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They were the reigning Olympic champions to emerge victorious from the stage of World Cup Nakiska, Canada, valid as eighth round of the maximum world circuit of ski cross. On the beautiful track Canadian you are in fact imposed Jean-Fr & egrave; d & egrave; ric Chapuis and Marielle Thompson. & Nbsp;
Monday 25 January 2016 6 minutes reading time
The French in this race has given even more & ugrave; spectacle than usual, making it even more & ugrave; beautiful discipline gi & agrave; for the S & eacute; very exciting. The 'eighth final in which the Transalpine took part saw in the first position of the Swiss Marc Bischofberger until just before the finish, when the German Daniel Bohnacker & egrave; managed to take the lead, with Chapuis in third position it seemed destined to a premature elimination. But & egrave; was just then that the Transalpine pulled off the coup of the sample, managing to win the second place and leaving for un''inezia all''elvetico, who had been in the lead up to a few meters before, a great taste in the mouth .
In the big final the Canadian Brady Leman led the race in the lead from the start and seemed now launched into his first win of the season before losing speed & agrave; on a roller allowing cos & Igrave; Chapuis and to draw closer to the Swiss Armin Niederer forming the trio that & egrave; played the positions on the three steps of the podium. Nell''ultima curve track & egrave; French was to guess the best trajectory and to win the victory at the photo finish. The twenty-seven did so & Igrave; He won his fourth victory of the season.
Second place went to Niederer, again very comfortable on the Canadian track. This is serious; it was his fourth podium in the resort & agrave; dell''Alberta.
Third position for Leman, who & egrave; again escaped the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium, and fourth place for Daniel Bohnacker. Marco Tomasi 26th and 29th Stefan Thanei.
For the 'athlete native of Calgary, CITY which is only un''ottantina of kilometers from where you & egrave; held this race, arriving once again behind Chapuis means more lost points in the classification of specialty & agrave ;. The French & egrave; in the lead with 570 points, while Leman & egrave; second place to share 470.
Among women the Canadian Thompson dominated by winning for the third consecutive year in Nakiska. The 'athlete of British Columbia, already & agrave; winner of the qualifying race, & egrave; It was head and shoulders above the competition right from the quarter-finals, earning the top spot in starting and maintaining the lead until the finish line with a considerable gap on rivals.
Second end position for the usual Anna Holmlund, present in all the big final season played in the World Cup. The Swede was not able to & ograve; doing nothing to counter the Thompson, even when the Canadian nell''ultima part of the track in the final he lost speed & agrave; allowing you to get closer to the Scandinavian.
Third place went to reigning world champion Andrea Limbacher, the fourth podium of the season. Fourth the 'Austrian Katrin Ofner, who & egrave; He was capable of blowing the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium to compatriot.
In the ranking of specialty & agrave; The Holmlund dominates with 670 points, with a huge gap on French Aliz & eacute; and Baron, who with the sixth of this race has maintained second place with 429 points, 2 more & ugrave; of those of Thompson.
The next round of the ski cross World Cup will & agrave; February 12 to 14 to Idre, Sweden. & Nbsp; & Nbsp;
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