Nordic SkiingCross country skiing
Six wins in as many events. From the world of Trondheim in 1997, when Russia Yelena Valbe monopolized for the second consecutive time the highest step of the podium, no nation was able to prevail in all championship events. To make the historic achievement is the number of titles won to achieve the sweep: six against the five for grabs in the editions ''95 and' '97. Today Norwegian domain, contrary to what one might think by reading the rankings, comes after a tense and uncertain race until a few kilometers from the arrival. To determine the Scandinavian poker was above all their ability to quickly read a racing incident. The four, taking advantage of a lull, and the breaking of a stick by Charlotte Kalla, embossed with a change of pace that has surprised the rest of the enemy, allowing them to gain the necessary scope to achieve this extraordinary result.
Saturday 4 March 2017 8 minutes reading time
Contrary to what happened in the thirty kilometers of the last world championship shows, characterized by attacks from far and solitary arrivals, the test today saw 10 athletes from six countries transiting along with 5km from the finish.
This group came to form dispersion of the enemy that gradually bend are due mainly to the rhythm imposed by Marit Bjørgen, Charlotte Kalla, Krista Pärmäkoski and Nathalie VonSiebenthal. In twenty until the tenth kilometer, the lead has shrunk to 13 units to the passage of mid-race, with Bjørgen to the group command. Ascents in the first half of the fourth lap the 'American Holmes, the German and the Russian Boehler Tchekaleva became separated from the tails of the best, leaving the ten mentioned above to play the game in the last 7.5km race.
The first decisive action of the day came at the eighteenth kilometer, when the 'Swiss Von Siebenthal, already generous up to that point, he tried to impress a change of pace tains a slight slope downhill. To close on her for the first 'Silver of skiathlon Pärmäkoski. The Swiss canton of Berne has paid the 'excessive generosity on the climbs dell''ultimo around, breaking away from the leading group and being hung up by the trio tracker mentioned above, seeing himself ousted from the tenth place by Yulia Tchekaleva on the final straight.
The 'final round saw several attempts to escape succession in moments of study. During one of the latter, at 28km, the Swedish Charlotte Kalla, head at the time, broke the stick in one brow. The first to notice were the Norwegian female athletes, who took advantage of the confusion caused by Kalla who was trying to move the track to attack Outside, so incredibly quickly, surprising travel companions. Among the athletes delayed the first to react was the US Jessica Diggins, followed dall''atleta of Pärmäkoski house and the unfortunate Kalla. Late, and to finish eighth and ninth, the 'Austrian Teresa Stadlober and' other Swedish Anna Haag.
The four Norwegians are therefore presented all''attacco's Last ascent with some margin on the opposing, paired with Bjørgen and Weng, Astrid Jacobsen little behind and Ragnhild Haga detached a few meters. On the way up at the entrance of the stadium it seemed for a moment Jacobsen could fall on the leading pair, but the brow the situation had returned identical to that of the beginning of ascent. On the descent before the finish, both accomplices superior skiing un''ultima curve better addressed, Bjørgen has managed to gain a few lengths on the margin of the World Cup leader, presenting the final straight in solitary. Behind her Weng he has endured for half a shoe to the return of Jacobsen. For the two arrive respectively the third and the fourth individual medal. Behind the two Ragnhild Haga, still chasing his first individual medal. Closed the poker of the Norwegian 'of' finishing order was the same dell''ultimo that lap, it took a hundred meters after breaking the stick that decided the race. Diggins then preceded Pärmäkoski, Kalla and Haag Stadlober. Exactly one minute later, as anticipated, Tchekaleva sopravanzava Von Siebenthal to clinch the 'last place in the top ten.
For Marit Bjorgen is the fourth success of the World Championships, the third at the individual level. The conquest of the twelfth individual gold the door to pull himself atop the leaderboard of the athletes title holders of the Nordic disciplines, alongside the downhill of the years' 30s German Christl after 78 years.
Among the Italian athletes it has been remarkable performance of two blue Elisa Brocard and Ilaria De Bertolis 15th and 16th respectively. The two led a couple tries, remaining in the top group for the first third of the race before you break away and go to a more manageable pace. Passed through the first half with 30 "of delay, the two athletes continued their struggle without giving in. The two have closed in 1: 56.4 by Bjørgen with the same time, the positions decided by a photo finish, just behind and ahead of Aino-Kaisa Saarinen athletes such as Nicole Fessel, Masako Ishida and Elizabeth Stephen.
A couple of minutes later, in 28th and 29th position, Sara Pellegrini and Catherine Ganz. The two athletes have closed them immediately in front of the ruler of the world juniors in Almaty in 2015, the German Carl Victoria.
Here are the full results:
http://live.fis-ski.com/2231/results-pda.htm?t=1488630449991&back=true#inapp
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