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Maiken Caspersen Falla proves the pi & ugrave; strong specialist now also going to triumph in the Sprint Free Lahti technique in front of Jessica Diggins and Heidi Weng.
Saturday 20 February 2016 4 minutes reading time
Change the technique, but do not change the main characters and the script of a Women's Sprint. Falla and & Ø StBerG will again show a & rsquo; other category compared to the opponent, and the real news of the day & egrave; l & rsquo; elimination in the semifinals of Stina Nilsson, who for the first time this season can not access all & rsquo; final act.
Something new can be seen in the final, with the two queens of this specialty & agrave; that are not empty, but they come to play for the successful co-starring Jessica Diggins and Heidi Weng. & Ø StBerG seems to have most & ugrave skis; fast, but the power of Falla allows it to resist and fall first on the finish line. & Ø StBerG instead collapses in the last few meters, even missing the podium goes to Diggins, second thanks to a stunning finish, and Weng third. Never fighting instead the other two finalists Astrid Jacobsen, which closes fifth, and Hanna Falk, sixth.
For Falla & egrave; This win number 11 all inclusive career, the number 8 of the World Cup, the number 4 in the season and the number 3 consecutive races in Sprint. important numbers for her that also runs in the ranking of specialty & agrave ;: his points are now 580, & Ø StBerG remains second with 526 and Nilsson third with 506.
As for the general classification of the World Cup, can memorize options Therese Johaug smile: the dominator of the season fails to arrive until the semifinals, getting a seventh place that & egrave; her best ever in a Sprint World Cup and which allows it to maintain a wide margin of & Ø StBerG despite the format not favored. Now Johaug driving with 1895 points against & Ø 1701; StBerG and 1453 Weng. Only math leaves open hopes his opponents.
The two blue qualificatesi for final not manage to overcome the batteries. Cos & igrave; Ilaria Debertolis is classified in twentieth position, while Greta Laurent & egrave; twenty-third.
SPRINT TL FEMALE LAHTI & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Maiken Caspersen FALLA (NOR) 2 & Ø StBerG Ingvild Flugstad (NOR) 3. WENG Heidi (NOR) 4. Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) 5. Jessica Diggins (USA) 6. FALK Hanna (SWE)
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The World Cup Cross Country Skiing has cos & igrave; He ended his European season. The grand finale & egrave; in fact expected in North America when the first to March 12 will go & agrave; stage the Ski Tours Canada, multistage competition concluder & agrave; the 2015-16 season.
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