First career victory in the Sprint for Sophie Caldwell Oberstdorf

The Sprint classic Oberstdorf gives Sophie Caldwell the first career victory in a class race. On the podium with her Heidi Weng and Ingvild Flugstad & Ã˜ StBerG.

Tuesday 5 January 2016 5 minutes reading time

The 25-year old native of Rutland was once gi & agrave; on the podium in a sprint free technique, but now comes to her the most satisfaction & ugrave; great, a victory quite surprising considering that classical technique had managed to reach the final only once two years ago in Falun. Caldwell also becomes the second girl after Stina Nilsson able to break the monopoly of the Norwegian cross-country skiing female in season. Norway still occupies the other two steps of the podium. Second & egrave; Heidi Weng, who gets the podium number 36 races without a win in the first level. It seemed to be the right time for her to which for & ograve; 15/20 would be used to complete the comeback on the straight final against Caldwell. Third & egrave; instead Ingvild Flugstad & Ã˜ StBerG, who after dominating qualifying, semifinals battery and comes a bit & rsquo; tarnished & Outdoors; final act, hitting a third place that does not allow it to gain more & ugrave; from time against Therese Johaug in the overall standings of the Tour de Ski. The 27 year-old R Ã¸ ros can in fact arriving for the first time in his career in the final sprint in a first level. Leveraging tumble Stina Nilsson, at the end sixth, Johaug get a fifth place on the eve quite unexpected that only allows you to lose another 7 seconds & Ã˜ StBerG. Given the format of the next steps, l & rsquo; the balance, if he were ever questioned, again hangs on the side of Johaug. For the record, l & rsquo; last of the finalists, IDA INGEMARSDOTTER, finished in fourth place. Lucia Scardoni, only Italian to have passed the qualifications, despite the good fortune to find himself in the battery in which Jessica Diggins and Hanna Falk knocked down, can not access the semifinals, being classed in seventeenth place conclusive result in line with that achieved in Kuusamo in late November and that until now was his only points finish in the season. SPRINT TC FEMALE OBERSTDORF & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. CALDWELL Sophie (USA) 2. Heidi WENG (NOR) 3 & Ã˜ StBerG Ingvild Flugstad (NOR) 4. INGEMARSDOTTER Ida (SWE) 5. Therese Johaug (NOR) 6. Stina Nilsson (SWE) Click here for the complete ranking As mentioned, & Ã˜ StBerG remains in command of the overall standings of the Tour de Ski, but the format seen in her favor would have expected to earn something extra & ugrave; on Johaug. The pi & ugrave; the two young Norwegians in fact now has just under 30 seconds over rival that hardly riuscir & agrave; to defend in the next stages. Third with margin on other remains Heidi Weng. Click here for the general classification of the Tour de Ski Female after four stages on 8 Tomorrow the second and final stage of Oberstdorf: girls will compete in a 10 km classic technique with mass start, the format that replaces the original Skiathlon but impossible to organize because of the hot weather & rsquo; the absence of snow. & Nbsp; & Nbsp;

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