A huge congratulations from everyone at ONSW to Victorian Aston Key who is the new junior world sprint champion!
Aston led from the very first control in Aarhus, Denmark and increased his narrow lead at each radio control to win by 13 seconds - a sizeable margin in this discipline.
It's only the second win at JWOC by an Australian, following Hanny Allston's victory in the Long Distance race in Lithuania in 2006.
Big Foot's Alastair George came 47th and Garingal's Duncan Currie 52nd. So there were four Australian men in the top 52 - a very impressive result.
We should also make special mention of our most recent scholar Grace Molloy of Scotland who came third in the women's sprint. Well done Grace (pictured below, right).
The race was held in a complex area of flats and houses, with some height differences. Especially in the arena, which was superb for spectators who had a superb sloping grass viewing area above the finish, with the spectator passage also clearly visible beyond it.
Race times were very fast from the start, but times at the spectator point kept being bettered, so there was excitement all the way with a lively and knowledgeable commentary and pictures from the course on the big screen.
Men’s and Women’s results can be found here and the splits here.
The men’s course can be found here and the women’s course can be found here.
The JWOC website can be found here. Monday is the Long champs.
