Russia dominant in the men's relay race jr. in Lygna. Sprint success for the Norwegian girls

On the second day of the Junior Cross-Country Skiing World Championships in Lygna, it is still Russia that makes the big voice for the men, winning gold in the 4x5 km relay; silver for Norway and bronze for the United States. Italy closes in 6th place. In the women's 4x3.3 km mockery for the Russians, beaten in the sprint by Norway, who won gold; bronze for Germany. Eighth the blue quartet.

Wednesday 23 February 2022 3 minutes reading time

The junior cross-country skiing world championships, taking place on the Norwegian snows of Lygna, speak more and more Russian. The relay races valid for the junior category took place today. Among the men, as expected, a net success for Russia, which yesterday in the 30 km TL had placed four athletes in the first four places. Rodionov, Ivshin, Denisov and Korostelev preceded Norway by ''21 "8 (Horven, Flaaten, N. Holmboe and A. Holmboe), silver medal, and by' '22" 4 the United States (Earnhart, Bushey, Hall and Koch), bronze medal. Italy closes sixth, finishing the race not too far from 4th place. Simone Mastrobattista, Davide Ghio (born in 2004, one of the youngest athletes in the race), Benjamin Schwingshackl and Elia Barp at the finish line accused a gap of '58 "3 from the Russian quartet. Gold and silver are reversed in the women's 4x3.3 km Russia and Norway, with the Norwegians having the better of the Russian cross-country skiers by just one tenth in the sprint. Melling, Moerk, Brusveen-Jensen and Heggen thus won gold, silver for Krupitskaya, Nepryaeva, Kozhinova and Bekisheva; bronze for Germany, with the quartet made up of Veit, Thannheimer, Dellit and Hoffmann (gold in yesterday's 15 km TL). Eighth place for the Italian girls, with the relay made up of Iris De Martin Pinter, Elisa Gallo, Veronica Silvestri and Nadine Laurent, who finished the test at 1 '' 48 "5 from Norway. Tomorrow it's up to the Under 23 category, who will take to the track respectively in the women's 10 km in classic and in the men's 15 km, again in classic.

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