The Relay

WOC is over and all that is left to do is go to the banquet... The final race this afternoon was the team relay. South Africa had a non-eventful race, finishing 33rd out of 36 teams, thanks to a few disqualification from Turkey, France and Denmark. Although RSA was last, this is still an improvement in team position, moving up from 36th last year in Kiev, Ukraine.

Eugene started off well, but shortly afterwards started cramping, loosing time and places to end at the back of the field. Paul took over in the 2nd leg and had a consistent run, finishing about 4 minutes faster than Eugene. Nicholas ran the anchor leg, managing a clean run but not able to make up any places.

So that's it for another WOC. The team is generally pleased with their performances and will undoubtedly post some reports on the group list when they return home.

Finally, the official Team Photo...


Sunset over Olomouc...


So cheers from Olomouc from Team South Africa. WOC 2009 is in Miscolc, Hungary. We'll put up further info later in the year.

...the team.