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Junior World Orienteering Championships - Middle distance…

Scandinavian orienteers dominated the Middle distance finals at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in San Martino, Italy, taking five of the top six podium positions. The three New Zealand finalists in the womens race, Georgia Whitla, Kate Morrison and Angela Simpson had strong races but failed to make an impact…
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on the classy field. The womens race was won by rising Swedish star (and Junior World ski-Orienteering champion) Tove Alexandersson, who ran an almost perfect race to cover the 3.1 km of the final in 23:24 minutes. “I started very early with orienteering. My parents do the sport and when I was seven years old, I started to compete.” Ingunn Britt Nydal (NOR) was second, only 18 seconds back, with long distance champion, Ida Bobach, in third. Eighteen year old Kate Morrison (Hawkes Bay) while philosophical about her final race was still pleased with her efforts - "Im very happy…

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