World University Orienteering Championship 2006

Long DistanceA great result from Slovakia for the Great Britain Women?s team as Helen Bridle finished in 2nd position in the Long Distance Race. What was a tough race through physical terrain was almost dominated by Helen (Chalmers University in Sweden) who ran well to finish in the silver medal position, just 3.36 minutes behind the eventual winner, Dana Brozkova of the Czech Republic. Other top British performances were from Rachael Elder and Mhairi Mackenzie who finished in 20th (63.42) and 22nd (64.09) positions respectively.Women´s Results – 8.4 km, 290m climb, 18 controls. 1. Dana Brozkova CZE 53.222. Helen Bridle GBR 56.583. Larisa Stanchenko RUS 58.17 The men had a rather disappointing day but Oli Johnson, from Sheffield University Orienteering Club managed to finish highest out of the Brits in 23rd place with a time of 82.34. The eventual winner was Michal Smola from the Czech Republic. Other British performances were as follows: 34th Matt Crane GBR 85.18, 42nd Oleg Chepelin GBR 87.52 and 45th Murray Strain GBR 90.01. Men´s Results – 13.7 km, 485m climb, 26 controls.Michal Smola CZE 72.31Matthias Merz SUI 74.36Oystein Kvaal Osterbo NOR 75.45Middle Distance Another good day for the GBR Team at Ko?ice in the Slovak Republic. Excellent results in both the Men?s and Women?s races as the British Team ended up with two top 10s! These came in the form of Matt Crane and Rachael Elder, both from Sheffield University Orienteering Club.Women?s Results – 4.6 km 160m climb 15 controls1. Line Hagman NOR 31.302. Larisa Stanchenko RUS 31.433. Maria Rantala FIN 32.08 10. Rachael Elder GBR 34.2631. Mhairi Mackenzie GBR 38.1132. Aislinn Austin GBR 38.1344. Helen Palmer GBR 41.11Men?s Results – 6.1 km 225m climb 21 controls1. Simonas Krepsta LTU 32.372. Philippe Adamski FRA 34.263. Stig Alvestad NOR 34.50 9. Matt Crane GBR 36.0623. Graham Gristwood GBR 37.1527. Oli Johnson GBR 38.1142. Oleg Chepelin GBR 39.48Photos and more information from www.britishorienteering.org.uk

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