NZ Mountain Bikers Make World Finals

Marquita Gelderman continued her excellent form at this year's World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships qualifying second in her heat for Friday's long distance final. Most of the six-strong New Zealand team competing at the championships in Ostroda, Poland, qualified with Chris Forne 3rd in his heat and Georgia Whitla 7th in her heat of the junior women's.


Results
Women
Heat 1
1. Christine Schaffner Switzerland 68:23
2. Nadia Mikrukova Russia 69:49
3. Marika Hara Finland 70:01
25. Emily Wall New Zealand 88:03

Heat 2
1. Madeleine Kammerer France 67:42
2. Marquita Gelderman New Zealand 68:56
3. Line Pedersen Denmark 69:22
23. Kath Copland New Zealand 89:33


Men
Heat 1
1. Adrian Jackson Australia 57:29
2. Martin Sevcik Czech Republic 59:42
3. Anton Foliforof Russia 60:05

Heat 2
1. Maxim Zhurkin Russia 61:10
2. Allan Jensen Denmark 61:45
3. Alex Randall Australia 61:52
23. Greg Barbour New Zealand 77:54

Heat 3
1. Ruslan Gritsan Russia 58:33
2. Bjarke Refslund Denmark 61:26
3. Chris Forne New Zealand 62:42


Junior women
Heat 1
1. Emily Benham Great Britain 62:52
2. Svetlana Poverina Russia 64:34
3. Tatiana Repina Russia 65:44

Heat 2
1. Irina Levina Russia 56:02
2. Ursina Jaggi Switzerland 58:06
3. Tarjo Vesanto Finland 63:53
7. Georgia Whitla New Zealand 67:52


This page was uploaded by Peter Bakos on 28 August 2008, updated on 29 Aug 08