Junior World MTB Orienteering Championships: Sunny sprint distance
Posted on | June 24, 2009 | Category: News
The sprint event opened the Junior World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships in Denmark today. Russian juniors were strong in the women’s class, were four out of six podium places went to Russia. Fastest of all was Svetlana Poverina, who beat Kaisu Yli-Peltola (FIN) by eight seconds. In the junior men’s class the gold medal went to Czech Republic. Frantisek Bogár had a clear 46-second margin over Antti Vainio, who brought a second silver medal to Finland.
In the European Championships, which are held concurrently with the JWOC, the winners were familiar faces: Michaela Gigon, four-times World Champion, won the women’s race by almost a minute. Men’s winner Ruslan Gritsan has four gold medals from the World Championships as well.
The competitions continue tomorrow with middle distance.
Leading results:
Women 20 / Junior World Championships
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
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
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
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
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