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Selection for the WOC

On the 8.7 (middle distance) and the 9.7 (long distance) the Swiss national team held its selection races for the WOC. Because of exams I had to skip the sprint selection race. The middle distance was a tough race for me, mentally and technically. It had been a while since…
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I raced in a serious competition and on top I didn get a chance to get accustomed to the terrain, because I had only arrived the evening before. I started quite carefully, respectful for the navigation. But to #11 I did a big mistake, and lost 1.5min? which is too much for a middle distance. Finally I ended up 9th, 3min10sec behind Daniel Hubmann, who had a smashing race. Of course I was quite disappointed about my race and result. I started to wonder if I really was in WOC shape? Middle distance map: The answer fell the day after…

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