Cross Country Skiing - World Under 23
Fiemme 2014
Finland thanks to Iivo Niskanen won the first gold medal at the World Under 23 in Val di Fiemme in 15 km classic technique.
Thursday 30 January 2014 4 minutes reading time
Niskanen's victory is well deserved as it has been the author of a head race from the first meters, just think that after three kilometers already boasted more than ten seconds over all. With the continuation of his labor the advantage is gradually increased until the middle of the race, when the Finn began to experience fatigue, losing something against the only formidable rival, that Sergey Ustiugov which however could not recover enough to beat it. For Niskanen, who has just turned 22, is the first individual gold medal at the World Youth Championships, the second after the earned bronze in the relay between the juniors Otepaa in 2011.
The silver medal goes to Sergey Ustiugov therefore, unable to repeat gold in the sprint, but that once again proves to be an athlete complete and ready to hoist himself at the top of the ski touring worldwide within a few years. Ustiugov, party relatively flat, has increased its pace in kilometer kilometer, reaching the finish line 17.4 seconds adrift by Niskanen. Bronze instead to Norwegian Mathias Rundgreen, which must thank Niskanen long since reached by the Finnish approximately half of the race, he started in the wake of maintaining the gap and therefore positions climbing to third place final. Performance of similar race to Maicol Rastelli: party one minute and thirty seconds before Niskanen before Rundgreen, the blue has completed the train that carried by mutual agreement since the finish line, taking an excellent fifth place, behind the other Russian Ermil Vokuev fourth.
Discreet also the race of the other Italian Francesco De Fabiani finished eleventh detached 1:45.8 by Niskanen, Domenico Salvadori finished nineteenth and twenty-third Claudio Mueller.
15 KM TC U23 WORLD CUP MEN - FINAL STANDINGS
1. Iivo Niskanen (FIN) 38:26.62. USTIUGOV Sergey (RUS) +27.63. RUNDGREEN Mathias (NOR) +27.64. VOKUEV Ermil (RUS) + 40.95. RASTELLI Maicol (ITA) +57.4
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