Discussion: WOC Sprint heat draw

Hanny, Simone, Minna and Ann-Margaret Hausken all drawn in Heat C!

The other heats are comparatively weak, so Kathryn and Shannon have a great chance to qualify.

When it comes to heat strength for qualifying what happens at the front end doesn't matter so much as you'd expect the other Swiss/Finns/Norwegians to qualify too. More important are the countries with only one or two decent runners - if all of them end up in the same heat it becomes a difficult one.

I know in my qualifying race days I didn't care which Scandinavians or Swiss were in my heat as I assumed whichever ones were there were going to beat me; I was more concerned about the central/eastern Europeans, the British and so on.

I agree. She's going to need a lot of luck to get through from there.

Shannon is gone, Hanny is all but gone, and Kathryn hasn't made a great start either. Not a brilliant day for Australia so far :-(

Go Sam! Awesome run!!!

Yay Kathryn!

All 3 Chinese runners made it into the Women's Final...

that's cause they are awesome. bring on the final, i would love to see a chinese girl on the podium.

It looks official - Sam is in the final!! Well done, Sam.

why were 4 russian guys running in the sprint?
2 in heat 2
whats going on there

Extra spot for the defending champion.

Cos Khramov is Russian, and the country of the defending Champ gets 4 places, as long as the defending champ is in there team

ah ok. sorted. i thought i might have uncovered a cover up, alas it was not be ;)

The qualification of all three Chinese women really is a good thing for orienteering. They didn't just scrape in, either. Nice.

and a top 10 finish in the Final, that's awesome!