Sprint Qual recap -- Sam through to final this afternoon!

Sam Saeger was the only American to make it through to the Sprint Final after this morning's Qualification races. Sam finished 15th in Women-B, 1:22 behind heat winner Lena Eliasson of Sweden. All the women report running strongly but unfortunately Ali and Tori also report having one bad control each.

Women-A

Ali, Tori, and Sam discuss routes after Sprint Q. (Photo: Eric Bone)

1. Emma Klingenberg (DEN) 12:57
15. Bernadett Kelemen (HUN) 15:06
30. Alison Crocker (USA) 18:07

Women-B
1. Tove Alexandersson (SWE) 13:38
15. Olha Panchenko (UKR) 15:05
26. Tori Borish (USA) 17:45

Women-C
1. Lena Eliasson (SWE) 13:39
15. Samantha Saeger (USA) 15:01

Full results for the women.


Best for the men today was Ross Smith, with a very nice 23rd place in Men-C, 1:13 behind heat winner Yannick Michiels of Belgium.

Men's sprint Q map (WorldOfO.com)

Men-A
1. Daniel Hubmann (SUI) 12:37
15. Tiago Romao (POR) 13:23
28. Ethan Childs (USA) 14:46

Men-B
1. Jonas Leandersson (SWE) 12:30
15. Mate Kerenyi (HUN) 13:15
35. Giacomo Barbone (USA) 15:28

Men-C
1. Yannick Michiels (BEL) 12:46
15. Algirdas Bartkevicius (LTU) 13:29
23. Ross Smith (USA) 13:59

Full results for the men.

This was the first race for WOC rookies Ethan and Tori and a congrats is certainly in order for their results!

The Final takes place in Venice this afternoon starting at 15:20 local time (9:20am EDT). Basic live results from liveresults.woc2014.info and full live coverage is available for purchase.