
| Switzerland was the strongest team of WOC |
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After such a great event, everyone tries to measure achievements. We made two statistics (one about medals, one about best six places), but the conclusion was all the same: Switzerland is ahead of the world. They were the only nation with more than one gold medal; they collected the highest number of each type of medals; and they collected more than one third of all medals. Their dominance is more impressive if we count the podium places.
The most effective runner of WOC was Daniel Hubmann, collecting a medal in each discipline (two golds, one silver, one bronze). The best female was Marianne Andersen with one gold and two silver, but she still doesn't have any individual gold. Simone Niggli collected one gold (the 17th one in WOC history) and two bronze all in individual. Helena Jansson, Andrey Khramov, Thierry Gueorgiou, Matthias Merz and Minna Kauppi finished with more than one medal. In men's category in all individual discipline the reigning world champion saved the title, while in women not any of them.
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