Cross Country Skiing - Continental Cup
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With the opening competition of the Continental Cup in Australia and New Zealand kicks off the season 2014/2015 cross-country skiing.
Friday 8 August 2014 3 minutes reading time
The Continental Cup in Australia and New Zealand (ANC), will unfold in 5 races in Australia and 3 in New Zealand in August, with the first leg held in Australia just in Perisher Valley, in which they played a classic technique sprint in a race with start and at intervals in the free technique, respectively 5 and 10 km for men and women.
Australia's only female participants in the sprint with the victory of Esther Bottomley on Jessica Yeaton and Anna Trnka, while in the 5km freestyle, as well as all participants in Australia has also competed Slovenian Barbara Jezersek that is also clearly cornered the victory, always on Esther Bottomley and Jessica Yeaton.
On the other hand, male only "intruder" compared to Australian athletes is Valerio was the Swiss Leccardi, which is in the sprint came second, behind Phillip Bellingham and in front of Callum Watson, while in the 10km free technique has beaten only one-tenth the Bellingham, with Callum Watson finished third to thirty seconds from the summit.
The next races will be held in New Zealand at the location Snow Farm.
These are the results:
FEMALE SPRINT CLASSIC TECHNIQUE PERISHER VALLEY (ANC)
1. BOTTOMLEY Esther (AUS) 2. Yeaton Jessica (AUS) 3. TRNKA Anna (AUS)
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MEN'S SPRINT CLASSIC TECHNIQUE PERISHER VALLEY (ANC)
1. BELLINGHAM Phillip (AUS) 2. Leccardi Valerio (SUI) 3. Callum Watson (AUS)
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5 KM PERISHER VALLEY WOMEN'S FREEDOM TECHNIQUE (ANC)
1. Jezersek Barbara (SLO) 14:05.4 2. BOTTOMLEY Esther (AUS) 3 +40.3. Yeaton Jessica (AUS) +51.9
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10 KM TECHNICAL FREE MALE PERISHER VALLEY (ANC)
1. Leccardi Valerio (SUI) 25:27.0 2. BELLINGHAM Phillip (AUS) 3 +0.1. Callum Watson (AUS) +30.9
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