Day 1 of JWOC hosted the Individual Sprint Race with courses taking place in the city centre of the county capital of Maramures.
The course offered fast running in the flat and open streets, but with many controls and tricky challenges on the long legs of both courses. In the end, many runners were challenged and lost valuable seconds during the last part of the race, however Great Britain’s Jim Bailey had a great race to secure a top 10 finish! The race was won by Germany's Anselm Reichenbach.
In the women's race, Rachel Brown had a very strong run to finish in the top 20, with Rita Maramarosi (Hungary) taking gold when she finished 24 seconds ahead of Pia Young Vik (Norway).
Individual Sprint Results
| Men's | Womens' |
|---|---|
| Jim Bailey – 8th | Rachel Brown – 16th |
| James Hammond – 34th | Laura Brown – 53rd |
| Ben Squire – 38th | Imogen Pieters – 67th |
| Euan Tryner – 43rd | Isobel Howard – 80th |
| Charlie Rennie – 57th | Rachel Duckworth – 87th |
| Adam Methven – 87th | Iris Macmillan – 98th |
The Sprint races will continue today with the Mixed Sprint Relay, which was adopted into the official JWOC programme last year, due to the ban on forest activities in Portugal at last year's Championships.
The race will start at 14:30 GMT and Great Britain will have two teams:
Great Britain Team 1– Rachel Brown, James Hammond, Jim Bailey and Laura Brown
Great Britain Team 2 – Imogen Pieters, Ben Squire, Euan Tryner and Isobel Howard
Best of luck to both team's!
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Image credits: Scott Bailey and Pete Tryner.
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