WTOC2012 - Day1
Tentsmuir North
Strong winds during the previous night caused one of the tents in the assembly area to blow down and the winds continued during the day making for a cold day. Competitors were bussed to the northern end of Tentsmuir and the course for the first day of the TrailO competition followed a loop of 2.3km with 20 controls (plus 2 timed controls at the start of the course).
In TrailO one point is given for a correct answer and the time taken at the timed controls is used as a tie-breaker. In the Open class, preliminary results gave a surprise victory to Richard Ebright (USA), but a protest was lodged by Finland about the positioning of the flags at Control 1. This was upheld by the jury and the control voided. The revised results showed three competitors tied on 20 points and the timed control times gave victory to Antti Rusanen (Finland), followed by Stig Gerdtman (Sweden) and Ebright dropping down to third.
In the Paralympic class the leading competitor was Ola Jansson (Sweden) with 18 points. With the same score but a slower time was defending champion Dmitry Kucherenko (Russia), followed by Pekka Seppa (Finland) with 17 points.
Photos from day 1 by Nick Barrable (CompassSport) and Colin Matheson (SOA).
Day 1 Master map, Solutions and TC
Results
TrailO Day1 – Paralympic class
Last edited: 11th Jun 12
Image gallery
Pre start
The start
The start
Timed control Paralympic class
Wheelchair accesible sand
Pushing into the timed control
Ukranian judging the height
Russian competitor
Japanese competitor in deep thought
Concentration
IOF event advisor
Dragons teeth
Controls left and right
Para Timed Controls
Open timed control
Jana CZE
Marit Wiksell SWE Tempo Trophy Winner
Marit Wiksell SWE European Champion 2012
Mark Heikoop NED
Wilbert Hollinger IRE
Reigning World Champion FIN
Ola Jansson SWE
John Kewley GBR
Controls 2 and 3
Control 13
Control 13
Control 14
Controls 15-17
Control 18
Controls 19 and 20
Results board
