Four strong performances from the Australian team give us a good chance in the final for more medals and podium places. Hanny again ran well and although making a minute mistake on the 5th control was able to hold second place in her heat. Simon Uppill ran well to qualify, watch out for him to have a fast race tomorrow. Murray Scown in his first JWOC has come good making it into the A final and enjoyed himself today and although sporting some blisters looks for a good race tomorrow.

Jasmine Neve who was well rested after not competing in the classic due to a nagging ITB injury ran very well to qualify for the A final, coming 14th in her heat.

Some sad near misses too for the Australians with Vanessa Round finishing in 21st position 12 seconds behind 20th place. Chris Naunton was also close missing out by 81 seconds in 29th place in a particularly close run heat.

The rest of the team all performed strongly to qualify for the B final with the exception of Ryan Smyth who was extremely disappointed with his mispunch after starting his course well. He had ploughed his way through some green to a track and misjudged his position on it by about 50 metres and then panicked and took time to relocate and then found what he thought was his control (70) only to discover on his return that he had punched the wrong control.
Hilary Wood — Team Manager