JWOC SprintRelay: Another show by Maramarosi gives gold to Hungary

On the second day of the JWOC 2023 in Romania, we have been able to enjoy the Sprint-Relay race, which is part of the JWOC program for the second year, after its “emergency” inclusion in the last edition in Portugal. Fortunately, it seems that this modality has come to stay in the standard program of JWOC.

The organizers have chosen a great area for this race and, just looking at the courses, we could already predict before the race that we were going to witness a very close and exciting fight. And… so it has been!

In the first leg, one of the theoretically strongest teams, the Swiss, missed quite a bit of time from the start, while defending champions Norway fell a bit further behind than expected. The “labyrinth” of controls 13-14 gave more than a headache to many of the girls in the first leg 🙂

When the boys’ turn came, in the 2-3 legs, the French team managed to turn the race around with two very powerful performances that left them almost in the lead, just a few seconds behind the Finnish team. Norway, the Czech Republic, and Sweden were also very close in the fight. Hungary, with Maramarosi in the last leg, 40 seconds behind….

And this is when, once again, the talented Hungarian Rita Maramarosi (born in 2005, which means she will still have two more seasons as Junior) put on a real show hunting down the leading group, taking her own route choices (rightly! ) and breaking away solo to give Hungary a big win. Awesome! Reigning champions Norway finished second with a very good performance from Pia Young Vik, with Finland‘s Eeva Liina Ojanaho (also born in 2005!) taking the bronze medal.

Congratulations to the winners! The JWOC will continue the next few days with the forest modalities, where we will surely be able to see many surprises 😉

Mixed

58 starting teams

Leg 1|Leg 2|Leg 3|Leg 4|Total

Plac	Name	Leg time	Time	Diff
1	HUN Hungary Hungary 1		49:44
	1. Viktoria Mag	12:02	12:02
	2. Tamas Felfoldi	13:35	25:37
	3. Marton Csoboth	12:43	38:20
	4. Rita Maramarosi	11:24	49:44
2	NOR Norway Norway 1		49:57	+0:13
	1. Kristin Melby Jacobsen	12:42	12:42
	2. Iver Dalsaune Thun	12:48	25:30
	3. Brage Takle	12:36	38:06
	4. Pia Young Vik	11:51	49:57	+0:13
3	FIN Finland Finland 1		50:11	+0:27
	1. Salla Isoherranen	12:21	12:21
	2. Sampo Sankelo	13:05	25:26
	3. Aarni Ronkainen	12:23	37:49
	4. Eeva Liina Ojanaho	12:22	50:11	+0:27
4	FRA France France 1		50:28	+0:44
	1. Annabelle Delenne	13:03	13:03
	2. Mathias Barros Vallet	12:31	25:34
	3. Guilhem Verove	12:17	37:51
	4. Alix Villar	12:37	50:28	+0:44
5	CZE Czechia Czechia 1		50:42	+0:58
	1. Anna Karlova	12:17	12:17
	2. Daniel Bolehovsky	13:04	25:21
	3. Jakub Chaloupsky	12:36	37:57
	4. Lucie Dittrichova	12:45	50:42	+0:58
6	FIN Finland Finland 2		50:45	+1:01
	1. Silva Kemppi	12:44	12:44
	2. Santeri Kirjavainen	12:39	25:23
	3. Rauli Aho	12:40	38:03
	4. Jenny Ojala	12:42	50:45	+1:01
7	SWE Sweden Sweden 1		51:02	+1:18
	1. Klara Borg	12:41	12:41
	2. Hannes Mogensen	12:36	25:17
	3. Noel Braun	12:40	37:57
	4. Elsa Sonesson	13:05	51:02	+1:18
8	SWE Sweden Sweden 2		51:15	+1:31
	1. Freja Hjerne	12:47	12:47
	2. Albin Warvelin	12:34	25:21
	3. Linus Wernstrom	13:02	38:23
	4. Alma Svennerud	12:52	51:15	+1:31
9	SUI Switzerland Switzerland 1		51:17	+1:33
	1. Kati Hotz	13:41	13:41
	2. Benjamin Wey	13:02	26:43
	3. Matthieu Buehrer	12:39	39:22
	4. Ines Berger	11:55	51:17	+1:33
10	SUI Switzerland Switzerland 2		51:29	+1:45
	1. Henriette Radzikowski	12:19	12:19
	2. Dominic Mueller	13:00	25:19
	3. Joschi Schmid	12:43	38:02
	4. Nina Hubmann	13:27	51:29	+1:45

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