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Many have wondered what had happened to Petter Northug during the final of the Canmore Sprint won by Federico Pellegrino. The Norwegian fact & egrave; raised right from the start, walking right on the finish line, cut more & ugrave; 2-minute gap from the winner, a & rsquo; enormity & agrave; considered the format.
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Well according to reports from NRK through the & rsquo; expert Fredrik Aukland, there & rsquo; & egrave; no injury to the base of this attitude: & ldquo; A lot of people even at the stage of Canmore did not understand what he was doing Petter in the final. In reality & agrave; & Egrave; It was a simple tactical choice to save energy for the Skiathlon of Wednesday & igrave; (Today ed) & rdquo ;.
The tactical choices have always been a fundamental part in the multistage races in cross country skiing, especially on a long and exhausting as the Ski Tours Canada. However he had never seen an attitude cos & igrave; explicitly by one of the favorites to win. Aukland continues: & ldquo; I realize that such behavior can memorize options confusing and seem unsportsmanlike, but does not violate any rule and & egrave; a choice that anyone could consider & rdquo ;.
The same Northug confirmed: & ldquo; Inevitably & egrave; a very tactical Tour: for grabs there are a lot of Sprint and also bonus seconds in the Distance. I have not disrespected anyone, no Pellegrino & egrave; Never protagonist in the Distance, I would not have been here & rdquo ;.
Being always to what is reported by the television website of the Norwegian state, even the & rsquo; elimination in the semifinals of Sergey Ustiugov and the fourth place of Martin Johnsrud Sundby were dictated by specific choices of the two protagonists: the Russian, who would in all cases was leader of the Ski Tours Canada, would have preferred to avoid a turn; Norway however, once satisfied himself that he could not win, he intentionally avoided the awards ceremony and the whole outline of the post-race dedicated to the three on the podium.
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