Nordic Skiingfiscrosscountry #Pellegrino #scifondo Fisiofficia
A week after the opening of the World Cup, protagonists engaged in the classics of the beginning of the Nordic season. In Rovaniemi the Sprint in Classic goes to Bolshunov, Pellegrino out in the semifinals.
Saturday 17 November 2018 5 minutes reading time
In Rovaniemi, Finland, there were Russians, French, Americans and the duo of blue composed by Federico Pellegrino and Francesco De Fabiani. After being imposed in the classical technique of Thursday in Ounasvaara 15 km, the Russian Alexander Bolshunov dominated the Sprint in classical technique preceding 1 "27 the compatriot Gleb Retivykh and of 1" 72 the French Lucas Chanavat, off the podium Ilia Semikov, Alexey Petukhov and Artem Maltsev. Federico Pellegrino, twenty-third on Thursday, qualifying in the morning with the fourth time behind Bolshunov, Panzhinskiy and Retivykh, has imposed in his own battery of the quarters but was eliminated in the semifinals (where he finished fourth). Subsequently, it was redone in the consolation final, in which it was imposed closing in seventh place in the standings; twenty-fourth time in qualifying for Francesco De Fabiani, who came to 15 "77 from the best time after a crash and then eliminated in the quarterfinals played in the same battery of Pellegrino.
"I reached the set goal that was to struggle in the distance race and unlock the pace in the sprint," he explained at the end of the race to the FISI site the Olympic champion of the specialty, "Uphill the sensations were great, what very good in view of the tough World Cup sprint waiting for me in Ruka next week.In the push there is still room to improve, but the budget is favorable.I can not wait for the season to really start ".
Among the women, the success went to the Russian Natalia Neprayeva on Yulia Beloruka, Natalia Matveeva, Tatiana Aleshina, Sophie Caldwell and Evgenia Shapovalova.
It was, instead, in skating the Sprint that animated the Norwegian Beitostolen ouverture. With Petter Northug confirming doubts about his condition that led him in recent days to evoke the withdrawal and does not exceed the hurdle of qualifications, the all-Norwegian final sees the absolute rule of Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. The twenty-two of Trondheim digs a furrow between himself and the competition on the main tear of the track and can afford on the arrival straight to control the situation behind before cutting the finish line victorious ahead of an Emil Iversen that proves competitive on all terrains . third place for Eirjk Brandsdal that precedes Gjöran Tefre, best qualifying time, Sindre Bjoernestad Skar and Finn-Haagen Krogh.
In the women's field the victory goes to Maiken Caspersen Falla but all the honors of the day go to biathlete Tiril Eckhoff who, after obtaining the second best time of qualifications, closes fourth at the foot of the podium occupied by the nineteen Kristine Stavaas Skistad, medal d ' Silver in the Sprint at the World Junior Championships in 2018 which proves already able to be in the forefront of the major circuit, and by Lotta Udnes Weng. Kari Oyre Slind and Astrid Jacobsen finished fifth and sixth.
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