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Dan Chissick - Israel - Not a good start

Not a good start

Me and my big mouth...(or keyboard) - Aram was disqualified in yesterdays sprint at JWOC, for mispunching control no. 22. According to the report Ive read, he punched a control on the womens course, which was nearby (but well within the rules), and several other runners were disqualified for the…
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same mistake. The unfair part of it was that the later starters were warned off the incorrect control by their teammates who had already finished, otherwise there would have been more disqualifications.Thats not an excuse, of course. In a sprint race, you need to keep your concentration on the last legs as well. Split times are not available yet, but according to the live results Aram was placed 100 (out of 170) at the first radio control, and 122 at the second, so it would have been a respectable result. Lets hope for a better performance in todays long distance.

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