The swiss team selections for WOC have been announced on Tuesday and I wasn't selected to run in Trondheim.
This was a huge disappointment, even if I was expecting not be selected after a meeting I had last week with the national team coach.
We had no real test races for WOC and therefore all the international races this spring counted as selection criteria. My international results this spring were not very stable with 35rd place at NORT Sprint, 24th place at EOC middle distance, 13th at EOC long distance, 12th at NORT chasing start and 4th place at NORT middle distance in Finland.
Those results were not good enough to be part of a very strong swiss men's team with many potential medalists. My goal for WOC was to reach a top 6 place and I believe this would have been possible. But being a potential diploma runner was not good enough to be part of the team..
So my plans for the summer had be adapted. Now my 1st goals is O-Ringen in Örebro where I want to enjoy running in a high quality competition, against strong competitors and in a nice atmosphere. My 2nd goal is Sierre-Zinal. This is a mountain race (31km, 2200m climb) which I wanted to run for many years already. In order to prepare for Sierre-Zinal I'll spend some weeks in Switzerland running up the hills and enjoying some hard trainings and long runs.
In the end of August I'll run Military World Champs in Kongsberg.
I wish the WOC swiss team a lot of medals and hope that they can secure more than 3 starting places in each discipline for WOC next year!
Heja Jungs, ich zähle auf euch!
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gSorry to hear this Baptiste. The team will miss you this year. But as you say, simply representing your country is a huge accomplishment and honour. Glad to see that the news just motivates you more. Keep at it, train on!
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