Katerina Smutna and John Kristian Dahl win the 26th edition of La Sgambeda. Third Justyna Kowalczyk

Katerina Smutna e John Kristian Dahl si aggiudicano la 26ma edizione de La Sgambeda. Terza Justyna Kowalczyk
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Katerina Smutna and John Kristian Dahl win the 26th edition of La Sgambeda. Third Justyna Kowalczyk

& Egrave; started this weekend from Livigno season 2015/2016 of the marathon. The 'lack of natural snow has in fact prevented the holding of the 26th edition of La Sgambeda, the first round of the circuit Visma Ski Classics.

The organizers of the event & egrave; He has been able to set up a ring of 6 km of artificial snow in the central plain of the country that athletes have traveled four times, for a total of 24 kilometers. Both in the men than in the female & egrave; had to resort to the photo finish to determine the winner. Among women the success & egrave; went all''austriaca Katerina Smutna (Team Santander), who with a time of 1:01: 47 relegated to second place the Swedish Britta Johansson Norgren (Lager 157 Ski & nbsp; team) and third newcomer Team Santander, Poland's Justyna & nbsp ; Kowalczyk, who only twenty-four hours before had played the skiathlon World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway. The best of Italian & egrave; It was the 'athlete of the Sporting Group Alpine Deborah Rosa Asiago you & egrave; ranked 21st place. Among men, however, & egrave; was Norway's John Kristian Dahl (Team United Bakeries) to win with a time of 53:15, ahead of the Russian Eugeny Dementiev (Futura Team), who finished second, and the 'other Norwegian Johan Kjolstad (Team United Bakeries), which has finished third. The best of the Blue & egrave; It was the 'eternal Giorgio Di Centa (43 years old last October 7th), who finished his race in nineteenth position. & Nbsp; CLICK HERE for full results & Nbsp; Bisogner & agrave; 2016 wait for the next marathon. The next stop of Visma Ski & Classics will agrave; January 10 in the Czech Republic with the Jizerska Padesatka, while for the 'Italy January 9 sar & agrave; the time of the Pustertaler Ski Marathon. & Nbsp;
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