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Because of the national championships, Norway, Sweden and Finland will not be in the game in the next leg of the World Cup Cross Country Skiing
Tuesday 14 January 2014 2 minutes reading time
Until a few years ago it was customary for the Scandinavian countries prefer national championships, often decisive for establishing the internal qualification to the big seasonal event, at the stage of the World Cup scheduled for the same weekend. In recent years he had then come to create a balance with the national championships held in the only break period of the World Cup in January. This year, Norway, Sweden and Finland see their national championships coincident with the stage of Szklarska Poreba World Cup. Result: no long-distance runner of the above countries will be at the start of the four races (two per sex) in the program in the town of Poland.
The situation is completely lose interest in the women's 10 km classic technique: Justyna Kowalczyk, who was in all cases the great favorite, is found in fact to compete alone, lacking the only credible rival. More balanced sprint skating, since there are several girls in a position to fight for victory.
Absences of Scandinavian rather not be extremely heavy in the men: it is true that you will miss the World Cup leader Martin Johnsrud Sundby, but the game will be different athletes are able to get on the podium in both the full-strength 15 km technique classic sprint free technique.
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