hckošice 13,128 Posted December 11, 2016 Author #91 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Oestberg gets first of season victory in Davos Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg of Norway has won her first FIS Cross-Country World Cup of the season in the 15 km free technique in Davos, Switzerland. For Oestberg it was also her first win at the 15 km distance in her career. Her teammate Heidi Weng was second place and remains the Overall World Cup leader by 70 points ahead of Oestberg. Finland's Krista Parmakoski took third place for only her second ever podium in free technique of her 9 total career top 3 finishes. Today's podium matches the Overall Distance standings. Marit Bjoergen (NOR) was the distance World Cup leader after the Lillehammer mini tour but is not competing in Davos and has fallen to 4th in the standings Full Results Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,128 Posted December 11, 2016 Author #92 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Sundby wins 30 km free in Davos Martin Johnsrud Sundby of Norway notched his second victory in 30 km free technique in Davos, Switzerland. Sundby previously won the same event in 2015. He joins his countryman Petter Northug Jr with two victories at the 30 km distance. Only Bjorn Daehlie, Torgny Mogren, Vladimir Smirnov and Gunde Svan have more with 3 victories each. In second place was Norway's Anders Gloeersen was second today +13.7 behind Sundby's winning timing of 1:07:31.6. Gloeersen improved on his previous best results in the same event from 2015 where he was 3rd. Finland's Matti Heikkinen rounded out the podium after a blistering final 5 km to take third +25.7 back of Sundby. Full Results Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,128 Posted December 11, 2016 Author #93 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Falla and Ustiugov win Davos sprints Maiken Caspersen Falla NOR wins Davos sprint 2016 Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR) and Sergey Ustiugov (RUS) have won the 1.6 km sprints at the FIS World Cup competition in Davos, Switzerland. For both Falla and Ustiugov it was their first victories of the season. Falla was already the Sprint World Cup leader coming into Davos after two second place finishes in the previous sprint competitions this season. She now leads her teammate Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg by 70 points in the sprint standings. Sweden's Hanna Falk continued her strong start to the season with another third place finish. Like today's podium Falk sits third in the overall sprint standings just 24 points behind Oestberg. Russia's Ustiugov was comfortable to push the pace all day and in the finals it was only Finn Hagen Krogh (NOR) who was able to keep it close just +0.59 seconds behind for second place. Sindre Bjoernestad Skar (NOR) the day's third place finisher was +3.29 seconds after Ustiugov. Ustiugov moves into second in the overall sprint standings with his result today. He now sits 22 points behind Norway's World Cup sprint leading Paal Golberg. The FIS Cross-Country World Cup tour now moves to La Clusaz, France for competitions on the 17-18 December, 2016. Full Results Women and Men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,128 Posted December 16, 2016 Author #94 Share Posted December 16, 2016 http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/crosscountry/therese-johaug-doping-ban-extended-1.3899973 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted December 17, 2016 #95 Share Posted December 17, 2016 18 hours ago, hckosice said: http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=29499 Brazilians in Slovakia yesterday and today, with an incredibly important result for Victor Santos yesterday, who now has the B-standard for the 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...
hckošice 13,128 Posted December 17, 2016 Author #96 Share Posted December 17, 2016 2 hours ago, heywoodu said: http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/results.html?sector=CC&raceid=29499 Brazilians in Slovakia yesterday and today, with an incredibly important result for Victor Santos yesterday, who now has the B-standard for the Olympics nice, hope they enjoyed the trip and race in the Tatras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,128 Posted December 17, 2016 Author #97 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Weng takes World Cup lead with La Clusaz win Norway's Heidi Weng made the move to win on the final climb of the ladies' 10 km free technique mass start in La Clusaz, France. That move gave her her third win of the season and the yellow World Cup leaders bib. It was a Norwegian sweep of the podium for the first time this season. Sweden's Stina Nilsson fought hard to break up the Norwegian trio but in the end has to settle for 4th. Marit Bjoergen returned to the World Cup after a weekend break with a second place finish +2.1 behind Weng. Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg took 3rd +2.9 back. Despite the Norwegian sweep of the podium it was another strong top 10 with 5 different nations represented, and 7 in the top 15. Full Results Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,128 Posted December 17, 2016 Author #98 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Krogh times finish perfectly for La Clusaz win Finn Hagen Krogh chose the perfect time to make his move today to win in the final meters of the men's 15 km free technique mass in La Clusaz, France. Entering the final corner Krogh sat in second place just behind his teammate Martin Johnsrud Sundby of Norway but used his speed off the final corner to take the victory in a time of 34:09.3. Sundby crossed closely behind for second +0.3 back and Russia's Alexander Legkov was third +3.1. Like the ladies' competition it was a solid top 10 with 6 nations represented and 8 in the top 15. Competitions continue tomorrow in La Clusaz with the men's 4 x 7.5 km relay at 12:30, and the ladies' 4 x 5 km relay at 15:00. Full Results Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,128 Posted December 18, 2016 Author #99 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Krogh sprints home again for Norwegian relay win Finn Haagen Krogh sprint to victory again for the second day in a row in La Clusaz, France. This time it was in the as the anchor skier of the Norwegian men's relay team. Krogh held off a hard charging Sergey Ustiugov of Russia to lead Norway to a 0.2 second win. Perhaps some revenge for Krogh as Ustiugov out sprinted him last weekend in the sprint in Davos. In third was the home team France. It was their first World Cup relay podium since December 2008 which was also in La Clusaz. Full Results Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,128 Posted December 18, 2016 Author #100 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Norway dominated ladies' relay in La Clusaz The ladies' relay team from Norway dominated the event from start to finish. Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg left the rest of the field on the first lap and the Norwegian team never looked back after that. Sweden's Stina Nilsson brought her team back into contention on the second leg as she joined the lead group chasing Norway. On the third leg Sweden and Finland moved ahead for the battle for the final two podium positions while Russia, Switzerland and Germany spread out for the final spots in the top six. In the end it was Laura Mononen that captured the second place spot for Finland, +18 seconds ahead of Sweden in third. A very strong final leg by Nicole Fessel brought Germany from 6th to 5th. Russia took the 4th position. Full Results Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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