Nordic SkiingCross Country - Norway
Bjørn Bakken
Ingvild Flugstad & Ø StBerG and Timo Andre Bakken are the new champions of the Norwegian Sprint classic technique. In the snow of R & oslash; ros & Ø StBerG precedes Gjeitnes and Falla, while Bakken beats Fossli and Iversen. Today's results could blow up the hierarchy in the World Championships in Falun.
Friday 30 January 2015 5 minutes reading time
With Marit Bj & oslash; rgen at rest, since gi & agrave; qualified for the World Cup as defending champion in this format, Ingvild Flugstad & Ø StBerG confirms the Norwegian pi & ugrave; strong in the Sprint. The 24 year old Gjoevik does mark the second time in qualifying for walking in battery and then in the semifinals. Instead fought the final, where Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes and Maiken Caspersen Falla make her suffer, but fail however to beat in the sprint. The second place of Gjeitnes potr & agrave; create some problems technicians for the World Cup, as well as & Ø StBerG, Falla (now third) and Heidi Weng (fourth), Celine Brun-Lie seemed the favorite for a place in the team. However, the 26 year old from Trondheim, after posting the third fastest time in qualifying, does not complete its battery, and will not be & agrave; So easy for technicians to choose the fifth girl to take Falun view the high regard that the race today boasts within the Norwegian team.
SPRINT TC FEMALE CN NORWAY & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. & Ø StBerG Ingvild Flugstad 2. GJEITNES Kari Vikhagen 3. FALLA Maiken Caspersen WENG Heidi 4. 5. 6. HARSEM Katherine Rolsted EIDE Mari
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If among women there will & agrave; a runoff between Brun-Lie and Gjeitnes, the qualification to the World Cup Sprint male & egrave; a speech that concerns about ten athletes. The victory in the national championships in fact goes to Timo Andre Bakken, a boy of 25 who is not in the World Cup & egrave; never went beyond the & rsquo; eighth-place finish at Otep & auml; & auml; two weeks ago. Today & ograve; Bakken dominating qualifying, batteries, semi-final and final, triumphing by a huge margin (3 & rdquo; 0) for a sprint in the sight of all the best specialists of this format. Second place for Sondre Fossli Turvoll third for another outsider who Emil Iversen. Fourth, fifth and sixth three guys on the eve seemed to have something more & ugrave; Optical in World Cup Qualifying, or Eirik Brandsdal, and Tomas Northug Petter Northug. Eliminated in the semifinals three other big guns such as Ola Vigen Hattestad, P & aring; l Golberg and Finn H & aring; January Krogh. Each team would like to have this kind of problems, however, the selectors will have to choose Norwegian only four of the nine names poc & rsquo; indeed mentioned, and not & egrave; except that there may be surprises as & ndash; as gi & agrave; explained & ndash; national championships are often the test pi & ugrave; significant home Norway for the final choices.
SPRINT TC MALE CN NORWAY & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. BAKKEN Timo Andre 2. Sondre Fossli Turvoll 3. IVERSEN Emil BRANDSDAL Eirik 4. 5. 6. Tomas Northug Petter Northug
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Tomorrow, the program of the Norwegian national championships will end & agrave; with the two Skiathlon, after which & ndash; or at best on Sunday & ndash; will loose the last doubts and branched summonses official views of Falun.
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