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& Egrave; began with a double triumph Canadian season 2015/16 the ski cross World Cup. Were in fact Marielle Thompson and Christopher Delbosco to get the win in the first round of which is & egrave; played in Montafon, Austria. & nbsp;
Saturday 5 December 2015 7 minutes reading time
Olympic champion in office was recovering from an injury to the meniscus sub & Igrave; to last January 25 on the occasion of the World Championships that 'had forced to close early season after winning all three races of the World Cup that is They were carried out up to that point. The twenty-three & egrave; then he returned to the races two weeks ago after a stop of ten months finishing fifth in the test of the European Cup of Pitztal, while this weekend & egrave; He managed to do what was best before dell''infortunio or win.
The driver of the Whistler Mountain Ski Club, after having set the fastest time in qualifying yesterday, today & egrave; game off well with authorities imposing & agrave; both in the quarter and in the semifinals and then go get the success in the final stretch of the route passing the Swedish Anna Holmlund, who & egrave; to settle for second place after being in the lead for much of the final.
For Thompson & egrave; cos & Igrave; came the fifth win in the last five races of the World Cup which she played, as the Canadian had also won the 'last game of 2013/14. The Holmlund, however, after winning the cup of specialty & agrave; last season saw him finish his winning streak in the highest world circuit that & egrave; cos & Igrave; He stopped at three, but he got the sixth podium in the last six races and nine of their last ten.
Third place for the 'Austrian Katrin Ofner, his seventh career podium in the World Cup despite still missing the victory, and fourth for the German Anna Woerner. Ninth Alizee Baron, eliminated in the quarterfinals at the photo finish after leading the battery all the time. Thirteenth Sandra Naeslund, you & egrave; stop immediately after being left in the quarterfinals. Evidently the 'Swedish athlete had a physical problem but still wanted to get some points for the ranking of specialty & agrave ;. Fourteenth place for the world champion in office, the 'Austrian Andrea Limbacher, always falling in the quarterfinals after a contact.
Neither Italian present passed the qualification: Sabine Wolfsgruber you & egrave; stop the nineteenth place, Debora Pixner the twenty-third.
Unlucky Swiss Fanny Smith, & egrave; fall during qualifying and broke his collarbone. The 'Swiss athlete will & agrave; operated in the day Monday & Igrave ;.
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Among men & egrave; instead witnessed a Canadian-two, with Delbosco who got his eighth career win in the World Cup final thanks to a conduct in a masterly manner in which he relegated to second place countryman Brady Leman, who until then had seemed a head and shoulders above others. The twenty nine year old native of Calgary had started his weekend by winning the qualification, but after winning the second round, the quarterfinals and semifinals, not & egrave; able to repeat what was done by Thompson in the women and & egrave; He had to settle for the square of 'honor. Third place went to reigning World Champion, Slovenian Filip Flisar, which has relegated the foot of the podium Frenchman Jean Frederic Chapuis, Olympic champion and winner of the cup of specialty & agrave; last season. The transalpine & egrave; reached the final with difficulty & agrave; after completing the three previous batteries always in second place (behind Leman in both quarters in the semifinals) and was heard in the next round is only a photo finish in the second round than in the semi-finals.
Eighth place for the Swede Victor Oehling Norberg, who & egrave; Party in the semifinals due to an injury. Eighteenth position for Stefan Thanei and thirty-third to Marco Tomasi.
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The FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup will return & agrave; next weekend with two specialty & agrave; in two localities & agrave; different: Val Thorens, France, there will be two rounds of ski cross, while in Ruka, Finland, inzier & agrave; season moguls with a dual moguls competition. & nbsp;
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