The 2026 Orienteering World Cup got off to a great start in Locarno, Switzerland, with Hanna Lundberg of Sweden and Tino Polsini of Switzerland winning the individual sprint that kicked off the new season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The combination of the picturesque old town, challenging courses, beautiful sunny weather and an intense atmosphere on Locarno\u2019s main square created the perfect setting for the first international race of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And for Tino Polsini, the new World Cup season started as the last one ended: with a win. The Knock-Out Sprint winner from the World Cup Final in Uster narrowly beat Tom\u00e1\u0161 K\u0159ivda of the Czech Reoublic by one second, while Yannick Michiels took third place 14 seconds behind the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Polsini had fast split times all the way around the 3.9 kilometer course, but K\u0159ivda took the lead after the longest leg of the course to control 12 with the fastest route choice. However, on the last handful of short legs, the Swiss was supreme and thus managed squeeze past the Czech, who won the individual World Cup Sprint in Uster in the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the women\u2019s race, Hanna Lundberg was clearly the strongest today and won clearly by a margin of 20 seconds. European champion Pia Young Vik of Norway delivered another impressive performance and came in second, while the last starting home favorite Simona Aebersold did great on the last part of the course and took the last place in the top 3, six seconds further behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/strong>Women<\/strong>
1 Hanna Lundberg, SWE 15:15
2 Pia Young Vik, NOR +0:20
3 Simona Aebersold, SUI +0:26
4 Tereza Rauturier, CZE +0:28
5 Natalia Gemperle, SUI +0:36
6 Andrine Benjaminsen, NOR +0:37<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 Tino Polsini, SUI 13:44
2 Tom\u00e1\u0161 K\u0159ivda, CZE +0:01
3 Yannick Michiels, BEL +0:14
4 Tuomas Heikkil\u00e4, FIN +0:23
5 Zoltan Bujdoso, HUN +0:26
6 Isac von Krusenstierna,S WE +0:29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"