Nordic SkiingCross Country Skiing - Drammen
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It was in great shape Eirik Brandsdal had demonstrated in Lahti, winning and coming back in the running for the cup of specialty & agrave ;. Today the 28-year old Oslo gives an encore in the Sprint classic technique of Drammen, but Finn H & aring; January Krogh defends pi & ugrave; that very well, finishing second and deservedly taking home the trophy.
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Brandsdal proves clearly the pi & ugrave; strong today since the semifinal norge, won with great ease. In the final arrives ;, & ograve by lucky loser, even Krogh, who had only a fifth place to resist the return of his compatriot. The World Champion Team Sprint, not to take risks, you square on the tails of Brandsdal in the final, managing to beat all the others, finishing second and taking home a cup pi & ugrave; deserved as shown in & rsquo; arc around the & rsquo; year in both techniques. Brandsdal consoles himself by winning the victory number 8 all-inclusive career, the number 3 seasonal.
Complete the podium today's Ola Vigen Hattestad, which closes cos & Igrave; its season without any success. The domain Norwegian now customary in Sprint in alternating & egrave; completed by Sondre Fossli Turvoll, which finished fourth thanks to the relegation of Nikita Kriukov, ranked cos & Igrave; sixth behind compatriot Sergey Ustiugov.
Ends in battery's dream Federico Pellegrino: the Aosta Valley is eliminated by opponents objectively pi & ugrave; such strong Brandsdal, Northug and Kriukov, giving the & rsquo; goodbye to the cup of specialty & agrave; immediately. This result, however, can not & ograve; erase the good obtained in the course of a season that has seen him establish itself three times and that gave him the bronze medal in the Team Sprint World Championships in Falun. Off in battery also Maicol Rastelli.
SPRINT TC MALE DRAMMEN & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. BRANDSDAL Eirik (NOR) 2. KROGH Finn H & aring; gen (NOR) 3. Hattestad Ola Vigen (NOR) 4. Sondre Fossli Turvoll (NOR) 5. USTIUGOV Sergey (RUS) 6. KRIUKOV Nikita (RUS)
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The next event & egrave; set for Saturday, with 50 Km of Oslo, with which caler & agrave; the curtain on the World Cup Cross-Country Male.
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