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Through an official statement, the Swedish federation of cross-country skiing has announced that Stina Nilsson, IDA INGEMARSDOTTER and Maria Rydqvist not start in the Sprint Canmore classic scheduled today. & Nbsp;
Tuesday 8 March 2016 3 minutes reading time
The three girls have been affected by influences that impedir & agrave; them to conclude the Ski Tours Canada. These are the words given by the head coach of the team Rickard Grip: & ldquo; & Egrave; sad to see that three of our best girls can not go on the tour. The long close travel and contact with other people make the easily vulnerable athletes. In addition to QUEB & eacute; c l City & rsquo; air was cold and dry, while here we are in Canmore to a & rsquo; higher elevations. All this has caused the & rsquo; flu epidemic that will cost & agrave; the withdrawal to Stina, and Ida Maria & rdquo ;.
Grip & egrave; still confident about the second part of the multistage competition that concludes the 2015-16 World Cup: & ldquo; We remain in good spirits and we have a good chance & agrave; to close the season well with the four women and six men who remain in the race & rdquo ;. In the women's point & egrave; Now Charlotte Kalla, occupying the ninth (eighth since Nilsson no partir & agrave;) in the overall standings, while the best male & egrave; Marcus Hellner seventeenth but author of a & rsquo; excellent performance in the 15 Km to chase QUEB & eacute; c City.
With the withdrawal Nilsson, ends the fight for second place in the ranking of specialty & agrave; of Sprint. Ingvild Flugstad & Ø StBerG boasted one point lead over Swede who thus defend & agrave; regardless of & rsquo; outcome of today's race. It should be remembered that the bowl & egrave; gi & agrave; mathematically in the hands of Maiken Caspersen Falla, cos & igrave; like the World Cup for the Under 23 it ends to the member of the 22-year Malung despite the anticipated package.
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