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Monday, July 09, 2012
And even better
I thought the peer nations results from yesterday's JWOC sprint were good, but today's were even better. Emily Kemp from Canada took the bronze - Canada's first ever JWOC/WOC medal. North America's first, too. And, as far as I can remember, the peer nations' first ever.
The peer nations are USA, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand and Portugal.
Belgium should get mention for a gold from this year's European Youth Orienteering Champ. Tristan Blomen - who finished 12th in the JWOC sprint - won the EYOC sprint in France earlier this year.
Kemp's medal was the highlight of the day among the peer nations. But, it is worth taking a quick look at the top 20 and catching that Matt Ogden (NZL) and Nick Hann (NZL) finished in the top 20.
I should say something about New Zealand as a "peer nation." New Zealand fits into my peer nations scheme. But, New Zealand consistently has the best results of the group.