It is 1 day left before Tiomila. Relays are the very special event in any sport and there are some regularities in Relays. My runners won twice Tiomila - in 2012 (women and men class). In this post I will keep focus mainly in women Relay.
Is it possible to earn a lot of IOF ranking points in only WRE? Which WRE were strongest in 2014? Who did win greatest number of Sprint WRE medals? What's the best way to earn points from WRE? And what lesson can learn WRE-organizers?
Day 0. Sprint Relay was the first event. I had quite good team - first leg - Julia Novikova, second and third leg - Georgiy Mavchun from Russia and Joao Mega Figueiredo (Portugal). My teammates gave me the 7th position and I completed relay at the 3rd place with the best leg time.
Jerker Lysell is one of the top sprint runners in modern Orienteering. He got dozen of medals from IOF competitions. Jerker has a bright personality and high speed capacity. It is always interesting to observe Swedish athlete in action. He tells his opinion about sport statistics in Orienteering.