Great start to JWOC

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Last Updated: Thursday, 24 July 2014 13:53

The Australian team has continued its fantastic start to the junior world championships in Bulgaria. 

Day 2 (Long) - Michele Dawson (Garingal) was the leading Australian woman in 58th - 70 places better than last year. Nicola Blatchford (Newcastle) was 105th. Conditions underfoot were very wet following heavy rain during the sprint the previous day. Again it was the young Aussie men who produced outstanding performances for the second day in a row with two runners in the top 20 for the first time.  

Day 1 (Sprint) - three of the Aussie men finished in the top 30 of the sprint race - to put that in perspective only Finland, Sweden and Switzerland did better than Australia. Gold went to Kiwi Tim Robertson ! NSW representatives Nicola (90th) and Michele (113th) found the going tough in the rain in the women's race.

You can catch up on the Australian team's progress via the team blog or Facebook page or the event website, and read Nick Dent's wraps of the Sprint and Long proceedings.