Bottom: Therese Johaug is back, her 10 km in Ruka classic

Alexander Bolshunov also wins the 15 km after yesterday's Sprint. Francesco De Fabiani, fifteenth, is the first of the Italians.

Sunday 25 November 2018 4 minutes reading time

It was March 12, 2016 and Therese Johaug who was on the first step of the podium of the SKi Tour Canada, the last stage of that World Cup, did not know the cyclone that would have overwhelmed her. In the summer the use of an ointment containing active ingredients prohibited by anti-doping regulations led to two years of disqualification. Only today the 30-year-old Norwegian has been able to return to the races in the maximum competition and has resumed the speech where it was interrupted, with an undisputed victory in the 10 km classic technique of Ruka Nordic. Therese Johaug wins the forty-seven victory in first level races (43rd in the World Cup) covering 10,000 meters in 28''02. The closest, 22 seconds, is the Swedish Charlotte Kalla while there is the baptism of the podium, for the twenty-one Swedish Ebba Andersson that closes to 33 "from the winner.First place to 49" for the Norwegian Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg while the yellow bib leader of the overall standings of the World Cup remains on the shoulders of the Russian Yulia Belorukova who after winning yesterday won the fifth place (to 54 ") ahead of the Finnish Krista Parmakoski, sixth to 55%. A single Italian at the start, Lucia Scardoni, who, after the excellent test in yesterday's Sprint, can not get into the points with the thirty-ninth place. In the men's field, the Russian Alexander Bolshunov, twenty-two years old, the next day of the New Year, clarifies, if there was still any need for anyone aiming at the crystal ball this season will have to deal with him. Bolshunov leaves Ruka with two victories in the game bag and in the 15 km in today's classical technique for the fourth consecutive time occupies the top step of the podium. In a competition favorable to multipurpose the second place is the prerogative of the Norwegian Emil Iversen (+19 ") that precedes the Swedish Calle Halfvarsson (to 21"). On the podium the other Norwegian Martin Sundby, who precedes the Russians Andrey Larkhov and Maxim Vylegzhanin. Four Italian cross-country skiers on five members close the race in the points area. Francesco De Fabiani taking the fifteenth place to 1 '' exact. A comeback match for Dietmar Noeckler, twenty-fifth at 1'33 ", just ahead of Maicol Rastelli, twenty-sixth at 1''34". A point also for Federico Pellegrino, thirtieth at 1''44 ", while Giandomenico Salvadori has yet to dispose of the workloads of the preparation and is 56th at 2''47".