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Only Norway male, with the first four seats won by four athletes in the Scandinavian country, prevails in the sprint Eirik Brandsdal on a great Northug. Good performance for Federico Pellegrino.
Saturday 29 November 2014 3 minutes reading time
The two Russian athletes reached the final could not anything against the steamroller Norwegians, who have dominated all batteries, despite losing in the various rounds also the Olympic champion Hattestad well Paal Golberg, third after qualifying.
It & rsquo; was a great win for Eirik Brandsdal who made his comeback in the final stretch of a great Petter Northug back on the podium after the & rsquo; one obtained last year in Val di Fiemme. The Norwegian had already & agrave; shown in recent weeks its excellent state of form in the sprint races.
But the party Norwegian & egrave; continued with the third place of the young Turvoll Sondre Fossli that has performed well both in qualifying and in the various batteries carried out, showing gi & agrave; a good consistency over the three rounds of the final. Fossli that has just preceded the fourth Norwegian Finn Haagen Krogh, who must be content to remain at the foot of the podium.
Mention due to Federico Pellegrino, who despite the classical technique is not congenial to him, has performed well until the semifinals. Who qualified with the 18 & deg; time, showed a & rsquo; excellent action on offense in the quarterfinals on & rsquo; only lasts roughness & agrave; the path that allowed him to win the battery. Action replicated in a minor semi-final, in which & egrave; did reach and exceed the final straight from Norwegian Krogh, lacking the very short end.
SPRINT TC MALE BEITOST & Ø LEN & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS
1. BRANDSDAL Eirik (NOR) & nbsp; 2: 34.84 2. Petter Northug Jr. (NOR) & nbsp; +0.46 3. Fossli Sondre Turvoll (NOR) & nbsp; +1.17 4. KROGH Finn Haagen (NOR) & nbsp; 5 +1.68 . Alexey Petukhov (RUS) & nbsp; +4.53 6. USTIUGOV Sergey (RUS) +14.62
Here are the full results of the sprint
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