Cross Country Skiing - Tour de Ski
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Jessica Diggins imposes upset in the 5 km free technique starting at intervals of Dobbiaco ahead Heidi Weng and Ingvild Flugstad & Ø StBerG.
Friday 8 January 2016 6 minutes reading time
The US earlier today had never salutes on the podium of a class race with the exception of the second place which earned the medal & rsquo; silver in the 10 km at the World Falun. Today Diggins is offering the first victory of his career thanks to a final portentous that allows you to earn about ten seconds on & Ø StBerG and preceded by less than a second Heidi Weng.
The 24-year old native of Ytre Enebakk therefore fails to dispel the curse that & rsquo; saw up to 37 times on the podium without ever being able to win. Than today seemed to be the right time for her, able to get behind the pi & ugrave; titled teammates; So seeing terrible insult joke just 9/10 of a girl who, as mentioned, earlier today had conquered a podium, however only in extremely favorable conditions.
Heads-up & Ø StBerG-Johaug for the final victory of the Tour de Ski sees a new round in favor of pi & ugrave; the two young Norwegians. & Ø StBerG fact, but it failed to impose itself despite the good margin accumulated in the first half & agrave; race, finished third in 1 & rdquo; 5 Diggins, but precedes Johaug of 8/2 which, combined with 5 rebate, to report a 25-second lead in the overall standings.
Johaug dispute instead his worst race distance of the season, finishing fifth behind even of & rsquo; other Norwegian Ragnhild Haga, fourth. & Egrave; true that the distance is not the favored, but this result proves once more & ugrave; that probably the leader of the World Cup will have & agrave; need the & ldquo; his & rdquo; climb to Alpe Cermis to beat a & Ø StBerG ever cos & Igrave; competitive.
Few surprises round out the top ten: Sixth & egrave; Kerttu Niskanen, Charlotte Kalla seventh, eighth Denise Herrmann, ninth Stefanie B & ouml; hler and tenth Teresa Stadlober. Among the protagonists of the general classification of the Tour de Ski, IDA INGEMARSDOTTER ends eleventh, Krista P & auml; rm & auml; Koski twelfth, Anne Kyll & ouml; nen fifteenth while losing some time Laura Mononen only thirty-sixth.
L & rsquo; Italy placed two athletes in the points. The best & egrave; Virginia De Martin Topranin, getting a twentieth place in line with what was shown so far in the Tour de Ski, Lucia Scardoni & egrave; instead the twenty-ninth. Little more & ugrave; back Ilaria Debertolis thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth Debora Agreiter.
5 KM TL FEMALE DOBBIACO & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Jessica Diggins (USA) 13: 15.5 2. WENG Heidi (NOR) +0.9 3. & Ø StBerG Ingvild Flugstad (NOR) +1.5 4. Ragnhild Haga (NOR) +8.4 5. Therese Johaug (NOR) + 9.6
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In the overall standings of the Tour de Ski, as gi & agrave; mentioned & Ø StBerG shows a 25-second lead over Johaug. & Egrave; likely will maintain leadership after the 10 km classic technique of tomorrow that would make the decisive climb to Alpe Cermis, but which would see Johaug always consistently favored having regard to its capacity & agrave; of climber. Without history the fight for third place, with Weng who ugrave & pi; 2-minute delay & Ø StBerG and almost 3 margin on those chasing.
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Tomorrow penultimate stage of the Tour de Ski 2016. On the slopes of Lake Tesero andr & agrave; stage a 10 km classic technique with mass start, seventh place of the duel & Ø StBerG-Johaug.
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