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Today was the last day of JWOC 2006. Relay took part in the park of Druskininkai town. Exhausting heat, fast courses and good forking made concurrence fierce and competitions even more interesting for spectators.
The winner of women relays was Russia (Ekaterina Terekhova, Tatyana Kozlova, Mariya Shilova) who was 51 seconds ahead of silver medalist Swedish trio (Linnea Lindstrom, Anna Persson, Eva Svensson). Finland (Sofia Haajanen, Saila Kinni, Heini Wennman) took bronze just 11 seconds after second place. The biggest disappointment of the day was experienced by Norwegian girls whose first leg runner this year JWOC sprint champion Ingunn Weltzien finished nearly 3 minutes ahead the rest of the teams but unfortunately was disqualified. For Lithuanian first team which would finish on the last podium position was the same disaster in the last leg.
In the men relay the gold medals surprisingly claimed Estonian team (Jarveoja Mihkel, Sild Timo, Puusepp Markus). 1 min and 39 seconds behind the winners was Sweden (Fredrik Johansson, John Fredriksson, Mikael Kristensson). Norwegians (Anders Skarholt, Erik Sagvolden, Olav Lundanes ) missed silver medals just by 19 seconds. Lithuanian men reached their best ever result in relays and finished in 5th position.
Next year JWOC will be held in Dubbo, Australia on 7-13th of July. |
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Today middle distance final was held in JWOC 2006. Courses were quite fast, but technically difficult. The heat and the finish area was the same as yesterday.
In women category after 3,8 km with 14 controls the winner was last year junior Norwegian Nilsen Betty Ann Bjerkreim with the time 26:19. Early lead had Finnish Ulrika Uotila who finaly took silver just 19 seconds behind. The bronze medalist was 16 years old Danish Signe Klinting with the time 26:57. Last year middle distance winner Swedish Anna Persson was just out of top three and finished in fourth position just 55 seconds behind the winner. The only one not Northern European girl in top ten was Lithuanian Kristina Rybakovaite who was in eight place.
In men category after 4,7 km with 16 controls finish times were extremely tight. Both Danish Soren Bobach and Czech Jan Benes scored gold showing the same best time 25:09. Bronze went to long distance medalist Norwegian Olav Lundanes who was just 5 seconds behind the leaders. 4th place took Lithuanian Jonas Vytautas Gvildys who missed gold by 12 seconds. It was the best personal and the best result for Lithuanian team in this JWOC. |
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JWOC 2006 long distance!
Today in JWC 2006 we had long distance final. The competitions were held in physically and technically demanding Noðkûnai forest 65 km south from Druskininkai. 125 girls and 167 boys starting today also had to manage 31° C.
In the girls course (8,6 km with 17 KP) Hanny Allston from Australia with the time 53:57 gained a convincing victory, which was first ever for her country. After the course Hanny told that she was feeling very confident all the way and made almost a perfect race. Silver medal went to Nilsen Betty Ann Bjerkreim from Norway 4 min 38 sec behind the winner. Bronze medallist today among the girls was Elin A Skantze from Sweden with time 60:13. The best Lithuanian girl today was Kristina Rybakovaitë from Kaunas in the 19th place loosing 15 min 45 sec for amazing Hanny Allston.
15,5 km course with 23 KP were waiting for the boys where Norway was a dominating country. Gold went to Anders Skarholt 70 min 41 sec and silver to Olav Lundanes 73:21 (both from Norway). Bronze medal was taken by Markus Puusepp from Estonia with the time 76:57. The best Lithuanian among the boys was again was Jonas Gediminas Gvildys in the 22nd place, loosing 11 min 20 sec for the leader. |
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JWOC 2006 Sprint race!JWOC 2006 began today with a s print distance. It was held in the very centre of resort town Druskininkai. 162 boys and 121 girls from 35 countries were competing for the first medals today. Sprint race went mainly through urban area and just 30% was in town park. Courses were relatively technically easy without any crucial route choices, so tight finish times and high speed was expected.
The fastest girl in 2,5 km course with 13 KP was Ingunn Hultgren Weltzien from Norway with the time 10: 46.8 . Silver medalist just 3.3 seconds after the winner was Hanny Allston from Australia. Bronze medal went to Swedish ski orienteering specialist Eva Svensson, who finished in 11:25.3 and lost more than half of minute to second place. The best Lithuanian ( for both women and men) finished just out of top 10 in 11 th position.
Top two positions in the men race went to Sweden. Mikael Kristensson was the fastest in 3,1 km race with 15 controls and finished in 11:44.8 . The silver medal went to Patrik Karisson who was just nine seconds behind the winner. Ukraine celebrated their first ever JWOC medal. Ruslan Glebov lost just two seconds to silver medalist. The best Lithuanian man Jonas Gediminas Gvildys took 18th place. In men top 10 there were 8 nations with surprizingly new nations as Belgium and Belarus. |
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On the 3rd of July JWOC 2006 starts up!
More than 300 junior competitors from 35 countries will take part in in the first competition race - sprint distance, which will be held in Pramogu square of town Druskininkai.
For the first time, the sprint distance is a part of official JWOC programe.
Sprint distance starts at 14:00, opening and prize giving ceremony starts 20:15 in Pramogu square.
The opening press conference for JWOC 2006 will be held at the Minicipality of Druskininkai (Vilniaus al. 18) on the 3rd of July at 12:00.
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All JWOC 2006 participants are invited to take part in "JWOC warm-up" competition on 26th June. More information about competition HERE. (12/06/2006)
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35 countries and 400 sportsmen and officials already registered to JWOC 2006! The list of participating countries you can find HERE. (12/04/2006)
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JWOC 2006 organizers signed cooperation agreement with Druskininkai municipality in State Sport Department. Mr. Algirdas Raslanas General director of State Sport Department noticed that JWOC 2006 will be one of the most important international events in Lithuania next year.
(15/12/2005)
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Scheme of JWOC 2006 accommodation places (A, B and C categories), the Event centre and the Ceremony square you can find HERE.
(07/11/2005)
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IOF Event Advisor Tuomo Peltola met JWOC 2006 organizers in Druskininkai.
(17/10/2005)
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The Event Centre will be located in "Druskininkai college", in the main street of Druskininkai. Address - M.K.Čiurlionio str. 80. (14/10/2005)
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Preliminary Entry form you can find here
(18/08/2005)
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The second Bulletin is issued (18/07/2005)
Bulletin no2
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It is prohibited for any potential member of an official JWOC 2006 team and others who through knowledge of the terrain and the competition details may influence the results of JWOC 2006 competition to enter embargoed areas, including Druskininkai Town Park (Poilsio parkas), indicated in Bulletin No 1.
Exceptions: in contrary to all the other embargoed areas of JWOC 2006 potential members of an official JWOC 2006 team are allowed to visit Druskininkai Old Town (Senamiestis) as tourists (sightseeing, visiting restaurants, shopping etc.). However it is not allowed to do training sessions, testing route choices etc. in Druskininkai Old Town. (06/04/2005)
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