Women’s middle distance race at Granåsen, Norway, stayed exciting to the very end, when sprint and long distance winner Simone Niggli made a mistake on the third last control. With the help of tracking, the audience could see that Minna Kauppi approached the same control flawlessly a couple of minutes later, and was able to run to the finish with a clear 20 seconds victory.

 

Photo: Erik Borg

Marianne Andersen, Norway, made mistakes in the beginning, but was still able to secure her third medal from these championships.

Men’s race was more tight: Carl Waaler Kaas, Norway, was at the end seven seconds faster than Peter Öberg, Sweden. Bronze medal was shared by the two of the world’s best orienteers: Thierry Gueorgiou, France, and Daniel Hubmann, Switzerland.

Leading results

Women
1) Minna Kauppi FIN 30:01
2) Simone Niggli SUI 30:21
3) Marianne Andersen NOR 30:57
4) Helena Jansson SWE 31:24
5) Annika Billstam SWE 32:05
6) Anni-Maija Fincke FIN 32:21

Men

1) Carl Waaler Kaas NOR 30:33
2) Peter Öberg SWE 30:40
3) Thierry Gueorgiou FRA and Daniel Hubmann SUI 31:12
5) Oleksandr Kratov UKR 31:23
6) Valentin Novikov RUS and Matthias Mueller SUI 31:31

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