Tight at the top in World Trail Orienteering Championships
Posted on | August 17, 2011 | Category: News
At the end of day 1 of the World Trail Orienteering Championships, just a few seconds at the timed controls separated the top placings in both the Paralympic and Open classes.
In the Paralympic class the overnight leader is Dmitry Kucherenko, Russia, ahead of Rolf Karlsson, Sweden, by 3 seconds at the timed controls. Both scored 21 out of the maximum possible 22 points. In third place is Arne Ask, Norway, with the same points score but somewhat slower in time.
Kreso Kerestes, Slovenia, a previous world champion, leads the Open class by 2 seconds over Martin Fredholm, Sweden, another competitor with an outstanding results record. In third place is Great Britain’s John Kewley. All three scored maximum points, and 8 seconds separate first from third in time. In fact just 19 seconds in time separate the first six in the current standings.
The Championships conclude today, with the finish arena shared with the foot orienteering long distance final.
Leading results
Paralympic class
1. Dmitry Kucherenko RUS 21 points, 20 seconds at timed controls
2. Rolf Karlsson SWE 21 + 23
3. Arne Ask NOR 21 + 85
4. Ole Jansson SWE 21 + 100.5
5. Pekka Seppa FIN 20 + 48
6. Michael Johansson SWE 20 + 49
Open class
1. Kreso Kerestes SLO 22 + 18
2. Martin Fredholm SWE 22 + 20
3. John Kewley GBR 22 + 26
4. Guntas Mankus LAT 22 + 33.5
5. Christian Gieseler GER 22 + 35
6. Lennart Wahlgren SWE 22 + 37
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