Swedish Elite Series

08 May 2004 by guest world
Karolina

This weekend saw rounds 4 and 5 of the Swedish Elit Series in Falun. The races attracted a large field of the worlds best orienteers.

On Friday there was a short race on the edge of Falun amongst old army barracks and some city forest with good runability and many paths.
In the mens it was really close, just 20 seconds from 1st - 10th. Fredrik Löwegren came out on top with Valentin Novikov in 2nd place, who has been showing some excellent form in the Elite Series with 2 stage wins so far. In the womens Simone Niggli-Luder won her first Elit Serien of the season by 19 seconds.

Herrar
1) 13:20.4 Fredrik Löwegren - IFK Göteborg
2) 13:28.8 Valentin Novikov - DELTA
3) 13:29.0 Johan Näsman - IFK Lidingö 4) 13:30.4 Håkan Eriksson - Malungs OK
5) 13:33.4 Grant Bluett - Malungs OK
5) 13:33.4 Johan Modig - Pan Kristianstad

21) 14:15.3 Jamie Stevenson - IFK Göteborg
35) 14:32.4 Daniel Marston - Bækkelagets SK
38) 14:50.6 Oli Johnson - Espoon Suunta

Challengers Sprint (same course)
1) 13:46 Daneil Hubman - Västerbergslagens OL
13) 14:55 Ben Rattray - OK Hällen
21) 15:30 Mark Nixon - Stora Tuna IK

Damer
1) 13:36.0 Simone Niggli-Luder - Ulricehamns OK
2) 13:55.6 Karolina A. Höjsgaard - Domnarvets GOIF
3) 13:56.1 Jenny Johansson - Ulricehamns OK
4) 14:04.4 Emma Engstrand - Stora Tuna IK
5) 14:18.2 Gunilla Svärd - IF Thor
6) 14:20.5 Emma Dahlstedt - IFK Lidingö 32) 16:19.3 Jo Stevenson - Södertälje Nykvarn

Challengers Sprint (same course)
1) 15:36 Elin Dahlin - Domnarvets GOIF
2) 15:53 Helen Winskill - Västerås SOK
4) 16:07 Helen Palmer - OK Ravinen
9) 16:36 Rachael Elder - IFK Hedemora OK

For full results of the Sprint Race go the event website HERE

On Saturday is was the Long Distance held in some tough stoney terrain between Falun and Borlänge.
15960 meters couldn't seperate the men by much, Mats Troeng took gold by just 12 seconds over Johan Näsman, Erik Axelsson was just 22 seconds down on Mats in 3rd. In the women local lady Karolina A. Höjsgaard took the top spot beating Hanne Staff by just 15 seconds. Jenny Johansson was 3rd 1:04 down on Karo, her team-mate Simone posted a very competative time but was DSQ, the reason for which will become apparent when splits go online.

Herrar
1) 98:17 Mats Troeng - OK Linné 2) 98:29 Johan Näsman - IFK Lidingö 3) 98:39 Erik Axelsson - Södertälje-Nykvarn
4) 99:18 Johan Ivarsson - SPK Freidig
5) 100:18 Toni Louhisola - Turun Metsänkävijät 6) 100:31 Jarkko Huovila - Halden SK

19) 105:41 Jamie Stevenson - IFK Göteborg
29) 110:01 Daniel Marston - Bækkelagets SK
31) 112:14 Oli Johnson - Espoon Suunta

Damer
1) 67:51 Karolina A. Höjsgaard - Domnarvets GOIF
2) 68:06 Hanne Staff - Bekkelagets SPK
3) 68:55 Jenny Johansson - Ulricehamns OK
4) 70:34 Lina Bäckström - OK Linné 5) 70:45 Tanja Ryabkina - SOIK Hellas
6) 70:49 Anna Mårsell - Linköpings OK

13) 79:44 Jo Stevenson - Södertaälje-Nykvarn

For full results of the race visit the OK Kåre Website

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