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Stina Nilsson is imposed in the sprint free technique Planica ahead three Norwegian Astrid Jacobsen, Heidi Weng and Ingvild Flugstad & Ø StBerG. Best result of the season for Gaia Vuerich and Greta Laurent.
Saturday 16 January 2016 4 minutes reading time
As usual Nilsson steals & rsquo; eye in qualifying, getting a modest tenth time, but in the final stages proves once more & ugrave; all his talent, winning battery and semifinals and managing to mock three Norwegians in & rsquo; final act thanks to a powerful action on & rsquo; last little rise. For the Swedish & egrave; this victory is in season number 2 in that career, that result, coupled with the sensational elimination in battery Maiken Caspersen Falla, enabling it to take the lead in the specialty & agrave; of Sprint.
Behind Nilsson are placed three Norwegians. Second & egrave; Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, back in top shape after fainted suffered in the 15 Km of Lenzerheide that forced her to abandon the Tour de Ski. The world champion in Sapporo pay perhaps a broken stick to a few seconds from the start of the final, while still maintaining sufficient concentration to win her first podium of the season. Third place went to Heidi Weng, once again placed so as to be reached at an altitude of 42 podium finishes in top-level competitions.
& Ldquo; only & rdquo; Ingvild fourth Flugstad & Ø StBerG, who pays in the end the hardships of the Tour de Ski. The Norwegian conquest still 50 points that allow it to move to -149 by Therese Johaug, absent today, in the overall World Cup. Johaug is clearly the favorite, but & Ø StBerG is proving to be able to bother until the end of the Ski Tours Canada concluder & agrave; World Cup 2015-16.
The lot of the finalists & egrave; completed by Sandra Ringwald fifth and sixth Vuerich Gaia. L & rsquo; blue centers the first final of the season and, consequently, the best result for two years now, encouraging result for the future. L & rsquo; other blue qualifiers, Greta Laurent, however, remains the victim of a contact Astrid Jacobsen in the final stages of its own battery, losing the chance & agrave; to get through the round. The Aosta Valley is cos & Igrave; ranked eighteenth place that is still to turn the best result of the season.
SPRINT TL FEMALE Planica & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. Stina Nilsson (SWE) 2. Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (NOR) 3. WENG Heidi (NOR) 4 & Ø StBerG Ingvild Flugstad (NOR) 5. RINGWALD Sandra (GER) 6. Vuerich Gaia (ITA)
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The weekend in Planica terminer & agrave; tomorrow with the & rsquo; unique Team Sprint World Cup season. It disputer & agrave; in freestyle and qualifying will start at 9:30 am and end at 11:45.
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