Nordic SkiingCross-country skiing - Ruka
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In the 15 km classic technique of Ruka, l & rsquo; idol Iivo Niskanen won the first individual victory of his career ahead of Martin Johnsrud Sundby and compatriot Sami Jauhoj & auml; rvi.
Sunday 30 November 2014 5 minutes reading time
Niskanen, under23 world champion in office and one fourth to one-tenth the bronze in Sochi in this specialty & agrave ;, conquest in one shot the first podium and first win of a career that promises bright. The Finn took the lead right from & rsquo; start and, while not gaining ever a margin of more than 15 seconds, and despite a slight decline in the final, gives the audience Ruka a satisfaction that was missing for years. L & rsquo; ultimate success of a Finnish dates back to the & rsquo; March 1, 2011, when Matti Heikkinen & ograve conquered; l & rsquo; world gold in Oslo in the same specialty & agrave ;. In World Cup victory of Finland was missing even from 12 December 2009, when the same Heikkinen won at Davos in a 15 km free technique.
Second place went to Martin Johnsrud Sundby, only one of the so-called big to prove competitive in this distance debut. Given the modest evidence of Petter Northug (twenty-third), Dario Cologna (twenty-fourth) and Alexander Legkov (thirtieth), Sundby deserves nowadays the palm of favorite to win the crystal ball.
The festival Finnish & egrave; completed by Sami Jauhoj & auml; rvi, who along with Niskanen had won the & rsquo; gold in Sochi in the Team Sprint and back on the podium four years after the third place in the sprint in alternating held always in Kuusamo 26 November 2010. Even more & ugrave; dated l & rsquo; last race that saw two Finns together on the podium: March 16, 2008 Heikkinen won just ahead Jauhoj & auml; rvi l & rsquo; tracking final of the finals in Bormio; at the level of the World Cup was even February 12, 1999 in Seefeld when Mika Myllyl & auml; won with Jari Isomets & auml; third the 10 km freestyle.
So many names little expected on the eve in top10: fourth, just one-tenth from the podium, & egrave; Niklas Dyrhaug, who was able to participate in this race only because of the illness that put off because Eldar R & oslash; nning fifth Alexander Bessmertnykh sixth Calle Halfvarsson seventh Alex Harvey, eighth Simen & Ø Stensen, ninth P & aring; l Golberg and tenth that Matti Heikkinen gi & agrave; abundantly quoted and complete a memorable day for the public to Ruka.
Excellent performance of Francesco De Fabiani, thirteenth and the best result of his career. The 21 year old & egrave; l & rsquo; man on whom we must cling in an attempt to get back to good levels in the men's cross-country skiing, although the & rsquo; & egrave imperative; grow it without expecting immediate results bombastic. A point also Dietmar N & ouml; ckler twenty-second, pi & ugrave; back Giorgio Di Centa fortieth, forty Maicol Rastelli and Roland Clara fifty-eighth.
15 KM TC MALE RUKA & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Niskanen Iivo (FIN) 35: 09.4 2. Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) +10.3 3. JAUHOJ & auml; RVI Sami (FIN) +12.5 4. DYRHAUG Niklas (NOR) +12.6 5. BESSMERTNYKH Alexander (RUS) + 19.7
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