It was a day of solid performances for the Australian men in today’s long distance event at the Junior World Orienteering Championships. Lachlan Dow led the way with 50th, followed by yesterday’s best Australian performer, Max Neve, who was 66th. The other four team members all finished in close proximity near the middle of the field.
The women had a somewhat disappointing day, with Belinda Lawford unable to repeat her sprint performance and the others all finishing in the bottom half of the field, Krystal Neumann’s 82nd being the best of the results. It was again a Danish 1-2, with Ida Bobach taking her tally of gold medals to six and Emma Klingenberg again runner-up.
The next competition is the middle distance qualification on Wednesday.
Men
1. Yngve Skogstad (NOR) 68.49
2. Robert Merl (AUT) 70.23
3. Lucas Basset (FRA) 70.36
50. Lachlan Dow 81.22
66. Max Neve 85.23
81. Josh Blatchford 88.24
83. Oliver Poland 89.17
86. Oscar McNulty 90.51
87. Ian Lawford 91.09
Women
1. Ida Bobach (DEN) 55.23
2. Emma Klingenberg (DEN) 56.51
3. Tove Alexandersson (SWE) 57.37
82. Krystal Neumann 78.24
88. Belinda Lawford 79.50
96. Georgia Parsons 84.23
115. Claire Butler 97.27
116. Jacqui Doyle 97.54
Lilian Burrill DNF