Louise Oram ran a scorching race today in the Middle Final to finish tied for 28th! On the live tracking we could see that she took the first three controls very quickly and it looked as if she was about to catch up to the French runner who started two minutes in front. But then it seemed that Louise was fighting with her compass, and so instead of catching the runner in front of her, instead she dropped some time and was caught by the Polish runner who had started two minutes later. At this point things could have gone either way - but Louise seemed to settle in, and she had a fabulous middle section of the course, storming around the rest of the course and moving up into the top 30.A truly superb performance – and still room for improvement! In the photo you can see Louise running in towards the arena for the spectator loop.
The atmosphere in the arena was fantastic again. Amazing coverage on the big screens, TV splits from the terrain and continuous GPS tracks kept the excitement up throughout. In the women's race we could see Simone Niggle make a critical mistake on one of the last controls on the GPS and how Minna Kauppi explored the opportunity and took the Gold. For the men, it was a breathtaking battle of seconds, where Carl Waaler Kaas from Norway beat out Peter Öberg of Sweden with 7 seconds. Here is a little video clip showing Kaas run in the finish chute.
Tomorrow is the relay and Canada's teams are:
Women - Start at 11:30 am local time:
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Leg 1: Carol Ross
Leg 2: Louise Oram
Leg 3: Sandy Hott
Men - Start at 1:15 pm local time:
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Leg 1: Patrick Goeres
Leg 2: Mike Smith
Leg 3: Nick Duca
It's going to be an exciting day!
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