Pellegrino: "I went into the final, I would have played the podium"

Fondo: Federico Pellegrino vince la Sprint di Lillehammer
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Pellegrino: "I went into the final, I would have played the podium"

Released in the semifinals in the Sprint in Tecnica Tecnica of Dobbiaco that opened the Tour de Ski, Federico Pellegrino comments his race through FISI.org

"I was out of the fight for the final for very little, but I played my cards the best all day, and the final was" almost "within my reach, it's a pity. high at the top of the board usually always gives me reason, today less ". The Aosta Valley, current world champion of today's format, admits some problems in recent days, "Unfortunately, the approach to the race was not optimal, I had several problems recently, especially at the back and already the fact of being able to be competitive it was something very important ", and is projected towards the New Year's Sprint in Val Mustair," Now I will try to recover as soon as possible from today's efforts, hoping that the back does not get worse, then Tuesday I'll try again with another sprint skating in Val Müstair Rimpianti from a tactical point of view No, my position has always been the best, I simply found two of the best athletes in the semifinals (Klaebo and Chanavat, ed) and today they were stronger than me, probably they would have beaten me even in the final, but maybe I could have played a place on the podium ". Source: FISI.org
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