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The second day of the championships Norwegian cross country going to Harstad saw players Kathrine Rolsted Harsem and Martin Johnsrud Sunrby, winners of the two distance classic technique (5 Km for women, 10 Km for men).
Friday 27 March 2015 5 minutes reading time
Big surprise in the women's 5 km classic technique. Although it was at the start l & rsquo; & eacute; lite Norwegian cross-country skiing, the title goes to Kathrine Rolsted Harsem, able to get behind five girls much more & ugrave; titrated and on paper to her superiors. Second & egrave; Indeed Heidi Weng, separated by 5.7 seconds, while only the third & egrave; Marit Bj & oslash; rgen, losing the second step of the podium for 4/10. The quality & agrave; race & egrave; also demonstrated by the fourth place of Astrid Jacobsen, from the fifth and sixth of Ragnhild Haga of Therese Johaug.
These are the words of Harsem issued NRK: & ldquo; & Egrave; something unreal, I can not believe it. I joked that as soon as this format would be included in the program of the National Championships I won, but I did not think to succeed really! & Rdquo ;.
Significant, even in future perspective, the words of Bj & oslash; rgen: & ldquo; Kathrine deserved this title, I think it's exciting for her in the upcoming season. I am satisfied with the third place; are also very motivated to continue my career, I do not promise anything but the decision & egrave; almost plug & rdquo ;. Therefore, pending the & rsquo; ufficialit & agrave ;, sigh of relief for fans of pi & ugrave; great distance runner of all time, but it does not will participate & agrave; to 30 Km Saturday.
5 KM TC FEMALE CN NORWAY & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. HARSEM Kathrine Rolsted 13: 27.6 2. WENG Heidi +5.7 3. BJ & Ø RGEN Marit JACOBSEN Astrid Uhrenholdt +23.4 +6.1 4. 5. 6. Johaug Therese HAGA Ragnhild +26.8 +29.5
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All according to the prediction instead 10km classic technique male, with Martin Johnsrud Sundby who won his first national title season and ninth in career dominating the race from the first to the & rsquo; last meter. Behind him Didrik T & oslash; nseth, which is confirmed among alternisti pi & ugrave; strong in his country, while the podium & egrave; completed by Britain's Andrew Musgrave, whose presence is not surprising since many years resident in Norway, as to be registered with the Ski Club R & oslash; IL, the same Sundby. Many other well-known names among the first, with Eirik Brandsdal fourth (but awarded third Norwegian) and author of a test pi & ugrave; that positive considering his predisposition for Sprint, Niklas Dyrhaug fifth, sixth Rundgreen Mathias, Finn H & aring; Jan Krogh seventh, eighth Emil Iversen, Eldar R & oslash; nning ninth and Anders Gl & oslash; Ersen tenth. Not parties, among others, Petter Northug and P & aring; l Golberg.
10 KM TC MALE CN NORWAY & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS
1. Martin Johnsrud Sundby 23: 38.1 2. T & Ø NSETH Didrik +15.5 3. MUSGRAVE Andrew (GBR) +20.6 +26.1 Eirik BRANDSDAL 4. 5. 6. RUNDGREEN Mathias DYRHAUG Niklas +30.9 +31.9
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Tomorrow the Norwegian national championships will conclude with the women's 30 km and 50 km men, both classical technique and starting online.
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