Cross Country Skiing - Blink Festivalen
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The & nbsp; Blinkfestivalen 2016 & nbsp; & egrave; opened with the 'unpublished & nbsp; Blink Classic, race & nbsp; 60 km & nbsp; course on roller skis that has seen the success of & nbsp; Petter Northug & nbsp; among men and & nbsp; Britta Norgren & nbsp; among women.
Wednesday 27 July 2016 2 minutes reading time
Great show in this first edition of a proof cos & igrave; long & Outdoors; interior of the festival of Sandnes. The men's race & egrave; tutt''altro was boring, with the protagonists of the winter circuit Visma Ski Classic to lord. However, the most & ugrave; fort & egrave; Petter Northug showed that after rejecting the attacks of rivals, has prevailed in the final sprint.
On the podium with him ascend compatriots Andreas Nygaard and Petter Eliassen, while the 'local hero Stian Holegaard you & egrave; had to settle for fourth place.
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No history instead the women's race, with Britta Norgren, favored the vigil, which dominated from the first top-meter, enough to also win all the milestones. Second place went to Astrid Slind, while the third and fourth shut Japanese Masako Ishida and Yuki Kobayashi respectively.
It should however be emphasized that only these four girls were entered in Blink Classic, while the men were away at 83 of which 69 have reached the finish line.
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Tomorrow the Blinkfestivalen entrer & agrave; alive with the Lysebotn Opp, 10 km race uphill along the lines of the climb to Alpe Cermis. Friday & igrave; and Saturday grand finale with the distance and sprint.
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