At Ruka Nordic Opening the back and take the World Cup Cross Country Skiing 2015-16. The presentation [the women's]

The World Cup Cross Country Skiing & agrave take 2015-16; off Friday & Igrave; Ruka Nordic Opening with, competition multistage three stages who returns after a year of stop. Here we will discuss the women's events, for those male click here.

Thursday 26 November 2015 6 minutes reading time

& Egrave; Since 2002, the resort & agrave; Finnish & egrave; entry in the calendar of skiing, with fixed position between l & rsquo; last weekend of November and December 1; 33 races total played, 9 sprint and 20 distance, 17 of the World Cup, 12 stages and 4 editions of the Nordic Opening, won only ever by Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen, dictator of proof multistage who opened the latest editions of the Cup world and the slopes of Kuusamo in general. The first leg of the Nordic Opening in 2015 will & agrave; a Sprint classic scheduled Friday & Igrave ;. All 9 sprint organized in Ruka and valid for the crystal ball have been played in alternating step, and in & rsquo; roll of & rsquo; gold is found only three racers different: 4 hits for Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen (2010, 2011 and 2012, 2014 ), 3 Petra Majdic (2006, 2007 and 2008) and two for Justyna Kowalczyk (2009 and 2013). The second stage, scheduled for Saturday, will & agrave; a 5 km free technique. In Kuusamo & egrave; competed for the second time with this format, in both cases it was always the second leg of the Nordic Opening, and in both cases, needless to say, to win was Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen: in 2011 preceded Vibeke Skofterud and Charlotte Kalla, in 2012 Kikkan Randall and Yulia Tchekaleva. The third and final stage will be & agrave; a 10 km classic technique for tracking. Also this test & egrave; held for the second time in the history of Kuusamo, always as the final stage and always following the 5 Km skating: in 2011 the partial success & ndash; obtained thanks to a better net time of day & ndash; and & ograve; Therese Johaug preceding Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen and Vibeke Skofterud, while in 2012 it was Bj Ã¸ rgen to get the stage win ahead of Johaug and Heidi Weng. To cut the finish line first & ndash; and consequently win the test multistage & ndash; in both editions as easy to understand was Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen. The pi & ugrave; great distance runner of all time & egrave; obviously a woman to get more & ugrave; absolute success in Ruka, with 14 first places (three races of the World Cup Nordic Opening of the 7 stages and four editions of its final classification). Staccatissime to share 3 wins are Petra Majdic, Justyna Kowalczyk and Therese Johaug, while there are at 2 Katerina Neumannova, Aino Kaisa Saarinen and Kristina Smigun. The ranking of the podium can not & ograve; which confirm that the victories: Marit Bj Ã¸ rgen commands with 22 top-three total, followed at 9 by Justyna Kowalczyk and 8 by Therese Johaug. Among the girls still in business & agrave ;, Charlotte Kalla has 6 podiums (including victory in & rsquo; tracking of 2013), Astrid Jacobsen and Heidi Weng 3, Aino Kaisa Saarinen, Alena Prochazkova and Kikkan Randall 2. Never any Italian & egrave; He was able to get on the podium on the difficult tracks of Ruka and difficult quest & rsquo; year zero of this box will come & agrave; touched. This is the official program of the three days of female Ruka. All races will be broadcast live by satellite network Eurosport (Sky platform channel 210 and 384 of the platform Mediaset Premium) Friday & Igrave; November 27 at 10 am Italian (11am local) - Qualifying Sprint technique classicaVenerd & Igrave; November 27 12:15 pm Italian (13.15 local) - Batteries, Semifinals and Final Sprint technique classicaSabato November 28 10:15 Italian (11:15 am local) & ndash; 5 Km to technical liberaDomenica 29 November at 10.15 Italian (11:15 am local) - 10 km classic tracking & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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