World Cup Seefeld 15km tc: Sundby wins at his first individual success in the world

Sundby progression victory in the 15 km tc World Championships Seefeld, ahead of only 2 '' '' 9 to the Russian Bessmertnykh, bronze in Niskanen. The best of the Azzurri is De Fabiani twentieth.

Wednesday 27 February 2019 4 minutes reading time

The first individual gold medal for the Norwegian champion Martin Johnsrud Sundby has arrived. Tears of joy that melt the glacial soul of the Scandinavian who replies the emotion on the notes of the Norwegian hymn on the highest step of the podium. The thirty-five adds the success to a career studded with victories. Silver to the Russian Alexander Bessmertnykh, for him the first individual medal to a World Championship, the only one able to undermine the first place at only 2 '' '' 9. The most disappointed is Iivo Niskanen who is content with the third place at 20 '' '' 4 from the winner. The Finnish big favorite on the eve could not find the right frequencies always remaining out of the fight for gold. Path made difficult today by high temperatures and then the difficult preparation of skis by the technicians with the choice of wax. The first to define the real time to beat was the 'expected Niskanen, but without being able to impose a rhythm and a time able to remain unbeaten. In fact, outsiders but not too much Bessmertnykh has trimmed, with a surprising test, 17 '' '' 5 to the Finnish. The Russian who had begun to believe in winning the world title, had to deal with the performance of the Norwegian champion. In fact, Sundby has made a majestic progression, recovering in each intertemporal seconds to grab the medal from the finest metal. For Norway, 4 out of 4 golds in the men's category confirm the hegemony of the Scandinavian nation on skis close to these Austrian world championships. Down from the podium but just the Russian Andrey Larkov to 22 '' '' 8 from the winner, fifth the Norwegian Didrik Toenseth to 24 '' '' 3, sixth the Swiss Dario Cologna to 32 '' '' 4. In seventh place the Norwegian Sjur Roethe at 33 '' '' 9, followed by the great absent for the medalist Alexander Bolshunov at 58 '' '' 5. To close the top ten: the British Andrew Musgrave eighth with the same time of the Russian, tenth Emil Iversen at 1''00 '' '' 5. The best of the Italians is Francesco De Fabiani twentieth with a good performance at 1''57 '' '' 7. Further back Maicol Rastelli 53 Â° to 4''11 '' '' 9, 57 Â° Stefan Zelger to 4''34 '' '' 3.