Nordic SkiingCross Country Skiing - Oslo
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The World Cup Cross Country Skiing stops at Oslo-Holmenkollen, where Saturday & egrave; program in the legendary 50 Km male.
Friday 5 February 2016 7 minutes reading time
Oslo does not need any introduction: & egrave; the temple par excellence of the world's cross-country skiing, which makes a stop here since 1892 and has hosted the first edition of the Olympic Games (1952) and 5 of the World Championships (1930, 1966, 1982 and 2011, in addition to that of 1952 which had double value ). Holmenkollen, the hill capital of Norway, & egrave; also home for 20 years & ndash; with the exception of 2009, when the path was not used for the restoration work for the review of the 2011 & ndash; dell & rsquo; only 50 Km men on the calendar as well as that of & rsquo; eventual main event season, that quest & rsquo; year & egrave; scheduled for Saturday, February 6 at 12:15 pm, about a month ahead of tradition Since & eacute; this season, no main event, the World Cup will end & agrave; in North America with the Ski Tours Canada.
They are 32 to 50 Km male first level held in Oslo in history, the first ones of the world in 1930, 1952 (valid of course also as Olympics) and 1966, and then, from & rsquo; establishment of the World Cup in 1982, a all & rsquo; year with the exception of 1985, 1990, 1992, 1994 and 2009. Quest & rsquo; year garegger & agrave; classic technique, as other 22 times in the past, and with mass start, format that even the temple of Oslo had to bow in 2010.
6 cross-country skiers are able to win 2 times the pi & ugrave race; ancient of the sport: Thomas Wassberg (1982 valid race even as the world, and 1987), Vegard Ulvang (1989 and 1991), Alexei Prokourorov (1993 and 1998), Andrus Veerpalu (2003 and 2005), Anders S & ouml; dergren (2006 and 2008, which took place last year with the historic format departure at intervals) and Petter Northug (2010 and 2011, the race that assigned the & rsquo; iridescent gold). Deserve the citation also other kings Holmenkollen Sven Utterstr & ouml; m won the World Cup of 1930, Gjermund Eggen those of 1966, and Veikko Hakulinen the 1952 Olympics, while in the World Cup have triumphed Asko Autio in 1983, Tor H & aring; kon Holte in 1984, Gunde Svan in 1986, Pierre Harvey in 1988, Vladimir Smirnov in 1995, Erling Jevne in 1996, Pietro Piller in 1997, Mikhail Botvinov in 1999, Harri Kirvesniemi in 2000, Per Elofsson in 2001, Thomas ALSG & aring; rd in 2002 , Rene Sommerfeldt in 2004, Odd-Bj ø rn Hjelmeset in 2007, Eldar R ø nning in 2012, Alexander Legkov in 2013, Daniel Richardsson in 2014 and Sjur R ø the in 2015.
At the podium level instead there are two men in the lead at 4 top-three, and a bit & rsquo; Surprise case of Mikhail Botvinov, which in addition to the success of 1999 boasts the second place in 1998 and third in 1995 & ndash; when still competing for Russia & ndash; and 2000, and Martin Johnsrud Sundby, who in Oslo has never won but & egrave; finished second in 2013 and 2014 and third in 2012 and 2015. Following a height of 3 Alexei Prokourorov, Pietro Piller, Gunde Svan, Vegard Ulvang and a Bj ø rn D & aelig; hlie to which success in the 50 Km Holmenkollen & egrave; Perhaps l & rsquo; only laurel that is missing in an enviable palmares. Considering all of the format, the defending most wins in Oslo (3) are Thomas Wassberg, who also won a 15 Km 1985, and Petter Northug, who conquered memorize options l & rsquo; world gold in 2011 also in Double Pursuit.
Oslo l & rsquo; Italy boasts one men win in top-level competitions, the amazing Pietro Piller in the Km 50 of the March 15, 1997: The Sappada became known to the world by becoming the pi & ugrave; youngest winner of this test and winning the first of his seven successes in his career. Piller has obtained other two top-three in the race par excellence of the Men's Cross-country skiing, third place on 16 March 2002 and the second on 13 March 2010. They boast podiums at Holmenkollen, all in 50 Km, also Silvano Barco and Maurilio De Zolt, who came together on the podium 19 March 1988 beaten by Pierre Harvey, Fulvio Valbusa, according February 28, 2004, and Giorgio Di Centa, the d & rsquo square; honor l & rsquo; March 11, 2006.
The 50 km classic technique with start in Oslo online, take & agrave; off at 12:15 pm of Saturday, March 6, 2016.
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