Nordic SkiingCross country skiing
Yet another victory in a distance race of the Norwegian that in the season has been imposed every time it has fallen in the race
Sunday 10 March 2019 4 minutes reading time
There is not the messy crowd of the men's 50 km yesterday, but the brightly lit Oslo Holmenkollen scenery is as regal as one would expect from the temple of Nordic and imperial skiing, once again, the performance of Therese Johaug in the 30 km in alternate that only the oddities of the calendar, just one week from the "marathon" world, could scratch. For a quarter of an hour the Norwegian found the company of the Russian Natalya Nepryaeva, the twenty-three of Tver who confirms his consecration after the victory of the Under 23 crystal ball of last season. Around the fifth kilometer, Johaug greets the Russian and faces his solo ride to the four bonuses spread on the path and the victory leaving the Russian in the uncomfortable position of isolated pursuer with behind him, always around thirty seconds of detachment, a plot of pretenders to his second position on the podium composed of Ebba Andersson, Charlotte Kalla and the Norwegians Jacobsen and Oestberg engaged in an attempt to repel the Russian's comeback in the overall standings of the World Cup.
At the finish, after 1h18''54 "5, Therese Johaug celebrates and puts in the annals an advantage of one minute and 45 seconds, during the race they had touched the two minutes, on Natalya Nepryaeva that rincuzza in the last kilometers the imperious comeback of Ebba Andersson and Ingvild Oestberg that close to only 4 seconds from the second place with the Swedish cold in the sprint the Norwegian stealing points that could be valuable at the end of the season.It is' fifth Charlotte Kalla that precedes Astrid Jacobsen and the usual insipid Krista Parmakoski this season for her not happy.The twenty-two German Katharina Henning is confirmed in growth and closes in eighth position.
A good test, the first in the World Cup on 30 km, by Anna Comarella leads her to finish in sixteenth position at 5''27 "from Johaug and less than a minute from the top ten.A points also Elisa Brocard, twenty-ninth to 7 ''21 ", while Caterina Ganz pays a bit' in the final and closes thirty-first at 7''46".
In the overall World Cup standings, Nepryaeva, thanks to the bonus points collected in the intermediate goals, reduces to 98 points of separation from the first Oestberg at 1237, while Johaug is fourth at 800, behind also Krista Parmakoski (1002).
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