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The World Cup ski cross has lived on Saturday his second race in two days in the resort & agrave; French Val Thorens. No surprise in the women's field, where Marielle Thompson & egrave; confirmed the pi & ugrave; strong circuit repeating the success of the previous day and to Nakiska five weeks before the season opener. Among men, however, reigns' balance, with three athletes on the podium in this event that all three are on the first podium of the season, including the Swiss Bischofberger who won the first World Cup victory of his career. & Nbsp;
Tuesday 13 January 2015 7 minutes reading time
In the women's twenty-two Swiss Marielle Thompson seems to have no rivals. For her this & egrave; the third win in three races of the World Cup played in the season and the fourth consecutive win in the maximum circuit world ski cross if we include the 'final race of last season.
The women's final & egrave; was conducted during the first half of the race dall''idolo home Ophelie David, until Marielle Thompson & egrave; managed to overcome it just before entering in the pi & ugrave; technique of the track. The veteran French, probably distracted by overtaking suffered by the Swiss, was wrong during the turn in counter to the left that leads into the final part of the track allowing even all''altra finalist, Sweden's Anna Holmlund, to surpass and to finish the race in second position.
For David, ranked third in this race, this & egrave; the fifty-eighth podium in World Cup races in his career, in the first season, while the Homlund, classificatasi in the fourth race of the day before, this & egrave; the fifteenth podium in the maximum world circuit, even for her in the first season.
To this end he should also participate in the Swiss Sanna Luedi, you & egrave; for & ograve; injured at the end of their semi-final. Unfortunately, on the day of Monday & Igrave ;, exams found breaking the meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. This injury put an end to his season prematurely dell''inizio few days before the World Championships in Kreischberg.
The Canadian Simmerling, who had placed second in the first two races of the season, you & egrave; had to settle for winning the B final getting the fifth place finish. They are not games the two Italian Sabine Wolfsgruber and Debora Pixner.
The Thompson currently controls both the overall standings with 60 points is the ranking of specialty & agrave; with 300 points, 95 points more & ugrave; the Simmerling and 125 pi & ugrave; of Holmlund.
In the men the Swiss Marc Bischofberger triumphed at the end of a race full of surprises where the winners of the first two races of the season were eliminated in the second round.
The 'Swiss, who compir & agrave; twenty-four years on 26 January before this victory had played fifteen games in the World Cup best result a seventh place in San Candido on 12/22/2013.
The men's final & egrave; was a succession of passes in the first half of the race, but before entering the part pi & ugrave; technique of the track Bischofberger & egrave; was able to move in the head and to maintain the first position to the finish line. Behind him French Jonathan Midol won the second position having the better of the Canadian Brady Leman, who & egrave; still managed to win the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium, and sull''altro Swiss Armin Niederer, the 'only one of this final that had already & agrave; conquered a podium in the World Cup in the season being finished third at Nakiska.
The Olympic champion Jean Frederic Chapuis you & egrave; ranked fifth after winning a final B consists of four athletes Bleus. Andreas Schauer, who had won the day before, and Thomas Zangerl, winner at Nakiska, were ranked eighteenth and nineteenth.
As for the Italians in the race: Thanei twenty-fourth, forty-Tomasi, Mauriello fifty-fourth and fifty-sixth Castellaz.
In the ranking of specialty & agrave; German Schauer maintains the lead with 153 points. 152 points for the 'Austrian Zangerl and 139 for French Chapuis.
The next round of the ski cross sar & agrave; World Championships in Kreischberg: Saturday, January 24 qualifiers, while the next day there will be the finals. The ski cross sar & agrave; the specialty & agrave; that shut & agrave; This fifteenth edition of the World Championships of Freestyle. & Nbsp;
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