Junior World Orienteering Championships: Emily Kemp, Canada – biggest Middle qualification win
Posted on | July 11, 2012 | Category: News
Best result in today’s Middle distance qualification heats at Košice, Slovakia was achieved by Emily Kemp, Canada, bronze medallist at Long distance two days ago. She won her heat by 1 minute 28 seconds.
The other women’s heat winners, Stine Bagger Hagner, Denmark and Marte Narum, Norway, also won their heats by more than one minute. The two gold medallists in these Championships so far, Tove Alexandersson (Sweden) and Kirsi Nurmi (Finland), finished 6th and 7th respectively in their heats.
Eskil Kinneberg, Norway, continued his fine form by winning his heat today, just 6 seconds faster than Jan Petržela, Czech Republic, Sprint silver medallist. The Long distance silver medallist, Marius Thrane Ødum, Denmark, was winner of his heat by 22 seconds. The surprise name amongst the heat winners was Luís Silva from Portugal, who was 23 seconds faster than anyone else in his heat. He was placed 77th in the Sprint, so this was a very big day for him.
Heat winners start last in the Middle distance finals to be held tomorrow.
For more results, split times and tracking, please visit the organisers’ homepage. Interviews from the championships will be published in Around the Arena section on the IOF frontpage.
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