
World OCR Rankings – December 2023
To close off 2023 we were treated to The Spartan World Championships hosted by Abu Dhabi Sports Council.
Almost tied in first and second is Ryan Atkins, (CAN, 1) with 14.50 points and Veejay Jones (USA, 2) with 14.25. Despite coming first in the 3K where competition was fierce, Jones missed out to Atkins’s double result with 3rd in the 3K and 1st in the 21K.
A similar result is seen in the women, where Eszter Hortobagyiova (SVK, 1) pipped Lindsay Webster (CAN, 1) to the post with her additional 2nd place team result. Both women had 1st and 2nd place otherwise; Webster 1st in the 3K and 2nd in the 21K, Hortobagyiova swapping these places.
Rounding out the top 3 we see Dane Ida Mathilde Steensgard (DEN, 3) with her 3K 4th place and team 3rd place, and Pavel Hrdina (CZE, 3) after taking 2nd in the 3K, 5th in the 21K, and st in the team event.
Hrdina was joined by Klara Lokajikova (CZE, 4), who was 6th in the 3K, and Roman Toth (CZE, 9).
Steensgards team was completed by Nikolaj Dam, (DEN, 6) who also took 3rd in the 21K, and Leon Kofoed (DEN, 8) who was 4th in the 3K.