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Continues winning streak Maiken Caspersen Falla in sprint races. Norway is also needed in Gatineau in the first leg of the Ski Tours Canada and & egrave; one step away from the cup of specialty & agrave ;.
Tuesday 1 March 2016 4 minutes reading time
The race is already animated by the batteries, when Hanna Falk, winner of the qualifiers, becomes the victim of a contact with Sadie Bjornsen, giving goodbye to his chances to do well. Curious, but successful, however the & rsquo; Stina Nilsson attitude, which obviously slows to a meter from the finish line to pass Sandra Ringwald and finish in the second semifinal, the one with the most & ugrave opponents; affordable.
In the final, despite a tactical unusual enough for a test female, Falla demonstrates for the & rsquo; once again to be the pi & ugrave; strong, taking some of the edge meter on & rsquo; last climb and reaching arms up at the finish line. For Her & egrave; win number 11 all inclusive career, the fourth consecutive number in the top-level Sprint races. The cup of specialty & agrave; & Egrave; one step: its advantage over & Ø StBerG & egrave; rose to 67 points, which means that QUEB & eacute; c City the baster & agrave; reach the final to celebrate with a race d & rsquo; advance.
Second place for Stina Nilsson, once again on the podium, but not good enough to be able to compete with Falla. Third place instead for Jessica Diggins, the second consecutive top-three after the square d & rsquo; honor obtained in Lahti. The lot of the finalists & egrave; complemented by Heidi Weng fourth, by Ingvild Flugstad & Ø StBerG fifth and sixth IDA INGEMARSDOTTER.
As for the fight for the general classification of the Ski Tours Canada, and Weng & Ø StBerG start much better than Therese Johaug, who qualified for the skin of our teeth but eliminated immediately. The leader of the World Cup still remains the number one favorite, and the conquest of mathematical Crystal Ball & egrave; only a matter of time.
SPRINT TL FEMALE GATINEAU & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Maiken Caspersen FALLA (NOR) 2. Stina Nilsson (SWE) 3. Diggins Jessica (USA) 4. WENG Heidi (NOR) 5. & Ø StBerG Ingvild Flugstad (NOR) 6. INGEMARSDOTTER Ida (SWE)
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The Ski Tours Canada proseguir & agrave; tomorrow with a 13 km classic technique with mass start that disputer & agrave; in Montr & eacute; al.
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