long Distance Highlights

Mountain bike orienteers competed in the World Championships Long Distance event (the last event) on Saturday, August 15, 2009, in Israel.

When Adrian Jackson (AUS) won the men’s race, he and Australia became the only double gold medallists of these competitions: eight gold medals were divided by seven countries in Israel. Ruslan Gritsan (RUS) from Russia got his third medal of the week, and Matthieu Barthelemy (FRA) brought France back on track by winning bronze today.

In the women’s class, the reigning long distance world champion Christine Schaffner (SUI) was impossible to beat even today. Silver medallist Sonja Zinkl (AUT), Austria, lost almost two minutes to the winner. Sprint world champion Hana Bajtosova (SVK) from Slovakia finished third.

Long Distance Results (Saturday 15 August)

Women
1) Christine Schaffner SUI 01:31:11
2) Sonja Zinkl AUT 01:33:00
3) Hana Bajtosova SVK 01:33:07
4) Ingrid Stengard FIN 01:34:00
5) Michaela Gigon AUT 01:34:24
6) Ksenia Chernykh RUS 01:35:03

Men
1) Adrian Jackson AUS 01:32:41
2) Ruslan Gritsan RUS 01:35:25
3) Matthieu Barthelemy FRA 01:36:23
4) Lasse Brun Pedersen DEN 01:37:39
5) Erik Skovgaard Knudsen DEN 01:38:38
6) Torbjorn Gasbjerg DEN 01:38:56

Comment on 2009 MTBO Worlds by dauntless

dauntless — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:48:38 +0000

Sprint Distance Highlights

Mountain bike orienteers competed in the World Championships Sprint Distance event on Friday, August 14, 2009, in Israel.

Last year’s sprint world champion Hana Bajtosova (SVK) took a convincing victory in this year’s sprint race with a winning margin of 23 seconds before the middle distance winner Marika Hara from Finland. Michaela Gigon from (AUT) finished third, and has now gold, silver and bronze medals from these competitions.

In the men’s class, Adrian Jackson, AUS, made far less mistakes than on the middle distance and won the race 11 seconds before Lasse Brun Pedersen from Denmark. Reigning long distance world champion Ruslan Gritsan, Russia, got bronze.

Sprint Distance Results (Thursday 13 August)

Women
1) Hana Bajtosova SVK 22:37
2) Marika Hara FIN 23:00
3) Michaela Gigon AUT 23:34
4) Sonja Zinkl AUT 23:54
5) Anna Kaminska POL 23:55
6) Christine Schaffner SUI 23:56

Men
1) Adrian Jackson AUS 23:19
2) Lasse Brun Pedersen DEN 23:30
3) Ruslan Gritsan RUS 23:56
4) Viktor Korchagin RUS 24:18
5) Beat Schaffner SUI 24:37
6) Jiri Hradil CZE 24:51

Upcoming Events
15Aug09 – Long distance

Comment on 2009 MTBO Worlds by dauntless

dauntless — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:40:09 +0000

Relay Highlights

Mountain bike orienteers competed in the World Championships Relay event on Thursday, August 13, 2009, in Israel.

Michaela Gigon (AUT) was the fastest in the Women’s class and brought her team to victory: the first ever relay gold for Austria. Switzerland finished 30 seconds later on a second place, and the bronze went to Russia. In the men’s class, Russia won gold after a great last leg from Anton Foliforov (RUS). Czech Republic finished second and Finland, the leader after the first leg, third. Last year’s winners Finland (women) and Denmark (men) both ended up on a fifth place.

Relay Results (Thursday 13 August)

Women
1) Austria 2:25:11
2) Switzerland 2:25:43
3) Russia 2:27:17
4) Czech Republic 2:27:56
5) Finland 2:32:33
6) Lithuania 2:33:33

Men
1) Russia 2:04:17
2) Czech Republic 2:05:22
3) Finland 2:05:52
4) Switzerland 2:08:11
5) Denmark 2:09:24
6) Austria 2:13:13

Upcoming Events
14Aug09 – Sprint distance
15Aug09 – Long distance

Comment on Australian Athletes Denied EOC Titles by dauntless

dauntless — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:18:29 +0000

EOC/JWOC Day 4 — Rest Day

EOC/JWOC Day 5 — Relay Distance

Women
1) Finland 2:36:41 (Tarja Vesanto, Marika Hara, Ingrid Stengård)
2) Austria 2:37:04 (Elisabeth Hohenwarter, Sonja Zinkl, Michaela Gigon)
3) Denmark 2:38:33 (Nina Hoffmann, Line Pedersen, Rikke Kornvig)
4) Switzerland 2:39:34 (Maja Rothweiler, Ursina Jäggi, Christine Schaffner)
5) Czech Republic 2:40:20 (Martina Tichovska, Hana La Carbonara, Renata Paulickova)

Men
1) Denmark 2:43:44 (Allan Treschow Jensen, Claus Stallknecht, Bjarke Refslund)
2) Estonia 2:45:19 (Lauri Malsroos, Margus Hallik, Tönis Erm)
3) Russia 2:47:20 (Victor Korchagin, Ruslan Gritsan, Anton Foliforov)
4) Czech Republic 2:47:38 (Radek Laciga, Jaroslav Rygl, Lubomir Tomecek)
5) Finland 2:50:06 (Samuli Saarela, Mika Tervala, Juho Saarinen)

Comment on Australian Athletes Denied EOC Titles by dauntless

dauntless — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:15:40 +0000

EOC/JWOC Day 3 — Long Distance Competition

Women 20 / Junior World Championships
Long Distance Results:

