Second gold for Cologna in the 15 km classic technique

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Dario Cologna won the second gold medal at the 2014 Sochi dominating the 15 km classic technique, silver and bronze to Sweden's Johan Olsson and Daniel Richardsson.

Friday 14 February 2014 5 minutes reading time

The results of these Olympics seem to reveal that the ankle injury suffered in early autumn was almost a stroke of luck for Cologna: With the World Cup lost from the start, the Swiss could prepare to dot for review in five circles , which is currently the main male protagonist of cross country skiing. After the gold in skiathlon fact Cologna dominates the 15 km classic technique today, starting and ending relatively flat in growing up, going to win with 28.5 seconds ahead and confirming the title got four years ago in Vancouver, although at the time has competed in skating. For the Swiss this is the victory number 23 and the third medal of his career (all three gold) Olympic individual. The silver ends another boy recovering from an illness that had jeopardized the participation, Johan Olsson. The Swede, world champion in charge of the 50 km classic technique is lucky as thirty seconds before Cologna: once reached by the Swiss not only holds its wake, but it gives you regular changes guaranteeing a medal, the third individual at the Olympics after two bronzes (skiathlon and 50 km) won in Vancouver. The festival is complemented by the Swedish bronze medalist Daniel Richardsson. Thanks to an extraordinary end, Richardsson able to recover several seconds to young Iivo Niskanen, reigning U23 champion in this event, mocking for just two tenths and winning his first individual Olympic medal, he along with Olsson was the protagonist of the relay Vancouver in which Sweden won the gold''. Niskanen for a fourth place finish burning but that the delivery from now among the big cross-country skiing world. Fifth place Lukas Bauer for an enterprise that fails to close with a bang his Olympic experience, the first of the six Norwegian Chris Andre Jespersen, seventh Alexander Bessmertnikh, only Russian among the top ten searched result view the absurd decision not deploy nor Vylegzhanin nor Legkov, the eighth best of the Germans Axel Teichmann, the top ten is closed by two of the major disappointments of the day, ninth and tenth Alexey Poltoranin Marcus Hellner. Evil among the candidates on the eve of the medals, also the leader of the World Cup Martin Johnsrud Sundby thirteenth. Race therefore be stored as bankruptcy for both Russia and Norway. Not that we had ambitions, but if possible proof of the Italians is also lower than expected. The best is Francesco De Fabiani thirtieth to over two and a half minutes from Cologne, Dietmar Noeckler is thirty, Matt Pellegrin thirty-sixth and forty-seventh Fabio Pasini. The weather conditions did not favor our own, but the end result is a reflection of the current situation of Italian cross-country skiing. 15 KM TC SOCHI 2014 OLYMPICS MEN - THE PODIUM GOLD COLOGNA Dario (SUI) 38:29.9 SILVER Johan Olsson (SWE) +28.5 BRONZE Richardsson Daniel (SWE) +38.8 The complete ranking

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