The favourites dominated with strong performances as the World Cup athletes ran a demanding sprint in Skara, Sweden at the Orienteering World Cup yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reigning World Cup winner Simona Aebersold of Switzerland was unbeatable, winning by a full 22 seconds in the women\u2019s class, while Kasper Fosser of Norway was also superb in the men\u2019s class, where his winning margin was 12 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day offered several difficult route choice challenges in Skara, where a large number of barriers and a mix of short and long legs made it difficult for the athletes to feel certain about the fastest route to the next control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The terrain also changed along the way in the courses, which began in residential areas, crossed through an open museum park area before ending on the cobblestones around the cathedral in Skara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No mistakes from the Swiss<\/strong> Malin Agervig Kristiansson of Denmark came in second, achieving her best ever finish in an international race. Third place went to Sanna Fasth of Sweden with a time that was two seconds slower. That\u2019s\u00a0 her best international sprint result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fastest three were followed by Hanna Lundberg of Sweden, Knock-Out Sprint winner from Thursday night Hedvig Valbj\u00f8rn Gydesen of Denmark and European champion Pia Young Vik of Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fosser on fire<\/strong> Tuomas Heikkil\u00e4 of Finland again delivered a strong performance and took another second place \u2013 12 seconds behind Fosser, while European champion Mathias Barros Vallet of France lost time on the way to control 1, but otherwise kept up the pace and came in third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tino Polsini of Switzerland, who won the World Cup sprint in Locarno a month ago, was in third position before the leg to control 16, but lost around 15 seconds on the slower route and finished 5th. Czech Tom\u00e1\u0161 K\u0159ivda took fourth place, while Swiss Fabian Aebersold came sixth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leading results<\/strong> Men<\/strong> The favourites dominated with strong performances as the World Cup athletes ran a demanding sprint in Skara, Sweden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[361],"class_list":["post-13293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-orienteering"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
And last-starting Simona Aebersold crushed all opposition with a largely flawless race on a day where there were several surprises in the results list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the men\u2019s race, it was also the last starter who took the win. Kasper Fosser lead the race from control 3 to the finish and also chose the fastest route on the leg to control 16, where several athletes lost around 20 seconds choosing a slower alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Women
<\/strong>1 Simona Aebersold, SUI 13:42
2 Malin Agervig Kristiansson, DEN +0:22
3 Sanna Fasth, SWE +0:24
4 Hanna Lundberg, SWE +0:31
5 Hedvig Valbj\u00f8rn Gydesen, DEN +0:35
6 Pia Young Vik, NOR +0:37<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 Kasper Harlem Fosser, NOR 14:17
2 Tuomas Heikkil\u00e4, FIN +0:12
3 Mathias Barros Vallet, FRA +0:19
4 Tom\u00e1\u0161 K\u0159ivda, CZE +0:24
5 Tino Polsini, SUI +0:36
6 Fabian Aebersold, SUI +0:38<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"