Cross-country skiing - Sochi 2014
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Justyna Kowalczyk dominates the women's 10 km classic technique took second career Olympic gold, silver in Charlotte Kalla, bronze Therese Johaug, sensationally off the podium Marit Bjoergen.
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Despite the evidence in alternating both the queen for some time, was not so obvious that Kowaclzyk unable to dominate today. The Polish weeks are in fact complaining publicly about the social network of an alleged microfracture at the foot of which he has also posted photos and x-rays. Yet today Kowalczyk finds himself magically the form of better days, dominating the race from the first meters and winning the race number 53 of his career and the second Olympic gold after that of the 30 km classic technique of Vancouver. In short, in addition to the gold medal Kowalczyk also deserves the Academy Award for Best Actress, as the attitudes held this season - and that have marked his entire career - today they have exceeded all limits.
The silver medal finish at the neck of Charlotte Kalla, back to the place of honor after the skiathlon last Saturday. The Swedish thus confirms all the progress shown this season in her technique theoretically less congenial, winning a third Olympic medal of his career thanks to a powerful finale that also allows you to retrieve something out of Kowalczyk and Therese exceed Johaug and Marit Bjoergen . They are the two Norwegians in fact the greatest defeats of the day: if Johaug still unable to defend themselves and win the bronze medal, the first metal at the Olympics in his career, the greatest distance runner of all time, having fought for the victory in the first half of the race, collapses in the final, losing to the podium and even closing fifth behind Aino Kaisa Saarinen, fourth in just two seconds from Johaug.
Positive surprise of the day is Stefanie Boehler, and the best finish sixth season; very well also the first Russian Natalia Zhukova seventh, while the most awaited Yulia Tchekaleva ends up outside the top ten. Completing the top 10 of the Finnish Kerttu Niskanen eighth and tenth Krista Lähteenmäki and Norway's Heidi Weng ninth.
As widely expected the two Italian in the race to make appearance: the best is Marina Piller thirty-two minutes and forty-nine from Kowalczyk, while Elisa Brocard ends fortieth three minutes and ten.
10 KM TC FEMALE SOCHI 2014 OLYMPICS - THE PODIUM
GOLD KOWALCZYK Justyna (POL) 28:17.8 SILVER KALLA Charlotte (SWE) +18.4 BRONZE JOHAUG Therese (NOR) +28.3
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Cross-country skiing - Sochi 2014
Kowalczyk Oscar gold in the women's 10 km classic technique
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