Cross Country Skiing - Falun 2015
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L & rsquo; home air is good for Johan Olsson, after a long series of physical problems and the second race of the season in the first level, he won the medal & rsquo; gold in the 15 km free technique of Falun before Maurice Manificat and Anders Gl & oslash ; Ersen.
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Despite the different physical problems that have locked up a few weeks ago, Olsson was to be considered among the outsiders of the race today, because gi & agrave; to & Öland; stersund closing fifth had been shown to be in good shape despite the long inactivity & agrave ;, at least in races that count. The Swede has in fact played only 8 games first level & ndash; including relays & ndash; the last two seasons, however, managed to become more and be ready when there are medals up for grabs. The nearly 35-year-strong party and ends strong, taking the lead after a half & agrave; race was second to 3/10 of detachment from Maurice Manificat and triumphing with 17 & rdquo; 8 on the French and 19 & rdquo; 2 Anders Gl & oslash; Ersen.
Cos & Igrave; Olsson, who in this format had already & agrave; l won & rsquo; silver Fiemme 2013 and Sochi 2014, bench & eacute; in quest & rsquo; last case had competed in classic technique, gives the second consecutive gold in the country organizer of this event, winning win number seven all-inclusive career and the medal number 11 between the Olympics and World Cup, the number 4 metal pi & ugrave ; valuable and the number 2 at the individual level after that conquered after a & rsquo; an epic in 50 Km of Fiemme 2013.
Second place went to Maurice Manificat, that despite having traveled in the lead for the first 7.5 km & egrave; forced to surrender to Olsson, managing to win the medal & rsquo; silver, his first at the individual level in a main event, the second ever after the bronze obtained in the relay race of Sochi. Manificat France also reports on the podium in a race for the World Cross Country after 10 years & rsquo; Gold Vincent Vittoz in Double Pursuit of Oberstdorf.
Third & egrave; the best of Norway recovered from the shock of the race yesterday. Up to twelve months ago Anders Gl & oslash; Ersen was a specialist of Sprint, format where he won four times and got 10 podiums. The fourth place in the 15 Km of Lahti last March for & ograve; given a change in his career, so much so that on December 20 & egrave; managed to win for the first time in a distance in Davos, also triumphing at the national championships and proving the pi & ugrave; its competitive today, so much to get to win a bronze medal & egrave; his first in a career in the main event.
At the foot of the podium are two of the favorites of the evening before Marcus Hellner & egrave; fourth, but thoroughly removed from the area medals, while Finn H & aring; Krogh closes January fifth. Among the top ten also l & rsquo; Austrian Bernhard Tritscher, sixth and surprise of the day, l & rsquo; eternal Lukasz Bauer seventh, two other Norwegians, Chris Andre Jespersen and Sjur R & oslash; the respectively eighth and ninth, and tenth & egrave; Evgeniy Belov, better than a Russia that has left the rest of the world champion Maxim Skiathlon Vyleghzanin emerged decisively defeat.
Curious l & rsquo; arrival parade of three large samples that harbored very different ambitions at the start: Dario Cologna, Calle Halfvarsson and Petter Northug get up when they realize that they have more & ugrave; no hope of a medal, reaching the finish line together, respectively 18 & deg ;, 49 & deg; and 62 & deg ;.
Among the disappointed of the day there are surely also the two blues. Roland Clara could get a lot more & ugrave; compared to the twenty-seventh position occupied at the end of the race, while David Hofer confirmed to not be experiencing a brilliant season ending forty and questioning his participation in the Relay for Friday & Igrave ;.
15 KM TL MEN WORLD FALUN & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Johan Olsson (SWE) 35: 01.6 2. MANIFICAT Maurice (FRA) +17.8 3. GL & Ø Ersen Anders (NOR) +19.2 4. Marcus Hellner (SWE) +39.8 5. KROGH Finn H & aring; gen (NOR ) +47.6
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The individual cross-country races are interrupted for two days. Tomorrow and Friday & Igrave; in fact happening the two Relays, before the female and then the male.
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