After two seasons, the World Cup Cross Country Skiing back to Otep [Presentation Female]

The first stage of the World Cup Cross Country Skiing following the Tour de Ski & egrave; expected to Otep & auml; & auml ;, resort & agrave; which falls on the calendar after two seasons and who until 2012 was a fixture in the XXI century. Here we present the women's events, click here for the male ones.

Friday 16 January 2015 6 minutes reading time

Located in the county of Valgamaa, southern region of & rsquo; Estonia, Otep & auml; & auml; & Egrave; entry in the calendar of the World Cup Cross Country Skiing in the 1998-99 season to stay there, with the exception of 2000 and 2002, until 2012, with classic technique races always placed in January or February. Quest & rsquo; year Otep & auml; & auml; again host a stage after two seasons, is planning a sprint and l & rsquo; only team sprint World Cup, both in alternating course. Saturday, January 17 & egrave; program in the sprint. Are seven races in this format disputatesi to Otep & auml; & auml ;. One girl & egrave; been able to establish itself in pi & ugrave; occasions: these Petra Majdic, winning three times (February 2008, January 2009 and January 2011); boast a success Lina Andersson (January 2006), Virpi Kuitunen (January 2007), Hanna Falk (January 2010) and Justyna Kowalczyk (January 2012). A level of podiums Queen of Otep & auml; & auml; & Egrave; always Majdic at 4: besides the three successes achieved a second place in 2010; follow 3 Kuitunen (one win and two third places) and 2 Astrid Jacobsen (two second places) and Aino-Kaisa Saarinen (a second and a third place). Among girls in activities & agrave ;, besides the gi & agrave; cited Falk, Kowalczyk, Jacobsen and Saarinen, got podiums to Otep & auml; & auml; Also Hanna Eriksson and Maiken Caspersen Falla, second and third respectively January 23, 2011, Marit Bj & oslash; rgen and Natalia Matveeva, themselves among the top three together January 21, 2012. Considering the distance races, the plurivincitrice to Otep & auml; & auml; & Egrave; Justyna Kowalczyk, able to impose itself on 5 occasions in total, the sprint gi & agrave; cited four 10 Km. Following 3 Majdic and Bente Skari, while at 2 we find Kuitunen and Bj & oslash; rgen. Among girls in activities & agrave ;, Claudia Nystad was imposed in 10 Km of January 10 ten years ago, when still competing as Miss K & uuml; nzel. Sunday, January 18 & egrave; scheduled l & rsquo; only team sprint World Cup of the season, of course classic technique. In the past Otep & auml; & auml; has never hosted races in this format; l & rsquo; only team trials & egrave; that of & rsquo; January 11, 2004, a relay 4x5 km that saw the success of Norway (Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Pedersen, Kristin Steira and Marit Bj & oslash; rgen) ahead of Germany (Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Evi Sachenbacher and Claudia K & uuml; nzel) and Finland (Kirsi V & auml; limaa, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Riikka Sarasoja and Virpi Kuitunen). Otep & auml; & auml; & Egrave; always been stingy of satisfaction for the Italian colors. As can be seen from the above, no blue & egrave; never been able to get on the podium in the resort & agrave; Estonia, also because & eacute; often our best athletes have deserted the business, located in a key period in the optical main event of the season. This is the & nbsp; program & nbsp; official & nbsp; of the two days of Otep & auml; & auml; as regards the female sector. All races will be broadcast live by satellite network EUROSPORT (210/2011 platform SKY channels and 384/385 platform Mediaset Premium) Saturday, January 17 9:00 am Italian (10:00 local) & ndash; & nbsp; Qualifying Sprint CT Saturday, January 17 11:00 am Italian (12:00 local) & ndash; Batteries, Semifinals and Final Sprint TC & nbsp; Sunday, January 18 9:30 am Italian (10:30 local) & nbsp; & ndash; Team Sprint TC semifinals Sunday, January 18 at 12:00 Italian (13:00 local) & nbsp; & ndash; Final Team Sprint TC & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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