U23 World Cup: Istomina and Lapierre win the gold in free technique distance tests

This morning in Lahti (Fin) the medals of the women's 10 km and the men's 15 km skating U23 were awarded.

Wednesday 23 January 2019 3 minutes reading time

Very uncertain the test reserved for girls, who saw Mariya Istomina prevail for only 2 "on the Finnish Eveliina Piippo. The latter was in the lead for several kilometers, dreaming of the triumph in front of the home crowd, but in the end was mocked by the Russian, already protagonist this season during the Tour de Ski, closed in 10th place. The Norwegian won Tiril Udnes Weng, who reached the finish line with a delay of 29 ". The Scandinavian preceded by 8 "the German Katharina Hennig 4a and 9" the Kazakh Valeriya Tyuleneva 5a. Good performance in Italy for Anna Comarella, 8th to 1'04 "from the winner, while they closed more behind Francesa Franchi 21a and Cristina Pittin 24a. In the men's 15 km there was the domination of the French Jules Lapierre, who replicated the success obtained yesterday in the junior test by his compatriot Jules Chappaz. On the finish line the transalpine has trimmed 29 "to the Czech Michal Novak, able to win the silver medal by just two tenths ahead of the Russian Ivan Yakimushkin. Russia and France have not only shared the medals up for grabs but have also conquered the 4th and 5th position, however with two athletes in 1998. At the foot of the podium was the Russian Kirill Kilivnyuk, behind him instead the French finished Tom Mancini. Simone DaprÃ was the best among the Italians and finished 12th at 1'18 "from Lapierre. Paolo Ventura, 22nd, Martin Coradazzi, 36th and Mikael Abram, 62nd, ended up behind him.

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