Day 2 of the 2025 JWOC in Italy continued on where it finished off on day 1 for our Australian JWOC team with team captain Nea Shingler, placing 7th in the individual sprint championships race today and a cruel 5 seconds from a second podium performance. Nea’s performance was the best individual performance in the sprint race by an Australian junior woman since Hanny Allston way back in 2006 where Hanny won the silver medal.
“As expected today’s race was hot and hilly, but I tried not to think about that, thinking about staying focussed and in control instead. For my final JWOC sprint I’m stoked with a top 10, and a top 6 in the relay makes it even better” – Nea Shingler
Still on a high from the first day of JWOC with our 6th place in the Relay, our 12 junior athletes once again showed the rest of the world that we aren’t just in Italy to fill out the numbers but we are here aiming for podium positions in the sprint races in particular.
There were many good results once again for our team with Owen Radajewski placing top 30 coming in 28th in the men’s race followed closely by Cooper Horley in 37th and Elye Dent in 39th. Erika Enderby also managed a terrific top 50 result. It was also good to see our friends from across the ditch have a much better day today with a 7th and 12th position in the men’s race. For many of our athletes this is their first ever JWOC and the learning experience is going to be the key take away in some of the races so that they can come back in the following years and be more and more competitive.
Here is the full list of results for our fantastic team.
Women: 2.6km, 160 starters
1. Saline Sannwald (SUI) 12.00
2. Kati Hotz (SUI) +0.03
3. Lucie Dittrichova (CZE) +0.05
7. Nea Shingler (AUS) +0.37
47. Erika Enderby (AUS) +2.03
62. Liana Stubbs (AUS) +2.24
135. Gemma Burley (AUS) +5.52
145. Katie Braid (AUS) +8.24
MP. Milla Key (AUS)
Men: 3.3km, 180 starters
1. Jonas Fenne Ingierd (NOR) 12.57
2. Daniel Bolehovsky (CZE) +0.23
2. Tomasz Rzenca (POL) +0.23
28. Owen Radajewski (AUS) +1.13
37. Cooper Horley (AUS) +1.26
39. Elye Dent (AUS) +1.31
88. Henri du Toit (AUS) +2.33
95. Jamie Woolford (AUS) +2.41
MP. Euan Best (AUS)
