Cross-country skiing - Universiade
Pierre Teyssot
Are the athletes of the former Soviet countries to dominate the first few races of the bottom of Trentino 2013. Following the report'' s Press.
Thursday 12 December 2013 5 minutes reading time
'' The first gold medal went to the bottom of the Kazakh Tatyana Ossipova, that in day 1 of the races in Lake Tesero (Val di Fiemme) has established itself in the women's 5 +5 km skiathlon, held on a ring of 2.5 km to be repeated four times. At the start are taken at 71, with the Russian Repnitsyna that was immediately cast in the lead, but the first step in the goal area (2.5 km) to pass to the command were the Kazakh athletes, with first Matrossova front and Repnitsyna Ossipova.
On the second pass is jumped to command the trio composed of all Kazakh Matrossova, Lanchakova and Ossipova, while at the exchange rate of the skis (km 5) c'' was the bully comeback Grygorenko, transited first front to Matrossova and Repnitsyna with Ossipova in fourth place. Quest'' last, at kilometer 6.6, took the lead and kept it until the arrival'', where he preceded Grygorenko (UKR) and Pitkaenen (FIN), the latter clever to climb and take the bronze medal. "It was not an easy race - said the Ossipova - and I hope that my first medal of the Universiade is not the last." Only 33rd, however, the first of the Italian, '' Athlete of the Val di Fiemme Stephanie Zanon.
The East Europe then dominated the second race of the day on the slopes close. In skiathlon male snapped at 15.15 the narrow footpath on the top step of the podium is signed by the Russian Raul Shakirzyanov, which has prevailed in a sprint finish at the end of a hard fought race and exciting. "I was fine and when I saw that was missing only the straight I thought it was the right time to shoot - he told Shakirzyanov still panting - I had held its last bit of energy for the final sprint."
The silver medal'', however, has gone to the Kazakh Mark Starostin, lingered a few tenths of a second. To close the final triplet is the other joint Russian Pavel Syulatov matched precisely to Kazakh. The wooden medal goes instead to the Japanese Lenting, author of a test rather promising.
Despite a good start was a bit 'lingered on the finish the first of the Italians, the Trentino Val di Fassa Matt Pellegrin, who finished in ninth place. Too bad for the big favorite of the day, the Russian Skobeliev, own gold in skiathlon the previous Universiade in Erzurum's reach, only 6 °.
In 19.ae 21.a position are then arrived the other Italians Mario Mauro and Roncador Brigadoi. that now target the sprint races. Tomorrow, in Val di Fiemme, will be on stage biathlon and Nordic combined.
RANKING FEMALE SKIATHLON:
1. Tatyana Ossipova (Kaz) 29'' 34 "7
2. Kateryna Grygorenko (Ukr) 29'' 35 "7
3. Minna Marjaana Pitkaenen (Fin) 29'' 36 "1
4. Marina Matrossova (Kaz) 29'' 37 "7
5. Viktoriya Lanchakova (Kaz) 29'' 38 "7
STANDINGS MEN SKIATHLON:
1. Raul Shakirzianov (Rus) 38'' 42 "1
2. Mark Starostin (Kaz) 38'' 42 "7
3. Pavel Siulatov (Rus) 38'' 42 "7
4. Akira Lenting (Jpn) 38'' 43 "2
5. Yevgeniy Velichko (Kaz) 38'' 43 "6
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