Split analysis: World Cup Otepää Women – 10 km Classic
Posted by Jan Kocbach, 16 Jan 2010@12:12
Marit Bjørgen had a fantastic finish – beating Justyna Kowalczyk at the two last splits. Aino Kaisa Saarinen had a good start, but lost some speed after the second split. See below for all the splits from todays race.
Splitsbrowser
The Splitsbrowser is used extensively in Orienteering to analyze the splits during a race. In the above Splitsbrowser-screenshot a flat line on a split means that an athlete is the fastest on a split. The steeper the line goes, the more an athlete looses on that split. Thus Kowalczyk was fastest on all splits except for the two last – for which Bjørgen was fastest.
Overall (unofficial results from live timing)
| 1. | 26:53 | Justyna KOWALCZYK | POL |  |
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| 2. | 26:57 | +00:04 | Marit BJOERGEN | NOR |  |
| 3. | 27:23 | +00:30 | Aino Kaisa SAARINEN | FIN |  |
| 4. | 27:25 | +00:32 | Charlotte KALLA | SWE |  |
| 5. | 27:38 | +00:45 | Petra MAJDIC | SLO |  |
| 6. | 27:58 | +01:05 | Virpi KUITUNEN | FIN | |
Split 1
| 1. | 02:59 | Justyna KOWALCZYK | POL | |
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| 2. | 03:01 | +00:02 | Aino Kaisa SAARINEN | FIN | |
| 3. | 03:04 | +00:05 | Marit BJOERGEN | NOR | |
| 4. | 03:06 | +00:07 | Charlotte KALLA | SWE | |
| 5. | 03:06 | +00:07 | Petra MAJDIC | SLO | |
| 6. | 03:08 | +00:09 | Virpi KUITUNEN | FIN | |
Split 2
| 1. | 03:51 | Justyna KOWALCZYK | POL | |
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| 2. | 03:52 | +00:01 | Aino Kaisa SAARINEN | FIN | |
| 3. | 03:54 | +00:02 | Marit BJOERGEN | NOR | |
| 4. | 03:56 | +00:04 | Charlotte KALLA | SWE | |
| 5. | 03:58 | +00:07 | Petra MAJDIC | SLO | |
| 6. | 03:59 | +00:07 | Astrid Uhrenholdt JACOBSEN | NOR | |
| 9. | 04:04 | +00:13 | Virpi KUITUNEN | FIN | |
Split 3
| 1. | 06:28 | Justyna KOWALCZYK | POL | |
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| 2. | 06:29 | +00:01 | Marit BJOERGEN | NOR | |
| 3. | 06:37 | +00:09 | Aino Kaisa SAARINEN | FIN | |
| 4. | 06:38 | +00:10 | Charlotte KALLA | SWE | |
| 5. | 06:42 | +00:14 | Petra MAJDIC | SLO | |
| 6. | 06:46 | +00:18 | Virpi KUITUNEN | FIN | |
Split 4
| 1. | 03:07 | Charlotte KALLA | SWE | |
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| 2. | 03:07 | +00:00 | Justyna KOWALCZYK | POL | |
| 3. | 03:10 | +00:03 | Petra MAJDIC | SLO | |
| 4. | 03:11 | +00:03 | Marit BJOERGEN | NOR | |
| 5. | 03:12 | +00:05 | Anna HAAG | SWE | |
| 6. | 03:17 | +00:10 | Aino Kaisa SAARINEN | FIN | |
| 7. | 03:17 | +00:10 | Virpi KUITUNEN | FIN | |
Split 5
| 1. | 03:56 | Marit BJOERGEN | NOR | |
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| 2. | 03:59 | +00:03 | Charlotte KALLA | SWE | |
| 3. | 03:59 | +00:04 | Anna HAAG | SWE | |
| 4. | 04:00 | +00:04 | Justyna KOWALCZYK | POL | |
| 5. | 04:02 | +00:06 | Aino Kaisa SAARINEN | FIN | |
| 6. | 04:02 | +00:07 | Petra MAJDIC | SLO | |
| 9. | 04:09 | +00:13 | Virpi KUITUNEN | FIN | |
Split 6
| 1. | 06:23 | Marit BJOERGEN | NOR | |
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| 2. | 06:26 | +00:03 | Justyna KOWALCZYK | POL | |
| 3. | 06:33 | +00:10 | Aino Kaisa SAARINEN | FIN | |
| 4. | 06:34 | +00:11 | Virpi KUITUNEN | FIN | |
| 5. | 06:38 | +00:15 | Petra MAJDIC | SLO | |
| 6. | 06:39 | +00:15 | Charlotte KALLA | SWE | |