1 Susanna Laurila FIN 1:17:20
2 Kaisu Yli-Peltola FIN 1:18:10
3 Michaela Maresova CZE 1:22:22
4 Svetlana Poverina RUS 1:24:33
5 Emely Benham GBR 1:24:59
6 Corinne Hess SUI 1:26:15

Men 20 / Junior World Championships
Long Distance Results:

1 Kevin Haselsberger AUT 1:28:02
2 Maciej Gromadka POL 1:29:21
3 Frantisek Bogár CZE 1:31:21
4 Hans Jørgen Kvåle NOR 1:33:13
5 Vojtech Stránsky CZE 1:34:04
6 Erik Blomgren SWE 1:34:33

Women (W21) / European Championships
Long Distance Results:

1 Nadiya Mikryukova RUS 1:32:03
2 Sonja Zinkl AUT 1:34:06
3 Michaela Gigon AUT 1:35:04
4 Ingrid Stengård FIN 1:36:14
5 Maret Vaher EST 1:37:15
6 Ksenia Chernykh RUS 1:37:23

Men (21) / European Championships
Long Distance Results:

1 Lasse Brun Pedersen DEN 1:40:37
2 Erik Skovgaard Knudsen DEN 1:42:50
3 Juho Saarinen FIN 1:45:35
4 Jiri Hradil CZE 1:46:17
5 Torbjørn Gasbjerg DEN 1:46:25
6 Victor Korchagin RUS 1:46:41

Comment on Australian Athletes Denied EOC Titles by dauntless

dauntless — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:12:25 +0000

EOC/JWOC Day 2 — Middle Distance Competition

Women 20 / Junior World Championships
Middle Distance Results:

1) Svetlana Poverina RUS 41:07
2) Barbro Kvåle NOR 41:42
3) Kaisu Yli-Peltola FIN 41:53
4) Susanna Laurila FIN 43:15
5) Claudia Hünig SUI 43:58
6) Emely Benham GBR 44:14

Men 20 / Junior World Championships
Middle Distance Results:

1) Marek Pospisek CZE 42:05
2) Maciej Gromadka POL 42:29
3) Hans Jørgen Kvåle NOR 43:07
4) Kevin Haselsberger AUT 43:35
5) Vojtech Stránsky CZE 44:12
6) Frantisek Bogár CZE 44:26

Women (W21) / European Championships
Middle Distance Results:

1 Rikke Kornvig DEN 49:03
2 Ingrid Stengård FIN 49:07
3 Michaela Gigon AUT 49:47
4 Sonja Zinkl AUT 50:13
5 Ksenia Chernykh RUS 50:36
6 Ursina Jäggi SUI 50:42

Men (M21) / European Championships
Middle Distance Results:

1 Erik Skovgaard Knudsen DEN 53:15
2 Lasse Brun Pedersen DEN 54:23
2 Tobias Breitschädel AUT 54:23
4 Samuli Saarela FIN 54:55
5 Tõnis Erm EST 55:44
6 Ruslan Gritsan RUS 56:26

Comment on Australian Athletes Denied EOC Titles by dauntless

dauntless — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:58:02 +0000

“I would also like to see the Russians (if only for the sake of argument) crush this competition as well.”

Looks like I got one of my wishes — Go figure!

Women 20 / Junior World Championships
Sprint Results:

1) Svetlana Poverina RUS 22:02
2) Kaisu Yli-Peltola FIN 22:10
3) Tatyana Repina RUS 22:31
4) Emily Benham GBR 23:03
5) Olga Vinogradova RUS 23:07
6) Anastasia Svir RUS 23:28

Men 20 / Junior World Championships
Sprint Results:

1) Frantisek Bogár CZE 22:31
2) Antti Vainio FIN 23:17
3) Vojtech Stránsky CZE 23:45
4) Maciej Gromadka POL 23:48
5) Marek Pospisek CZE 24:06
6) Juuso Jutila FIN 24:26

Women / European Championships
Sprint Results:

1) Michaela Gigon AUT 24:14
2) Line Pedersen DEN 25:12
3) Hana La Carbonara CZE 26:24
4) Sonja Zinkl AUT 26:30
5) Hana Bajtosova SVK 26:50
6) Marika Hara FIN 26:58

Men / European Championships
Sprint Results:

1) Ruslan Gritsan RUS 25:17
2) Radek Laciga CZE 25:46
3) Erik Skovgaard Knudsen DEN 25:50
4) Victor Kochagin RUS 25:55
5) Allan Treschow Jensen DEN 25:58
6) Valeriy Glukhov RUS 26:15

Comment on Recognizing the USOF? by dauntless

dauntless — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:56:24 +0000

Excellent points, NeverFull!
We will defiantly take your opinion under advisement!

Cheers,
Dauntless

Comment on Recognizing the USOF? by NeverFull

NeverFull — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:51:39 +0000

I don’t think MTBO America should alienate themselves from USOF. According to the IOF ByLaws, the USOF does not have be involved in Mountain Bike Orienteering for it to exist in the United States, nor does it have the authority to prevent MTBO America from driving MTBO events in the United States. In fact, the IOF ByLaws “encourage” national federations like the USOF to support organizations that have interest in supporting specialized orienteering disciplines that itself has not interest in. The IOF ByLaws go as far to almost require national federations to “play nice” with brother and sister orienteering organizations and even act as an umbrella to any dealings MTBO America would have or want to have with the IOF. It would be foolish to ignore the USOF as a fellow orienteering organization and would most likely hurt MTBO America’s efforts to gain national and international recognition in the long run. Just because they don’t use a mountain bike, does not mean they are not part of this community we call orienteering. Embrace the USOF and use them for their Full Member status with the IOF. It will not only help MTBO America to satisfy your Strategic Initiatives, but might even lead to a great source of converts to the mountain bike side of orienteering!

Warm Regards,
NeverFull