Selection for the WOC

On the 8.7 (middle distance) and the 9.7 (long distance) the Swiss national team held its selection races for the WOC. Because of exams I had to skip the sprint selection race.
The middle distance was a tough race for me, mentally and technically. It had been a while since I raced in a serious competition and on top I didn't get a chance to get accustomed to the terrain, because I had only arrived the evening before. I started quite carefully, respectful for the navigation. But to #11 I did a big mistake, and lost 1.5min… which is too much for a middle distance. Finally I ended up 9th, 3min10sec behind Daniel Hubmann, who had a smashing race. Of course I was quite disappointed about my race and result. I started to wonder if I really was in WOC shape?
Middle distance map:


The answer fell the day after in the long distance race. To the 2nd control I did a 3 minute mistake (!)... but than took control of my race… and won the race 1.5 min ahead of Daniel Hubmann. This was a clear sign, that my decision to take part at the WOC makes sense, because I am in a too good shape to stay home and just learn for my exams.

Long distance map 1:

Long distance map 2:


Here are the results from the middle and long selection races. The team selection can be found here!

Results middle Hjermind Egekrat (6.2 km / 220 m / 22 Posten)

1 Hubmann Daniel 00:32:24

2 Müller Matthias 00:33:39

3 Merz Matthias 00:33:59

4 Ott Christian 00:34:19

5 Müller Andreas 00:34:21

6 Gilgien Matthias 00:34:33

7 Rollier Baptiste 00:35:07

8 Hertner Fabian 00:35:21

9 Lauenstein Marc 00:35:31

10 Schneider David 00:35:37

11 Schuler Benno 00:35:44

12 Koch Dominik 00:35:50

13 Müller Urs 00:35:56

14 Zimmermann Beat 00:37:09

15 Rechsteiner Sandro 00:37:21

16 Friederich Hannes 00:38:34

Results long distance Vesterskov 16.9 km / 660 m / 37 Posten

1 Lauenstein Marc 01:38:23

2 Hubmann Daniel 01:39:59

3 Rollier Baptiste 01:41:39

4 Müller Matthias 01:43:01

5 Hertner Fabian 01:43:34

6 Merz Matthias 01:43:40

7 Ott Christian 01:44:13

8 Koch Dominik 01:44:25

9 Müller Andreas 01:44:51

10 Rüedlinger Andreas 01:45:51

11 Schneider David 01:46:23