Nordic SkiingCross country skiing
On his third individual success in top level races, the Finn class in 1992 Iivo Niskanen again demonstrates his affinity with the snows of their nation. Thanks to an exciting performance in the central segment of the race, the Finn gets behind the fall in the team sprint and offers the public the first success of an athlete at home in this world event. To the hips on the podium the two Norwegian Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Niklas Dyrhaug.
Wednesday 1 March 2017 5 minutes reading time
After the success of Ruka last November, Iivo Niskanen crown that is proving as his best ever season with a world title obtained, like the two previous victories in the World Cup, in front of an audience of connazionali.Niskanen has set his race on a regular rhythm: transited fourth to first reference, the Finn took command of operations already by the fourth kilometer, using the second of the three rounds of five kilometers to dig between himself and his opponents a gap that allowed him to manage the return of two Norwegian Sundby and Dyrhaug, faster nell''ultimo around.
Sundby in particular was considered the favorite of the day, given his success in 15km of Otepaa ten days ago and the 'absence of the ruler of this world, the Russian Sergey Ustiugov.
As usual, the Norwegian has set his race progressed, increasing the pace over the kilometers. Unlike what happened ten days ago, instead of imposing his rhythm to all the opponents had to undergo the 'rise of the Finnish pace, paying fifteen seconds between the fifth and tenth kilometer. To no served the 'last lap and in particular the' last kilometer, which allowed him to recover eight seconds on the Finnish, and stood about 17.9 seconds at the finish line.
Third place Niklas Dyrhaug, able to take the 'last lap at the most successful pace teammate, rhythm that allowed him to get ahead in the final kilometers the Russian Bessmertnykh.
Fifth place was occupied by Andrey Larkov and Didrik Toenseth. Parties two minutes one after the 'other, the two ended their race just after two minutes, after esseresi repeatedly exchanged position during the race.
Seventh ranked one of the specialists of the classical technique in recent years, the Kazakh Poltoranin, followed by the Finnish bronze in the team sprint and the two Swedish Sami Jauhoujaervi Calle Halfvarsson and Johan Olsson, who won over this distance to World Falun past 2015.
First of the Italians, for the second time in this World Cup after the tenth place in Skiathlon, Giandomenico Salvadori. The 'blue, the 21th milestone trailing by 2: 07.1 behind the winner, was good at exploiting different opponents as "trains". Notable in particular the last kilometers of the race on Poltoranin code. Reached a couple of kilometers from the end from the Kazakh, the 'athlete of the Guardia di Finanza has made in the wake of the more famous opponent and kept it until the finish line, being able to field un''accelerazione which allowed him to overtake among others, Maurice Manificat.
Dietmar Noeckler finished 24th, also a comeback in the final stretch, while Francesco Defabiani, unfortunately, still weakened by the illness that stopped him from Otepää and Lahti, finished 40th at 3:40 off the pace.
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