Cross Country Skiing - Continental Cup
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Its continental cups are won respectively by Esther Bottomley and the pair Valerio Leccardi-Phillip Bellingham tied, thanks to the decisive points won in their quest & rsquo; last stage.
Monday 18 August 2014 4 minutes reading time
L & rsquo; latest stage of & rsquo; Australia-New Zealand Cup & egrave; carried out in Australia in & nbsp; Falls Creek, which were played in a sprint free technique and a race starting at intervals in classical technique, respectively, 10, and 15 km for men and women.
Female only participants in Australia in the sprint with the exception of & rsquo; American Lauren Fritz, finished second behind the & nbsp; hostess Esther Bottomley & nbsp;, and third place & nbsp; Jessica Yeaton, while in the 10 km classic technique, just the Yeaton you & egrave; taking the revenge beating of little Esther Bottomley and third place in the young Australian Xanthea Dewez.
On the other hand, male Australian athletes as well as three Swiss representatives including the best & egrave; state & nbsp; Leccardi Valerio, who in the sprint & egrave; who finished second, behind & nbsp; Phillip Bellingham & nbsp; ahead and & nbsp; Paul Kovacs, while in the 15km classic technique has clearly beaten the same Bellingham, with compatriot Reto Hammer came third in four minutes from Leccardi.
L & rsquo; Australia-New Zealand Cup was won by Esther Bottomley among women with 360 points, second Jessica Yeaton third with 300 and 200 points Justyna Kowalczyk level on points with Anna Trnka.
Among men won the cup on a par with Valerio Leccardi and Phillip Bellingham, with the third place of Paul Kovacs to 196 points.
These are the results:
SPRINT FREE FEMALE TECHNICAL FALLS CREEK (ANC)
1 BOTTOMLEY Esther (AUS) & nbsp; 2 FRITZ Lauren (USA) & nbsp; 3 Jessica Yeaton (AUS) & nbsp;
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MALE SPRINT TECHNIQUE FREE FALLS CREEK (ANC)
1 BELLINGHAM Phillip (AUS) 2 Leccardi Valerio (SUI) 3 KOVACS Paul (AUS)
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10 KM TECHNICAL CLASSICAL FEMALE FALLS CREEK (ANC)
1 Jessica Yeaton (AUS) 35: 16.7 2 BOTTOMLEY Esther (AUS) 3 +8.8 DEWEZ Xanthea (AUS) +1: 15.3
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15 KM TECHNICAL CLASSIC MEN'S FALLS CREEK (ANC)
1 Leccardi Valerio (SUI) 43: 17.7 2 BELLINGHAM Phillip (AUS) +1: 46.7 3 HAMMER Reto (SUI) +4: 08.0
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