2004 Junior World Championships: Gold for Matthias Merz and Silja Tarvonen
Posted on | July 9, 2004 | Category: News
Matthias Merz, Switzerland is certainly making his mark in elite orienteering at junior level. He has now added a gold medal in the long distance race to the silver he acquired at middle distance, thus equalling his tally of individual medals gained at the 2003 JWOC. But it was a very close call; Sweden’s Martin Johansson was just one second slower over the 11.5 km course, and Lithuania’s Simonas Krepsta gained his second bronze medal of the championships, 9 seconds further behind.
In the women’s race over 8.1 km, the gold medal went to Silja Tarvonen, Finland, with an impressive run which was almost 2 minutes quicker than silver-medallist Veline Stalder, Switzerland. Alison O’Neil, Great Britain improved one place on her middle distance performance to take the bronze.
The race was a gruelling experience for the runners with temperatures up to 28 degrees, but there is now a rest day before the relay race on Saturday.
Leading results:
| Women | Men | ||||
| 1. | Silja Tarvonen FIN | 59.51 | 1. | Matthias Merz SUI | 72.19 |
| 2. | Veline Stalder SUI | 61.48 | 2. | Martin Johansson SWE | 72.20 |
| 3. | Alison O’Neil GBR | 62.22 | 3. | Simonas Krepsta LTU | 72.29 |
| 4. | Jana Panchartkova CZE | 63.13 | 4. | Jan Prochazka CZE | 72.41 |
| 5. | Jorid Flatekval NOR | 63.52 | 5. | Mattias Millinger SWE | 73.45 |
| 6. | Helena Jansson SWE | 64.48 | 6. | Øystein Sørensen NOR | 74.07 |
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