World Falun 2015 Cross Country Skiing, Skiathlon Male

The second race with regard to cross-country skiing World Cup men of Falun sar & agrave; the Skiathlon or Double Pursuit if you prefer (15 km classic technique, change of skis, 15 km free technique). & nbsp;

Friday 20 February 2015 6 minutes reading time

WORLD CUP HISTORY SKIATHLON The Skiathlon in the current conception assigns the world title starting from & rsquo; edition of Oberstdorf in 2005. That of Falun sar & agrave; the sixth medal & rsquo; gold in the history of this format. The king of the world Skiathlon & egrave; Petter Northug, who won 2 Gold (Liberec 2009 and Oslo 2011). No other long-distance runner & egrave; been able to repeat the world title, and l & rsquo; only able to win two medals & egrave; our Giorgio Di Centa with 1 Silver (Oberstdorf 2005) and one bronze (Liberec 2009). The other three world champions of Skiathlon are Vincent Vittoz, Axel Teichmann and Dario Cologna. L & rsquo; Italy, in addition to the two metals Di Centa, pu & ograve; also boast the bronze won by Pietro Piller in Sapporo in 2007, when he was beaten by the Germans Angerer and Teichmann. At the level of nations, the medal of Skiathlon Male sees the command Norway with 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze, followed by Germany with 1 Gold and 1 Silver and 1 Gold with France and Switzerland. A medal also Italy (1 Silver and 2 Bronze) and Russia (1 Silver and 1 Bronze), while surprising to find Sweden with the paltry booty 1 Silver. & Nbsp; SKIATHLON THE FIRST LEVEL OF SEASON IN PROGRESS During this season & egrave; played one Skiathlon races in first level, that of Rybinsk. He won Maxim Vylegzhanin, gi & agrave; silver in this format in Oslo in 2011, ahead of Dario Cologna (world champion in office) and Matti Heikkinen. It should however be noted that, although they finished on the podium three samples, these results should be taken with tongs as many of the possible candidates for the medals & ndash; Norwegian and Swedish on all & ndash; were not present. L & rsquo; Italy has what it takes to do well, but to reach the area seems a medals & rsquo; enterprise prohibitive. Dietmar N & ouml; ckler and Francesco De Fabiani, respectively tenth and twenty-first in Rybinsk, will skim the group segment classic technique and groped to resist free technique; tactic opposite that of Roland Clara, who will have & agrave; limit the damage in alternating to try to stick to skating. In any case difficult to imagine that the flag be flown during the awards ceremony. & Nbsp; SKIATHLON THE FIRST LEVEL FALUN 9 are the Skiathlon or Double Pursuit tier disputatisi in Falun, 5 World Cup and 4 Stages of & rsquo; multistage season-ending event. Also in this case the king & egrave; Petter Northug, winner in three occasions (2006, 2010 and 2011); at 2 we find Tobias Angerer (2004 and 2007), one success for Eugeni Dementiev (2005), Lukas Bauer (2008) and Dario Cologna (2009). A level of podiums, nobody got pi & ugrave; top-three of Tobias Angerer, that the two triumphs combines three seconds and a third place for a total of 6. L & rsquo; Italy has 2 second places as best results, one obtained by Pietro Piller January 6, 2004 and that of Giorgio Di Centa March 19, 2011. & Nbsp; PROGRAM FALUN 2015 The male will assign Skiathlon & agrave; world title 2015 disputer & agrave; Saturday, February 21. L & rsquo; & egrave departure time; set for 14.30. The race will come & agrave; broadcast live by satellite network EUROSPORT (channel 210/211 and 384/385 platform SKY platform Mediaset Premium) Click here for the Start List & nbsp; official & Nbsp; COS & Igrave; A FIEMME 2013 1. Dario Cologna (SUI) 1: 13: 09.3 2. Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) +1.8 3. R & Ã˜ THE Sjur (NOR) +2.0 4. Petter Northug (NOR) +5.2 5. Vylegzhanin Maxim (RUS) + 6.1 Click here for the complete ranking & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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