JWOC Long: gold for Aebersold and Fosser

Simona Aebersold, Switzerland and Kasper Fosser, Norway won Long distance at the Junior World Orienteering Championships 2018 in Kecskemét, Hungary.

It was a clean win for both leaders. Aebersold finished more than 5 minutes ahead of the Hungarian Zsofia Sarkozy and 5 min. 56 sec. of Tereza Janosikova, Czech Republic.

Kasper Fosser was faster by more than 4 minutes than his nearest rival Mathieu Peerin, France. The Czech Daniel Vandas took bronze, finished 5 min. 37 sec. behind the winner.

Results

Women, 10,2 km, 18 CP

1. Simona Aebersold SUI 54:37

2. Zsofia Sarkozy HUN 59:40

3. Tereza Janosikova CZE 60:33

4. Amy Nymalm FIN 61:28

5. Malin Sandstad NOR 63:50

6. Annika Simonsen DEN 64:02

Men, 15 km, 29 CP

1. Kasper Fosser NOR 69:25

2. Mathieu Perrin FRA 73:46

3. Daniel Vandas CZE 75:02

4. Benjamin Leduc FRA 75:19

5. Elias Jonsson NOR 75:20

6. Jannis Bonek AUT 75:33

Women’s GPS.

Men’s GPS.

Tomorrow JWOC will continue with a Sprint race in the center of Kecskemét.