Nordic SkiingBlink Festival
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It starts again with exactly the same script that he had left: Therese Johaug dominates the ascent of Lysebotn, the first engagement of the Blink Festival, the traditional opening test of the summer season of Cross-country and Biathlon.
Friday 7 August 2020 3 minutes reading time
There is no public to avoid crowds, the route has been reduced to just 7 kilometers of the climb and the format is different: for this year we will give up on starting in line. There are no foreign champions but a Norwegian championship, albeit unofficial and on roller skis, is still a high-level show in cross-country skiing.
In the women's field, the "cannibal" Therese Johaug prevails who, due to the strong wind that disturbs the race on the 27 hairpin bends of the ascent, takes two minutes longer than her record (31''18 "), closing with time by 33''11 "and ahead of Heidi Weng by 34 seconds.
Behind them the new Norwegian phenomenon, the nineteen year old Helene Marie Fossesholm, who spent this summer in team A, stands out by finishing in third place with a time of 35''31 ", two minutes faster than last season, and precedes the surprise 23-year-old Karolin Simpson Larsen.
As per tradition, the test saw many biathletes, engaged since Friday on more suitable competition grounds, at the start: the best was Marte Roeiseland, ninth in 39 '' 37 "while Ingrid Tandrevold was not at ease. closed in 40''30 ".
Also in the men's field, the 7 kilometers of ascent confirmed the predictions and the test saw the victory of the Olympic champion of Skiathlon, Simen Hegstad Krueger who stopped the chronometers on a time of 29 '' 25 "ahead of just over a minute. Hans Christer Holund.
Great performance and third place for the fresh 21 year old Haavard Moseby, bronze at the Under 23 World Championships in the 30 km this winter, with a time just twenty seconds from Holund on his debut in the climb at the beginning of the season.
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