heywoodu 13,547 Posted February 3, 2017 #161 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Just now, dcro said: I'd take that with a pinch of salt seeing that someone like Alisa Zhambalova made the final. Her only other WC top 30 in sprint came at the limited field of Tour de Ski. Also an Australian scored WC points. Sure, all top Scandinavians (among others) are at home preparing for Lahti But still, there were some decent names there and Lampic just destroyed them. It might give her the confidence for the real breakthrough (which is already coming this season because she's doing really well ). If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,243 Posted February 3, 2017 Author #162 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Lampic & Retivykh notch first World Cup wins in PyeongChang It was a day of firsts in PyeongChang, Korea the site of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Day's sprint competitions marked the first time that South Korea has ever hosted an FIS Cross-Country World Cup event. Along with that first we had 4 of the 6 athlete who made it to the podium today there for the first time. As well the two winners, Anamarija Lampic of Slovenia and Gleb Retivykh of Russian were first time winners. Lampic went head to head with Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk on the final climb and was able to create a gap and held it all the way to the finish. Silje Oeyre Slind of Norway was able to fight her way to second +1.60 behind just ahead of the USA's Ida Sargent +1.79 off the lead. For all three it was their first World Cup podiums. Kowalczyk crossed the line in 4th +2.35 back. In the men's competition Retivykh came from second place on the final curve to overtake Norway's Sondre Turvoll Fossli to win his first World Cup by +0.30. In third place was Russian Andrey Parfenov +0.73 back. It was his second World Cup sprint podium following another third place finish in Rybinsk 2015. He took third just 0.01 ahead of Canada's Lenny Valjas. It was the first time any of these athletes competed on this sprint course which featured a long early climb followed by a very large second climb similar in height to the final hill of the Ruka sprint course. The course is being tested as a possible option for next winter's Olympic Games. Competitions continue tomorrow with the Skiathlon. Ladies' will complete a 7.5 km + 7.5 km course and the men will go 15 km + 15 km . Full Results Men and Women Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted February 4, 2017 #163 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Kowalczyk well on her way to her first top level win since the Sochi Olympics If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted February 4, 2017 #164 Share Posted February 4, 2017 (edited) Lee Chae-won finishes 12th, the first ever top-12 finish for a Korean cross-country skier (male/female) Also the first time ever to have two Japanese in the top-10 Edited February 4, 2017 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted February 4, 2017 #165 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Looks like our dear friend Angelica Morrone di Silvestri is back. Although, she did not start the first race. https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=28437 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted February 4, 2017 #166 Share Posted February 4, 2017 40 minutes ago, dcro said: Looks like our dear friend Angelica Morrone di Silvestri is back. Although, she did not start the first race. https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=28437 Something with "Great minds think alike", I was going to this thread to post the exact same thing What a surprise she didn't start, I guess that's called the Dominican Disease If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted February 4, 2017 #167 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Races in places like Bosnia, Serbia and so on are also perfect examples of how incredibly important it is to choose your races wisely...Bruna very nearly beat Ilic on the 5k free earlier this week, which would have gotten her like 155 points here instead of 319. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted February 4, 2017 #168 Share Posted February 4, 2017 (edited) Here's some nice news. Elsa-Gudrun Jonsdottir apparently made her comeback to XC skiing after 10 years of absence and is well on the way of becoming the first Icelandic woman to qualify for the Olympics in XC. Edited February 4, 2017 by dcro #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,243 Posted February 4, 2017 Author #169 Share Posted February 4, 2017 The results thread of the Junior and U23 world championships updated Here need to mention the crazy 4th place of Andorra in under 23 15km freestyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted February 4, 2017 #170 Share Posted February 4, 2017 7 minutes ago, hckosice said: The results thread of the Junior and U23 world championships updated Here need to mention the crazy 4th place of Andorra in under 23 15km freestyle Yes, he seems very talented, excellent results through whole season. Actually, I remember that Andorran Olympic committee didn't want to send him to Sochi because he only had B standard at the time. Glad that this decision didn't discourage him. hckošice 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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