Nordic SkiingCross Country Skiing - Davos
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The World Cup Cross Country Skiing stops in Davos, resort & agrave; of Graubunden & egrave; & nbsp; & nbsp great classic; calendar. Here we will discuss the women's races, & nbsp; for the men's click here.
Friday 11 December 2015 6 minutes reading time
If the FIS is revolutionizing the sport by introducing sprint and mass start races multistage, & nbsp; in Davos tradition is strenuously resisting. Out of 34 races from 1984 to date, only 9 are sprint and & nbsp; & egrave is no distance; never played with mass start. Quest & rsquo; year the Swiss will organize what will & agrave; l & rsquo; only 15 km seasonal starting at intervals, while on Sunday the program includes a & nbsp; Sprint free technique.
Saturdays & partir agrave; with & nbsp; 15 km free technique. Are 7, two of them in skating, races over this distance valid for the World Cup to have been held in Davos, always in the middle & agrave; December. & nbsp; There are three girls that are imposed on 2 occasions: Elena Vaelbe in 1990 and in 1997, Olga Danilova in 1998 and 1999, and Marit Bj ø rgen in 2011 and 2013, ie in the second 15km technique free that it has been held in Davos.
Considering every race distance, & nbsp; the queens of Davos are Elena Vaelbe, Virpi Kuitunen and Marit Bj ø rgen, & nbsp; able to triumph for & nbsp; 4 times: l & rsquo; former Soviet prevailed in a 10 km free technique in 1993, in a 5 km more to skating in 1995, and the two 15 km classic technique poc & rsquo; indeed mentioned. The Finnish instead has excelled in four 10 km (in February 2006, February 2007, this l & rsquo; only free technique, December 2007 and December 2008). The pi & ugrave; great distance runner of all time however, in addition to the two 15km skating, you & egrave; tax twice on 10 Km, once a classic in 2011 and one in freestyle last December. Among girls in activities & agrave ;, they were imposed in Davos & nbsp; Valentina Shevchenko & nbsp; (10 km classic technique in 2006), & nbsp; Irina Khazova & nbsp; (10 km free technique in 2009) and & nbsp; Therese & nbsp; Johaug (10 Km to technical free in February 2013, and 10 km classic technique of 13 December 2014).
Sunday will go & agrave; instead stage a & nbsp; Sprint free technique. Are 9, 8 of which are in skating, the sprint Davos hosted valid for the World Cup: 3 are the victories of Marit Bj ø rgen (2010, 2013 and 2014), which with a total of 7 & egrave; Therefore, & nbsp; the & ugrave more distance runner; winning always in the resort & agrave; the canton of Grisons. 2 hits for & nbsp; Petra Majdic & nbsp; (2008 and 2009), as have a success in sprint races Anna Olsson & nbsp; (February 2006), & nbsp; Kikkan Randall (December 2011) and & nbsp; Justyna Kowalczyk & nbsp; (February 2013, only sprint which took place in Davos in alternating).
Regarding the colors blue, & nbsp; the & rsquo; only girl able to triumph on the snow Swiss & egrave; was & nbsp; Stefania Belmondo, the first in a 10 km classic technique which took place on December 7th 1996. For Belmondo even a second in a 10 km skating in 1993 and a third in a 10km alternating 2001. Two podiums, specifically two third places, also for Manuela Di Centa & nbsp; (10 km in 1993 to 5 km in 1995, both in freestyle) and & nbsp; Gabriella Paruzzi & nbsp; (10 km skating in 2002 and 10 km in the alternate 2003). L & rsquo; last Italian on the podium at Davos & egrave; was Arianna Follis, finished second behind Marit Bj ø rgen & nbsp; in the sprint of 12 December 2010.
This is the & nbsp; program & nbsp; official & nbsp; of the two-day Davos regarding the female sector.
Saturday, December 13 11:15 am & ndash; & nbsp; 15 km TL Sunday, December 14 09:00 am & ndash; & nbsp; & nbsp Qualifying Sprint TL; Sunday, December 14 11:00 am & ndash; & nbsp; Batteries, Semifinals and Finals Sprint TL
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