World TrailO Championships: close results after PreO Day 1

World TrailO Championships: close results after PreO Day 1

Jonatan Furucz, Slovakia (still a junior) and Michael Johansson, Sweden lead the Open and Physically Challenged classes respectively at the end of Day 1 in the PreO competition, held on a hot and sunny day in the area of an old basalt mine near Sümeg, Hungary.

Many of the top stars in the Open class achieved a full-correct score today, meaning that only timed control times separated the leaders. Furucz’s lead is by just 9 seconds over Poland’s Krystian Petersburski, while another Polish athlete, Maciej Urbaniak is holding third place, another 2 seconds down. There is all to play for tomorrow!

In the Physically Challenged class, Michael Johansson, Sweden, one of the favourites for the gold medal, leads comfortably on timed control time over Alejandro Aguilar Lara, Spain; both dropped one point out on the course. Vladyslav Vovk, Ukraine is third with 2 points fewer.

Tomorrow’s competition takes place in detailed parkland right in the centre of Sümeg, on what is promised to be another hot day.

Full results can be found on https://top.yq.cz