Shamus Morrison and Tim Robertson have produced great runs in the JWOC Long Distance in Rauland overnight to finish 9th and 10th respectively. With only 3 seconds separating the pair of them in Tuesday’s Middle Distance the margin blew out to 7 s last night! Shamus and Tim were only 4 minutes behind winner Olli Ojanaho of Finland who won his second gold medal of the week. Nick Smith was a commendable 44th, while in the women’s final only 1 second separated Alice Tilley and Kayla Fairbairn in 47th and 48 th places. Dani Goodall, at her first JWOC, was less than a minute further back, all 3 making the top 40%.

Men: 1. Olli Ojanaho FIN 1:07:00, 2. Simon Hector SWE 1:08:15, 3. Andreas Soelberg NOR 1:08:26, 4. Aidan Smith GBR 1:09:05, 5.  Simon Imark SWE 1:09:13, 6. Audun Heimdal NOR 1:10:49, 9. Shamus Morrison 1:11;05, 10. Tim Robertson 1:11:12, 44. Nick Smith 1:18:27, 65. Devon Beckman 1:22:57, 86. Tommy Hayes  1:26:41, Ed Cory-Wright DNF

Women: 1. Sara Hagström SWE 52:06, 2. Anna Haataja FIN 52:46, 3. Sandrine Mueller SUI 54:19, 4. Heidi Mårtensson NOR 54:46, 5. Miri Thrane Ødum DEN 55:44, 6. Simona Aebersold SUI 55:51, 47. Alice Tilley 1:07:44, 48. Kayla Fairbairn 1:07:45,  53. Danielle Goodall 1:08:37, 87. Sonia Hollands  1:19:29, 100. Katie Cory-Wright 1:25:24, 124. Sophie Harrison 1:43:24