Solo by Therese Johaug in the 10 km skating of Davos, back the blue ones

Therese Johaug continues to reap victories over victories: even the 10-kilometer free technique of Davos speaks Norwegian, with Heidi Weng beating Jessica Diggins for the place of honor on the wire. Away from the points zone Elisa Brocard and companions.

Sunday 15 December 2019 6 minutes reading time

Therese Johaug's successes are no longer news, at least those in "his" intervals of departure. This morning in Davos the champion Norge has prolonged its unbeaten run in this competition format, bringing it to an altitude of nine, having never bowed to any rival since returning from the debatable disqualification for doping. In today's 10 km skating there was no match for the adversaries: on the unique 5 km Swiss track, characterized by a first part in constant ascent and followed by a very long descent, the thirty-one of RÃ¸ros gained ground everywhere, also on that descent that on paper would have had to tell her badly given her decidedly small size. In the end the advantage with which Johaug triumphed was around 30 'on the two most immediate pursuers, but the one on the rest of the world was much more substantial. With today the Norwegian has reached 65 victories tout court, ending a first part of the season to be framed and projecting herself at the Tour de Ski as a woman to beat. As mentioned Davos smiles at Norway also beyond what Johaug did. After an exciting distance battle with Jessica Diggins, Heidi Weng closed the honor in the comeback in the second round of the US. Both the 28-year-old stationed in Oslo and the North American have thus confirmed their first true outsiders vis-Ã -vis the ruler of the discipline, with all due respect to the Swedish shipwrecked. Excellent performance for Austria's Therese Stadlober who, having returned to her friendliest heights, achieved the best result of the season with the fourth coin in this 10 kilometers. In any case, for the Rot-WeiÃŸ-Rot rider, the top-three is still about twenty seconds away and a similar argument must be made for Krista PÃ¤rmÃ¤koski: the leader of the Finnish movement concluded its effort in fifth position, giving signs of growth in the technique that had sunk her in Ruka's Nordic Opening. This year Finland can also bet on a second diamond, as what Kerttu Niskanen did in Davos cannot go unnoticed. The art sister was the protagonist of a truly convincing test in the technique that was less congenial to her, managing to widely precede one of the biggest surprises of this season start: the Czech Katerina Razymova. The third Norwegian at the finish line was Magni SmedÃ¥s, one of the least expected, able to seize the eighth place that represents her career-best. Sadie Bjornsen and Charlotte Kalla completed the top ten, with the first reiterating the excellent state of the US team and the second which - on the contrary - gave yet another proof of a disastrous start to the season for the first Swedish team. DAVOS - 10 KM Skating 1. JOHAUG Therese (NOR) 25â€™02â€™â€™72. WENG Heidi (NOR) at 30â€™â€™63. DIGGINS Jessica (USA) at 36''44. STADLOBER Theresa (AUT) at 48'95. PÃ„RMÃ„KOSKI Krista (FIN) at 53â€™â€™66. NISKANEN Kerttu (FIN) at 1â€™01â€™07. RAZYMOVA Katerina (CZE) 1â€™13â€™â€™98. SMEDÃ…S Magni (NOR) at 1â€™16â€™â€™69. BJORNSEN Sadie (USA) at 1â€™17â€™510. KALLA Charlotte (SWE) at 1â€™19â€™2 Click here for complete results.

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