Cross Country Skiing - Falun 2015
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The defending champion Nikita Kriukov seems determined not to give up: & egrave; In fact, his best time in qualifying the Sprint classic male.
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Kriukov, that quest & rsquo; year & not egrave; never able to come only once in the final, seems to have found the enamel of better days, even if the results of qualifications often leave the time they find. The Russian precedes by only 2 cents Olympic champion Ola Vigen Hattestad and 14 Tomas Northug, only two of the great favorites of the vigil to close the top ten.
The rest of the top-ten & egrave; in fact occupied by outsiders or surprises: fourth and eighth are the two Swiss & uuml; li Schnider and Jovian Hediger, fifth bronze outgoing Alex Harvey, sixth best Swedish Calle Halfvarsson, seventh and ninth the two Finns less expected Ristomatti Hakola and Anssi Pentsinen and tenth the American Andrew Newell.
They will stay to watch three guys who, although not part of the list of candidates for the medals, they could have their say: Andrey Parfenov, Alexander Panzhinskiy and Johan Edin are missing in fact one of the best thirty times, while the ranking of the qualifications put & agrave; in front of three of the four battery Norwegian Eirik Brandsdal and brothers Petter Northug and Tomas.
Qualify both blue enrolled in this trial. Federico Pellegrino and Maicol Rastelli obtained respectively on the fifteenth and twenty-seventh time; the valdostano avr & agrave; a battery very challenging against Harvey, Halfvarsson and Petukhov, while the Valtellina will not have & agrave; facing real champion even if reaching the semifinals seems prohibitive enterprise.
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The composition of the five batteries, which will snap at around 15:40
1 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; KRIUKOV Nikita & nbsp; 10 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; NEWELL Andrew & nbsp; 11 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; EISENLAUER Sebastian & nbsp; 20 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; PETERSON Teodor & nbsp; 21 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; VALJAS Len & nbsp; 30 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Blackhorse-VON JESS Dakota & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
5 & ​​nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; HARVEY Alex & nbsp; 6 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; HALFVARSSON Calle & nbsp; 15 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; PELLEGRINO Federico & nbsp; 16 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; COLOGNA Gianluca & nbsp; 25 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; MIYAZAWA Hiroyuki & nbsp; 26 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Alexey Petukhov & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
3 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Northug Tomas & nbsp; 8 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; HEDIGER Jovian & nbsp; 13 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; BRANDSDAL Eirik & nbsp; 18 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Petter Northug Jr. & nbsp; 23 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; CHEBOTKO Nikolay & nbsp; 28 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; HAMILTON Simeon & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
4 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; SCHNIDER Ueli & nbsp; 7 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Hakola Ristomatti & nbsp; 14 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Strandvall Matias & nbsp; 17 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; QUICKLUND Carl & nbsp; 24 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; BALDAUF Dominik & nbsp; 27 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; RASTELLI Maicol & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
2 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Ola Vigen Hattestad & nbsp; 9 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; PENTSINEN Anssi & nbsp; 12 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; KETELAE Toni & nbsp; 19 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Peeter Kümmel & nbsp; 22 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; TSCHARNKE Tim & nbsp; 29 & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; USTIUGOV Sergey & nbsp;
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