The World Cup Cross Country Skiing goes to Rybinsk, where Litalia got his last two goals [Presentation Female]

The World Cup Cross Country Skiing concludes the double header in the former Soviet Union with three races scheduled in Rybinsk. In this article we will present the women's events, click here for the male ones.

Thursday 22 January 2015 8 minutes reading time

Located about 300 km north of Moscow, Rybinsk & egrave; become in & rsquo; last decade, the resort & agrave; Russian reference to the World Cup Cross Country Skiing. With the exception of 2013 and 2014, when & egrave; for obvious reasons, was replaced by Sochi, & egrave; from 2007 that houses the & rsquo; only Russian stage of the maximum circuit. It & egrave; always competed between the end of January and l & rsquo; early February with the exception of the 2007/08 season, when the evidence of Rybinsk were held in mid & agrave; December. Extreme temperatures & ndash; often have touched the 20 & deg; below zero & ndash; have affected the outcome of extremely few races. In 2007 even the organizers were forced to cancel the Team Sprint, the same fate happened to the twin pursuits of 2009 as the temperature was in the & rsquo; in fact dropped below the minimum limit allowed by the Regulation; also in 2009 the Sprint saw the withdrawal of the Norwegian team in droves, worried by the climate too hard. There will be three races scheduled on the snows of Russia. It starts Friday & Igrave; January 23 with the 10 km free technique starting at intervals, novel format because until now the 7 distance races held in Rybinsk have always had in the starting line. The only two 10 Km, as said mass start, were held January 30, 2009, a race that saw a brace blue with Marianna Longa before and Arianna Follis second, and February 4, 2012, successfully Marit Bj & oslash; rgen Charlotte Kalla and Marthe Kristoffersen. Saturday, January 24 sar & agrave; the turn of the Sprint, always skating. Are five, all in skating, the Sprint disputatesi in Rybinsk and valid for the World Cup. L & rsquo; only girl able to impose itself on 2 occasions & egrave; a bit & rsquo; surprise the Slovenian Vesna Fabjan, who won his only two races tier January 22, 2010 and February 5, 2011. A successful head instead for Arianna Follis (January 21, 2007), Kikkan Randall (December 16, 2007) and Pirjo Muranen (January 31, 2009). A level of podiums, plus Fabjan got two top three Arianna Follis, second in 2011, Justyna Kowalczyk, third in 2010 and 2011 and the & rsquo; other blue Magda Genuin, third in 2009 and second in 2010. On Sunday, the three days of Rybinsk will end & agrave; with what, after l & rsquo; cancellation of the stage of La Clusaz, & egrave; became the first and only Skiathlon (7.5 km classic technique, change materials, 7.5 km free technique) season of the World Cup. 3 are the Skiathlon or Double Pursuit you prefer held on the snow of Rybinsk. Justyna Kowalczyk & egrave; set on 2 occasions (January 23, 2010 and February 4, 2011), while Therese Johaug won l & rsquo; last race which took place here February 5, 2012 just ahead of Kowalczyk, therefore & egrave; l & rsquo; only woman can always close to the podium in this format. Total & ndash; between distance and sprint & ndash; are 12 races of the World Cup Cross-Country Female hosted by Rybinsk. Only gi & agrave; cited Fabjan and Kowalczyk have been able to repeat a success, while among female athletes in activities & agrave ;, as well as Randall, Johaug and Bj & oslash; rgen, boast a victory Riitta-Liisa Roponen and Astrid Jacobsen, both impostesi in a 15 Km free technique with mass start respectively in January 2007 and December 2007. In terms of podiums, no pu & ograve; bring together the top three to five Kowalczyk: hibachi & rsquo; & egrave; Arianna Follis, only to share 3. Rybinsk wears well all & rsquo; Italy: as gi & agrave; you can & ograve; inferred from the numbers mentioned above, the Italians have won in the resort & agrave; Russian 2 wins (1 Follis and 1 Longa), 4/2 (2 Follis, 1 Longa and 1 Genuin) and one third (Genuin), with the peak of four podiums in two races of 2009 (two goals by Longa and Follis & ndash; last in the history of skiing blue & ndash; in the 10 km mass start with the January 30, second and third place in the Sprint Follis and Genuin 31 January). The Italians also have a successful team level: February 6, 2011 Magda Genuin, Marianna Longa, Silvia Rupil and Arianna Follis imposed themselves in the 4x5 km relay race ahead of Russia I and II Russia. This is the & nbsp; program & nbsp; official & nbsp; of the three days of Rybinsk regarding the female sector. All races will be broadcast live by satellite network EUROSPORT (210/2011 platform SKY channels and 384/385 platform Mediaset Premium) Friday & Igrave; January 23 10:00 Italian (12:00 local) & ndash; 10 Km TL Saturday, January 24 10:30 Italian (12:30 local) & ndash; & nbsp; TL Sprint Qualifying Saturday, January 24 at 12:30 Italian (14:30 local) & ndash; Batteries, Semifinals and Final Sprint TL & nbsp; Sunday, January 25 at 12:30 Italian (14:30 local) & nbsp; & ndash; Skiathlon (7.5 + 7.5 TC / TL) & Nbsp;

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