Nordic Skiing
A review, on Norwegian soil, which will close the long meeting of the national team on the weekend.
Friday 23 August 2019 3 minutes reading time
In the first stage of the Toppidrettsveka, Federico Pellegrino and his companions had the opportunity to play a training in the ... race version, facing the 47 km classic technique of Hitra.
The Azzurri, at work in Trondheim in full force since last August 12 (the sprint world champion and Francesco De Fabiani had previously taken part in the BlinkFestivalen), they had to do a hard test in the rain, with the men's race won by Alexander Bolshunov in 1h46''21 "6. The Russian champion preceded in the final sprint the British Andrea Musgrave, spaced by only 3 tenths, and the Finn Iivo Niskanen.
The best Italian was Maicol Rastelli, 23rd at 1''28 "second, with Pellegrino 51th at almost 6 minutes and Salvadori 66th at 8''15".
Among the women, the favorite Heidi Weng established herself, in 2h02''02 "2, beating the Russian Natalia Neprayeva (distanced well by 1''26") and the other Norwegian Tiril Weng. Good behavior of Lucia Scardoni, who confirmed the good things shown in the roller skating World Cup in Latvia where she had obtained a double silver; the Veronese came seventh at 3''43 "2 from Weng, more delayed Greta Laurent, 19th at 9''31", and Caterina Ganz 25th at 13''57 ".
Today the second day of competitions, with a 25 km free technique in the morning with Elisa Brocard, Anna Comarella, Caterina Ganz, Francesco De Fabiani, Giandomenico Salvadori, Federico Pellegrino, Maicol Rastelli and Stefan Zelger, and then continue in the late afternoon with a sprint in TL.
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