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Two goals by Anna Holmlund and a win apiece for Christopher Delbosco and Jean-Fr & eacute; d & eacute; ric Chapuis. & Egrave; that was the outcome of two days of races of the World Cup ski cross that & egrave; held in the days of Friday & Igrave; and Saturday in Val Thorens, France. & nbsp;
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In the women's field is the Swedish Holmlund & egrave; won success in both races taking cos & Igrave; on eight consecutive podium finishes in the world circuit of maximum discipline. The race Friday & Igrave; He saw the twenty-eight native of Sundsvall make the most of the fall in the final of the Canadian Marielle Thompson, winner last week, and go and take the victory relegating compatriot Sandra Naeslund second. Third final position for the thirty-nine French Ophelie David, silver at the World Cup, for the fourth and fifth Thompson for the 'other transalpine Alizee Baron.
 In the second day of competition the victory & egrave; It was decided in a final abnormal in which two of the four participants are finished out of the game gi & agrave; in the initial section of jumps. The 'Austrian Andrea Limbacher, world champion in charge, & egrave; waterfall, while Germany's Heidi Zacher you & egrave; unbalanced and & egrave; went off the track. At that point were only Holmlund and Baron to play for the success, with the Swede who won the first position and led the descent in the lead until the finish line. Second place went to the French, who won so & Igrave; his first podium of the season, and third place for the Limbacher, you & egrave; immediately raised after the initial fall and relegated Zacher at the foot of the podium. Fifth place for the Thompson, who is not & egrave; qualified for the final because of a contact made in the semifinals.
Among men the first race & egrave; It was dominated by Delbosco, who played in all batteries & egrave; He was in the lead from beginning to end, leaving only the opponents' opportunities & agrave; to play for the second place. The Canadian cos & Igrave; He won his second consecutive race in the World Cup after victory in Montafon seven days ago. The other two steps of the podium were occupied by the athletes who finished behind the 2011 world champion a week ago, only this time the positions were reversed. Indeed & egrave; was the reigning world champion Filip Flisar to earn the place of 'honor ahead of the' other Canadian Brady Leman, who finished his race in third position. Fourth place went to the French Jonas Devouassoux, fell in the final after a contact with their Leman.
 The big let down of the first day & egrave; Jean was the trans-Fr & eacute; d & eacute; ric Chapuis, after having set the fastest time in qualifying for both races & egrave; It was eliminated in the quarterfinals finishing cos & Igrave; his trial in thirteenth position. The twenty six year old native of Bourg-Saint-Maurice & egrave; for & ograve; promptly redeemed the day after winning ila final victory on the track that & egrave; It was titled after winning the Olympic title in Sochi. Chapuis has triumphed after a spectacular finale in which the Olympic champion & egrave; He managed to slip in half & agrave; Delbosco track, which has reacted by trying to overtake the curve counterslope leading into the final part of the descent (fundamental trait for the dynamics of race), but & egrave; It was mocked by the real surprise of the weekend, Thomas Harasser, which followed in the wake of the French and & egrave; cos & Igrave; He managed to overcome the Canadian earning the second place finish. This is serious; It was the first podium of his career in the World Cup for the twenty-five Austrian, who races the maximum world circuit had never gone beyond the 'eleventh place finish the' Last Year at Nakiska. Delbosco you & egrave; had to settle for third place after two successful events recorded in the first two races of the year. Fourth German Daniel Bohnacker, went off the track just after the start as fellow Zacher in the women. Sixth place for Brady Leman.
House in Italy, among women Sabine Wolfsgruber showed a 19th and a 21st place, and Debora Pixner finished the first race in 13th position and the second to 24th place. Among men Marco Tomasi ended pretended the first race in 50th position and is & egrave; markedly improved in the second finishing 19th, while Stefan Thanei recorded a 29th and a 21st place.
In the ranking of specialty & agrave ;, after three races in the women driving the Holmlund with 260 points, followed by Thompson with 195 and the Baron with 154, while women in the field & egrave; Delbosco the lead with 260 points, closely followed by Leman with 180 and 170 with Chapuis.
The next round of the ski cross World Cup will & agrave; next weekend in San Candido / Innichen, in the province of Bolzano, with two more races. & Nbsp;
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