Back-to-back town of Finn Krogh Hgen in 15 Km of stersund

After winning the Sprint in alternating yesterday, Finn H & aring; January Krogh takes the luxury to beat all also in the 15 km free technique today, for a back-to-back only in the history of skiing.

Sunday 15 February 2015 6 minutes reading time

Before Krogh fact only Petter Northug to Rogla in December 2009 and Dario Cologna to Otep & auml; & auml; in January 2012 they had managed to win two victories in two days in the same resort & agrave; in a Sprint and in a Distance. The Norwegian won before the Sprint, then the 30 km with mass start, l & rsquo; Swiss prevailed in turn before the race short, then in the 15 Km. In both cases the victories came in the same technique, the alternating step, therefore, you can & ograve; state that the shotgun obtained by Krogh & nbsp; to & Ã–land; stersund is unique in the history of skiing, as it took place in two diametrically opposite format. The 24 year old High puts everyone in line thanks to a second half of the race in which sumptuous earns at least 15 seconds on all the past 5 Km, going to overcome Hans Christer Holund and Maurice Manificat, ahead of him to two thirds of the race. To Krogh & egrave; This is the first victory in the World Cup in a race distance, the number 6 all-inclusive career. On the podium we find two old hands of the distance free technique: second & egrave; Maurice Manificat, holding up of up to three kilometers from Krogh & rsquo; arrival and then surrender; for him & egrave; however the second podium of the season in the top-level races after the square d & rsquo; honor obtained in climbing to Cermis. Third & egrave; Instead Marcus Hellner, the first top-three of the 2014-15 obtained just behind dell & rsquo; important event; Hellner gives the home crowd a & rsquo; other satisfaction after the triumph of this morning's Charlotte Kalla in 10 Km female. Fourth place for Hans Christer Holund, party strong but collapsed in the final much to miss the podium for 8/10, fifth reviving Johan Olsson, who when they hear scent of medals back magically competitive, sixth a Didrik T & oslash; nseth ever cos & Igrave; good at skating, seventh Niklas Dyrhaug, lucky to get in his way Hellner who drags him into the top-ten, French Robin Duvillard eighth, ninth and tenth Alexander Legkov Chris Jespersen. Back the favorites of the day before, as well as & eacute; top five in the overall standings of the World Cup: Martin Johnsrud Sundby & egrave; twelfth, thirteenth Dario Cologna, Petter Northug sixteenth, Evgeniy Belov nineteenth and twenty-first Calle Halfvarsson. Not & egrave; except that all five of you are a bit & rsquo; Hidden in view of the world, because the World Cup now seems over. Sundby fact remains clearly in command at 1211 points, second & egrave; Cologna to 876, to 864 Northug third, fourth and fifth Belov Halfvarsson 816 to 752. Krogh remains sixth but rises to 750, in full battle for the final podium. Whereas missing four races, only math is keeping alive the World Cup Cross Country Skiing male. Matte proof blues: the best & egrave; Roland Clara, seventeenth in this should be the & ldquo; his & rdquo; race in Falun. Abundantly out of the points David Hofer forty-seventh and fifty-ninth Francesco De Fabiani. 15 KM TL MALE & Ã–land; stersund & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. KROGH Finn H & aring; gen (NOR) 32: 46.0 2. MANIFICAT Maurice (FRA) +13.5 3. Marcus Hellner (SWE) +18.9 4. HOLUND Hans Christer (NOR) +19.7 5. Johan Olsson (SWE) +26.1 Click here for the complete ranking The World Cup will stop now to make room for the World Championships in Falun, which will snap Thursday on Igrave; next with Sprint. Next meeting in Lahti on the weekend of 7 to 8 March. & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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