Nordic SkiingCross-country skiing - Lahti
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The 10 km skating female Lahti has seen the success of the favorite of the eve, or Marit Bjoergen. L'' now thirty-four Norwegian took the win number 97 in his career, the 65 races counting towards the crystal ball, making a difference in the'' last third of the course.
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The greatest distance runner of all time has indeed upped the pace unsustainably from the seventh kilometer onwards inflitggendo heavy detachments to all opponents to precede 26 "9 Charlotte Kalla. Swedish also gave the best of themselves in the second part of the competition and has therefore obtained the second position to the detriment of Therese Johaug.
The twenty-five Norwegian has long played a proof parallel to that of Bjoergen, but it is literally collapsed in the final three kilometers losing thirty seconds from the older compatriot and being undermined by the square of'' honor for only seven tenths. Johaug least saved the podium ahead of the companions of teams Astrid Jacobsen and Heidi Weng.
Sixth place for the best female athletes of the house, Riitta-Liisa Roponen in front of an'' other Finnish Kerttu Niskanen. In Finland it is worth highlighting the theme of'' good test of the biathlete Kaisa Mäkäräinen, classificatasi in ninth place behind even the Swedish Emma Wiken. The French Coraline Hugue has concluded, however, making it the tenth'' only woman that does not belong to the Nordic countries in the top ten.
In Italy they arrived home six points thanks to Deborah Agreiter, the twenty-fifth. Elisa Brocard Thirty-seventh, fifty-Francesca Baudin, sixty-Giulia Stuerz not match Marina Piller.
'' With today's result reopens the race for the crystal ball. Johaug remains yellow bib with 1142 points, but Bjoergen was close to 1002, while on the contrary the chances dwindle Jacobsen (951), for which he remains a glimmer of hope. Much the same for the classification of specialties distance where Johaug leads with 572 points, but sees Bjoergen go up to 499 with Jacobsen third at 443.
LAHTI - 10 KM SKATING1. Marit Bjoergen (NOR) 25'' 05 "32. KALLA Charlotte (SWE) 26" 93. JOHAUG Therese (NOR) 27 "64. Astrid Jacobsen (NOR) 30" 15. WENG Heidi (NOR) 34 "96. Roponen Riitta-Liisa (FIN) 51" 0
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The maximum circuit will return to action already Wednesday, March 5th with the midweek sprint in Drammen (Norway).
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Marit Bjrgen won the 10 km Lahti and launch the assault on the'' Crystal Ball
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