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It stops in the 4 winning streak by Federico Pellegrino in Sprint free technique. A Lahti fact & egrave; Norway's Emil Iversen hat-trick before Finn H & aring; January Krogh and Petter Northug.
Saturday 20 February 2016 5 minutes reading time
After passing through a & rsquo; optimal strategy is the battery that the semi-final, Pilgrim finds himself surrounded by Norwegians in the final. After a first very tactical phase, the pi & ugrave climb; binding of & rsquo; Lahti ring, the 25 year old Nus attacks taking some margin meters to dream about a possible victory. Downhill and on the final straight, however, the Norwegians prove to have extremely pi & ugrave materials; performing and Pellegrino escapes not only the first place, but also the podium and the possibility & agrave; to arrive at the Ski Tours Canada with the cup of specialty & agrave; gi & agrave; arithmetically won.
Ago cos & igrave; Feast Emil Iversen, at No. 2 all-inclusive victory is in season (he won the Sprint in Tour de Ski in Oberstdorf classical technique) or career, the first World Cup. The Norwegian triplet & egrave; completed by Finn H & aring; January Krogh second and Petter Northug third, with Sindre Bj ø rnestad Skar and Eirik Brandsdal that must be satisfied respectively the fifth and sixth place behind Pellegrino.
In light of today's result, Pellegrino remains firmly in command of the standings specialty & agrave ;, but Northug and Krogh are coming and are theoretically still in the running. 97 and 133, respectively, are in fact the lengths that the Aosta Valley will have & agrave; defend the three Sprint scheduled at Ski Tours Canada on only two opponents who can overcome it; the program & ndash; two will be in skating and alternating & ndash; & Egrave; on the side of & rsquo; blue, which however will not have & agrave; relax as the two Norwegians are proving to be in great shape.
Regarding the overall standings of the World Cup, did not fundamentally change anything, with Martin Johnsrud Sundby, absent today, which can memorize options sleep soundly from & rsquo; top of his 1817 points. Krogh rises to 1154, Northug & egrave; in 1091, the rest of the world & egrave; gi & agrave; automatically cut off despite the scheduled events are still 10.
MALE SPRINT TL LAHTI & ndash; FINAL STANDINGS 1. IVERSEN Emil (NOR) 2. KROGH Finn H & aring; gen (NOR) 3. Petter Northug (NOR) 4. PELLEGRINO Federico (ITA) 5. SKAR Sindre Bj ø rnestad (NOR) 6. BRANDSDAL Eirik (NOR)
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The Cross Country Skiing World Cup is about to conclude & nbsp; its European season. After & nbsp; & nbsp Skiathlon; tomorrow, in fact, the grand finale & egrave; expected in North America when the first to March 12 will go & agrave; stage the & nbsp; Ski Tours Canada, multistage competition & nbsp; concluder & agrave; the 2015-16 season. & nbsp;
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