Elye Dent and Cooper Horley have tied for second place in the 2026 Junior World Orienteering Championships sprint race, just 17 seconds behind the winner, Switzerland’s Matthieu Buehrer.
Owen Radajewski and Katherine Maundrell also achieved outstanding results, finishing in 14th and 17th places respectively.
The complete Australian results from the sprint race (ACT athletes in bold):
1 Matthieu Buehrer (Switzerland) 13:56
2 Elye Dent 14:13 +0:17
2 Cooper Horley 14:13 +0:17
14 Owen Radajewski 15:02 +1:06
31 Hayden Dent 15:26 +1:30
57 Euan Best 15:49 +1:53
60 Matty Maundrell 15:53 +1:57
1 Freja Hjerne (Sweden) 14:27
17 Katherine Maundrell 15:43 +1:16
32 Erika Enderby 16:08 +1:41
72 Ella Clauson 17:10 +2:43
74 Milla Key 17:15 +2:48
100 Liana Stubbs 18:01 +3:34
103 Ariadna Iskhakova 18:08 +3:41
The JWOC continues tonight with the sprint relay starting at 6:10pm AEST.
Live results and tracking can be viewed for free on IOF Live.
Live tv broadcast with commentary will be available on IOF TV – €9 per race.
The Australian sprint relay teams are:
Australia 1
1. Milla Key
2. Elye Dent
3. Cooper Horley
4. Katherine Maundrell
Australia 2
1. Ella Clauson
2. Owen Radajewski
3. Euan Best
4. Erika Enderby
Australia 3
1. Liana Stubbs
2. Hayden Dent
3. Matty Maundrell
4. Ariadna Iskhakova
