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And '' it ended the three days of the FIS races in Muonio with a surprise among women, and the confirmation of Lehtonen in the final day's skating.
Sunday 13 November 2016 4 minutes reading time
After the two victories of Justyna Kowalczyk on Friday and Saturday in the classic technique races in Muonio today with different conditions than the previous two days and '' registered surprise not predicted by anyone with the final victory of the Norwegian unknown seeds Emilie Kristoffersen.
In the 10 km free technique after the forfeit of Kerttu Niskanen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen and Silje Theodorsen, taking a look at the starting list was certainly not the 25 year-old resident of Alta to attract the favors for victory or the podium.
Instead Kristoffersen, on a day characterized by cloudy skies, fog and low temperatures below -10 ° C and '' invented the perfect day precendendo the most '' emblazoned Ugric Mononen and Kyllönen of respectively 13 "1 and 20" 6.
In his still young career in fact the Kristoffersen boasts as the best career results in the 35th place in the 30km mass start at Holmenkollen skating two seasons ago in the World Cup and the '' 8th place finish ever in a 30Km to the national skating Norwegian Gaala in March 2014. Now we'll see if next weekend of Beitostolen know '' repeated and so earn '' a bib of the World Cup or if today today's victory and '' was just a flash in the pan.
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In the men after the victory achieved yesterday to the wire, Lari Lehtonen encore performance in the 15km with departures to increasingly free technique intervals.
Always in the lead since the first survey on '' tough 5km ring proceeds in the small suburb of Olos, the 29-year Imatra puts so '' a serious and convincing candidate to be the fourth factional Suomi at the upcoming World Championships in Lahti. In fact they seem untouchable fellow national Matti Heikkinen, Iivo Niskanen and Sami Jauhojärvi all absent today.
Filling the remaining podium boxes neo Icelandic Snorri Einarsson (which in summer has left the Norwegian nationality obviously too closed by an impossible competition) and the second yesterday Perttu Hyvärinen.
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Now for the members of the Finnish team, the withdrawal of Muonio continues throughout next week before moving next weekend in Rovaniemi for the second leg of Suomen Cup. In the capital of Lapland and the DT Jylhä then circulate the names of the athletes that will debut nell''Opening Ruka.
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