Sweden\u2019s Freja Hjerne successfully defended her JWOC long distance title on Wednesday, while Switzerland\u2019s Matthieu B\u00fchrer completed a remarkable hat-trick of gold medals with another dominant victory as the 2026 Junior World Orienteering Championships continued in the forests outside Karlskrona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The challenging long distance courses tested both the technical and physical abilities of the athletes in the challenging terrain, where only a few \u2013 if any \u2013 competitors escaped without mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hjerne, who also won the sprint title earlier this week, added a second individual gold despite not producing a perfect race. She led from third control and built up such a big lead that she had time for a few smaller time losses on the second part of the course and still win by more than thr mistakes towards the end and still win by more than three and a half minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She won ahead of Hungary\u2019s Janka Mikes, while France\u2019s Fanny Delahaye secured the bronze medal another 25 seconds behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the men\u2019s race, Matthieu B\u00fchrer once again demonstrated why he has been the standout athlete of this year\u2019s championships. After winning both the sprint and sprint relay with his team earlier in the week, the Swiss athlete delivered another composed performance to take his third gold medal of JWOC 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although B\u00fchrer also experienced small time losses, he managed them better than his rivals and finished 2:03 ahead of Czechia\u2019s Vladimir Srb, while Hungary\u2019s M\u00e1rton Csoboth completed the podium, 4:02 behind the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leading results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Women<\/strong> Men<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sweden\u2019s Freja Hjerne successfully defended her JWOC long distance title on Wednesday, while Switzerland\u2019s Matthieu B\u00fchrer completed a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14403,"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-14402","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
1 Freja Hjerne, SWE 1:11:11
2 Janka Mikes, HUN +3:32
3 Fanny Delahaye, FRA +3:57
4 Viktorie \u0160k\u00e1chov\u00e1, CZE +4:22
5 Leonie Mathis, SUI +9:16
6 Felicia Persson, SWE +9:27<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 Matthieu B\u00fchrer, SUI 1:14:20
2 Vladimir Srb, CZE +2:03
3 M\u00e1rton Csoboth, HUN +4:02
4 Tom\u00e1\u0161 Ku\u010dera, CZE +5:36
5 Rasmus Toyryla, FIN +6:08
6 Joona Hirvilahti, FIN +6:36<\/p>\n\n\n\n