Lachlan Dow was the best of the two Australians in the middle distance A finals at the Junior World Orienteering Championships today, placing 36th. He was a bit over three minutes behind an exceptional three-way tie for the lead. Oscar McNulty, who had done well to qualify in his first appearance, was 58th.
Australia was unrepresented in the women’s A final, in which Ida Bobach made a clean sweep of the individual gold medals and led a group of three Danes in the top four.
Belinda Lawford’s 3rd in the B final will have restored some confidence pre-relay, after two disappointing races. Another good Australian performance in the lower finals was Oliver Poland’s 6th.
The championships conclude with the relay tomorrow.
Men A final
1=. Robert Merl (AUT), Topias Tiainen (FIN), Dmitry Nakonechnyy (RUS) 25.43
36. Lachlan Dow 29.09
58. Oscar McNulty 33.54
Women A final
1. Ida Bobach (DEN) 23.10
2. Tove Alexandersson (SWE) 23.45
3. Emma Klingenberg (DEN) 24.17
Men B final
1=. Christian Tingstrom (SWE), Thor Norskov (DEN) 23.52
6. Oliver Poland 25.56
32. Ian Lawford 28.04
Josh Blatchford DNF
Women B final
1. Andrea Koch (SUI) 27.33
3. Belinda Lawford 28.39
19. Claire Butler 31.22
44. Krystal Neumann 36.00
47. Georgia Parsons 36.40
61. Jacqui Doyle 40.53
62. Lilian Burrill 41.01
Men C final
1. Marek Wojnowicz (POL) 26.10
4. Max Neve 27.25